what is happening to the body when someone nods off of drugs
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Like in active addiction? Means we’re too high. Not necessarily OD level but definitely relaxed.
Opiates have depressant-like effects and have physiological effects on humans. Aside from the feel-good effect they have, it can also come with slower respiration and slower heart rate. This relaxed state can come with a drift between being conscious and being unconscious.
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Actual ELI5: That is specifically an Opiate thing. Usually Fentanyl these days.
Opiates make you feel both tired and really, really good. When you’re that high, you either don’t notice or don’t care that you’re nodding off, simply because of how good you feel.
I watched intervention and the opiate addict said, we nod out standing up BECAUSE we stay high longer. If we lay down, we fall asleep and ruin the high. When w stand, outer body can’t fall asleep and we are stuck in a state of high, the moment we lay down we pass out.
They stand so they can feel the high longer.
TLDR: FUCK OPIATES
What is happening to a person when an Opioid-like drug is causing them to nod off? Answer- This is a direct result of the drugs mechanism of action. The drug is a depressant and slows down a person’s breathing. This Lack of sufficient oxygen to the brain causes the sleepy feeling which causes the nod. Regardless of whether the individual is trying to get high or they were severely injured and are receiving too much pain medicine… if enough drug is taken, the effect on the central nervous system will be the same. Drowsiness, respiratory depression, nodding, sleeping, and possibly potential death due to respiratory arrest.
Finally something I can speak on lol.
The drug category I think you are referring to is CNS depressants, which slow brain activity and make people relax. The most common are alcohol, benzos, barbiturates and opioids.
CNS stimulant users can also show these signs when coming down from a high, be a use their body and brain is trying to catch up on sleep.
So to answer your question, they are falling asleep.
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