Weight: 185 lbs (84 kg)
Dosage: 4 mg ropinirole
Desired effects: Sleep (was taken accidentally thinking it was Ambien)
Intensity: Moderate to Strong
Source: Friend's mother
Background: Had taken Ambien once before, so had an idea of what I expected
Experience:
I took the two tablets assuming they were 5mg Ambien (zolpidem) tablets. I had only had 10mg tablets before, so I didn't recognize that they weren't what I expected (I know, I should have looked them up, but they were coming from a reliable source and I just assumed they were fine.)
About 30 minutes after taking them I was watching music videos and felt drawn into them, like I couldn't break my concentration. I started getting really tired, so I went to bed. At this point I was very tired and felt like sleeping, but kept fighting it and couldn't get to sleep at all. I often roll around and fight sleep and occasionally take opiates to force it, but I've been trying to find something less addictive and more accessible which is the reason for the experiments with Ambien. I considered that I was perhaps afraid of the effects of the medication, but I had taken it before (so I thought.) I eventually made it to sleep, but woke up a few hours later feeling miserable.
For the entire day I felt unbearably heavy and tired, but had difficulty actually getting to sleep. I also suffered from nausea. Any time I tried to get up to do anything, even stronger nausea would set in. Small amounts of water seemed to help, but eventually led to actual vomiting rather than dry heaving now that I had something in my stomach.
I haven't been that sick in a long time. For the rest of the day I moved back and forth from my bed to my couch, fighting nausea the entire time. I was able to sleep from time to time, but it's difficult to sleep all day and I was completely miserable. About halfway through the day I determined that either what I had taken wasn't Ambien, or the tablets were actually 10mg and I had taken to much. I looked them up to find that they were 2 mg ropinirole tablets, which is used in treating Parkinson's and restless leg syndrome. I was well within a safe dosage and figured if it's given for restless leg syndrome it must not pose too much of a danger, which meant there was nothing to do really but wait it out. Thankfully it has a short half-life (5-6 hours.) I first took it around 4:00 this morning. Feeling much better but still feel it.
Summary:
The main take away is to know what you're taking. I already covered knowing your dosage with the JWH-018.. I guess I'm going through every drug usage mistake one by one.
I can understand people with Parkinson's taking this, but the side effects seem way too severe to be taking it for something like restless leg syndrome.
Dosage: 4 mg ropinirole
Desired effects: Sleep (was taken accidentally thinking it was Ambien)
Intensity: Moderate to Strong
Source: Friend's mother
Background: Had taken Ambien once before, so had an idea of what I expected
Experience:
I took the two tablets assuming they were 5mg Ambien (zolpidem) tablets. I had only had 10mg tablets before, so I didn't recognize that they weren't what I expected (I know, I should have looked them up, but they were coming from a reliable source and I just assumed they were fine.)
About 30 minutes after taking them I was watching music videos and felt drawn into them, like I couldn't break my concentration. I started getting really tired, so I went to bed. At this point I was very tired and felt like sleeping, but kept fighting it and couldn't get to sleep at all. I often roll around and fight sleep and occasionally take opiates to force it, but I've been trying to find something less addictive and more accessible which is the reason for the experiments with Ambien. I considered that I was perhaps afraid of the effects of the medication, but I had taken it before (so I thought.) I eventually made it to sleep, but woke up a few hours later feeling miserable.
For the entire day I felt unbearably heavy and tired, but had difficulty actually getting to sleep. I also suffered from nausea. Any time I tried to get up to do anything, even stronger nausea would set in. Small amounts of water seemed to help, but eventually led to actual vomiting rather than dry heaving now that I had something in my stomach.
I haven't been that sick in a long time. For the rest of the day I moved back and forth from my bed to my couch, fighting nausea the entire time. I was able to sleep from time to time, but it's difficult to sleep all day and I was completely miserable. About halfway through the day I determined that either what I had taken wasn't Ambien, or the tablets were actually 10mg and I had taken to much. I looked them up to find that they were 2 mg ropinirole tablets, which is used in treating Parkinson's and restless leg syndrome. I was well within a safe dosage and figured if it's given for restless leg syndrome it must not pose too much of a danger, which meant there was nothing to do really but wait it out. Thankfully it has a short half-life (5-6 hours.) I first took it around 4:00 this morning. Feeling much better but still feel it.
Summary:
The main take away is to know what you're taking. I already covered knowing your dosage with the JWH-018.. I guess I'm going through every drug usage mistake one by one.
I can understand people with Parkinson's taking this, but the side effects seem way too severe to be taking it for something like restless leg syndrome.