Snorting Ritalin

[fickle]

Words of wisdom from a second-hand chick lit book I bought, concerning adults snorting Ritalin as a concentration aid:

"Thing is that pills that are fun to snort are easy to crush. Pharmacists make it this way to turn us into addicts, so who the fuck am I to argue?"

When asked to elaborate, the guy who said the above continues:

"Zoloft and Paxil and lithium are all coated and can't be cut up, but they'd be no kick to sniff anyway. Vicodin and Perdoccet, on the other hand, are easy to crush and -- surprise, surprise -- habit-forming. See? It's a conspiracy. I'm just going along with it."

So, dearest flist, I'm thinking of taking his advice. Neither of my sleeping pills (Ambien CR and Lorazemoan) are working if I just swallow them down, but maybe sniffing them will work! Please bear in mind that I have zero experience sniffing anything except flowers (despite the icon, the only meds I take are legal) and am sleep-deprived at the moment. In other words, no taking me seriously and freaking out because even if a hundred people vote that I should try it in the name of science, I am very unlikely to.

Oh, and boys kissing to prove I'm not completely out of it.

[Poll #950666]

Comments

[fairly-grimm.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, absolutely. It's so much lulz when Endless and Emily do it, after all.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

I realize it's probably a sign of how exhausted I am that I even need to ask, but are you being sarcastic or not?

*mostly convinced it's sarcasm*

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Your body is adapting to it and taking more will more than likely not help and doing it by this method is likely to give you a bad reaction/not help/make matters worse.

Talk to the one that gave you the prescription on what should be done....

Please, don't. Y'need to talk to a professional on what to do and not risk making matters worse, love.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I promise I'm not serious, Dani. I've never snorted anything in my life, I wouldn't even know where to start. XD

[xinda.livejournal.com]

But, the talk about the actual pills is true. *nods* (Actually, from a branch of experience -- chewing stuff that's not meant to be chewed isn't smart. ... *knows from experience*).

GOOD. Dude, just imagine the feeling of milk/water (whatever) coming OUT of your nose! OH THE PAIN.

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Dude, just imagine the feeling of milk/water (whatever) coming OUT of your nose!

Haha, she already knows what that's like, she's hopeless at drinking and laughing at the same time :p

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LoL! I'll keep that in mind when I see her xD

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. If she has a drink in her hand either stop with the funny or keep well back and enjoy the show <---guess which one Numa and I tend to do ;)

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

You are so evil.

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

*grins cheerfully* You haven't died of it yet :p

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

YET.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! I'm guessing you have umbrella's and wetsuits on....

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

*nods solemnly* Sometimes, when it gets really rough, we even bring snorkels...

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LMFAO That's so mean xD ...deja vu. @_@

[xinda.livejournal.com]

I promise I'm not serious

P/s, this reminds me of some of the polls I've thought about making but pondered how many people would think I was serious when I wasn't and how many would think I was joking when I was serious...

.... I should put that to the test, soon.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Now I'm going to be paranoid about your posts :P

[xinda.livejournal.com]

xDD Just keep answering your hikari-toy's polls *halo*

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...You just made a poll about Malik's sexiness. >_> Is that one a fake?

[xinda.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* His GIRLYNESS. Not sexyness :P And keep in mind it's MALIK and not Marik xD

And I'll answer this time. No, it's not a fake xDDD No fair asking!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

OH! Okay. That's so much better :P

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Of course it is! I'm brilliant.

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

You're not serious?? YOU'RE NOT?!! ALL THIS TIME IT WAS JUST ACADEMIC??

I'm never having kids, I have enough heart attacks from you.

p.s. Much love!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Kathy, can you really imagine ME snorting anything, let alone sleeping pills? It was one of those weird ideas that I get that I am unlikely to follow through with-- I mean, t hink of the dental floss! If I want to do something weird, I do it without thinking, not have the sense to ask other people's opinions first.

XDDD Didn't we already agree that I'd be a bad influence on any kids you have?

P.S. Much love to you too!

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Well I'm overanxious and I have no trouble imagine bad things happening to my friends. Especially you. I still feel a cold hand clutch my heart when I think of you selling your kidney!

Oh yeah, way to sell that idea to me. Please have kids Kathy, I'm going to lead them down the path of eevil once they've given you many heart attacks!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...Yeah, I can't believe that I seriously considered that. Oy. On the bright side, my string of mishaps probably make for great cocktail party story material!

XDD I was thinking more along the lines of you having many heart attacks because I'm leading them down the path of evil. I think you got cause and effect turned around a little there :P

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

More specifically, don't do it without talking to a doctor about possible side effects. I know that one of the problems with powdered drugs such as cocaine is that sniffing them can damage the nasal membranes, but I don't know whether this is specific to the drug or not. And goolge isn't telling me :(

Either way, drugs are put into certain formats for a reason, and doctors are often fairly specific about how you're meant to take something.

Remember the mint dental floss - things which seem like they might be a good/interesting idea or a 'logical' solution to a problem don't always work out the way you want them to!!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...You tried Googling it?!

And yeah, point about the mental tooth floss. It's practically going to become my motto now, I think.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

And yeah, point about the mental tooth floss. It's practically going to become my motto now, I think.

I was gonna ask you the other day if your ears were (and now, are) doing better? My piercings actually got infected the other day and were SORE -- and all I could think about was your experience with the dental floss....

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Yeah I did. If the govt is tracking my internet activity, they're totally going to think I'm a crack-addict, I searched for every mention of 'powder' 'drugs' 'cocaine' 'sniffing' and 'nasal' that I could think of :p Then again, if they're tracking my internet activity then they'll already know I'm depraved ;)

Er, mental tooth floss? Freudian slip, my darling? XD

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

You're so sweet. *hugs* I love you.

...*DIES* I'm sleepy! I actually read that over twice without catching the mistake. XD

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

I don't suggest it hon. I think you'd be better off taking a warm bath and using a vibrator. I'm just saying.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...*dies* The asexual thing might kill the vibrator idea just a little :P But I promise, I am not going to snort sleeping pills, seriously, no matter how desperate I get!

[mirrored-echo.livejournal.com]

I hate to suggest this, but getting less screen time might be more likely to help.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Infidel. ^_~

[kaough-daimaoh.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to know you're just kidding, because a lot of people have resorted to that to stop their insomnia. It isn't safe at all and the likelihood of overdose is high because by taking it nasally, the drug hits your brain at once, instead of being slowly absorbed through the bloodstream. Addiction is also high, and the effects of the drug are short. Snorting anything is usually bad due to how fast the onset of the drug is.

You should seriously see a sleep therapist. Insomnia can only get worst if untreated. *huggles*

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...People actually do it?! Holy fuck. I was kidding, I promise. there is absolutely no way that I'd do anything like that. Though dropping directly off to sleep does sound fantastic, I'm not sure it's worth misusing pills.

*huggles back* Thanks for the wise advice.

[punk-rock-nerd.livejournal.com]

Bad Ficlet. BAAAD.

What have I told you about cutting things?

Also: GO TO BED.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

But it doesn't hurt the pills to be cut! It's better than being digested by acid at least, right?

[daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com]

Heaven save you from yourself *huggles*. Perhaps what you need is some liquid sleep administered straight through a drip -- consistently being fed into your system on regular hours, and less stress in your life.

I know you weren't being serious, but I think this sort of thing is going to at least ruin your chances of getting things back to normal.

When this battle with your sleep is over, and you're finally in control, then please avoid late nights like the plague *huggles tightly*. Make sure you see a doctor soon too. If you need any help I'm here.

Love you to pieces.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Someone needs to save me from myself, but I don't believe in Heaven. >_< And oooh, liquid sleep on a drip would make you RICH if you invented it.

And I promise I'm not being serious, seriously. Urgh. Bad wording there but I'm too tired to fix it.

And yes. And yes. And I love you too. ♥

[daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com]

Then again, I didn't mean the god Heaven thing, just some place where you don't have to worry about things like powdering your pills to increase their potency.

*hugs* I know, I read that, then I read comments and saw you defending that. It just concerns me if you're playing with the idea. I'd so bring you chocolate milk in bed and sing you bedtime stories if I was there.

Yeah, brilliant eh? When I've got something to work you can be the first person to get a prescription *hugs*.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Do people even sleep in Heaven? XD

*pets you* Chocolate milk gives me an energy boost and keeps me up. Not a good thing to feed a girl you're trying to get to sleep. ♥ But I appreciate the thought, love.

YAY! I volunteer to be your test subject!

*offers you another bouquet of assorted blue roses*

[daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com]

Some people find themselves looking for chocolate heaven, I think what you need is a sleeping heaven. If you didn't have to sleep though, that would work too *huggles*.

If not chocolate milk then warm relaxing drinks and hugs. Fluffy pillows, hugs and soft music I think would help. As for energy, are you really that on edge that even a glass of chocolate milk would be too much.

I'll get right on it love XD.

[fairly-grimm.livejournal.com]

Come out of hiding sometime, I want to talk to you.

[(Anonymous)]

It's actually not painful. It didn't do much. I took three, and snuffed another. Didn't do shit.