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.

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Comments

[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.