I'm using fentanyl patches at the moment and I wake up with numb arms and legs as if there was a lack of circulation. I don't really understand what's going on.
It does seem like it could affect circulation, but I experienced it differently.
I used to nod out at my desk, instead of going to bed, more often than not, and during that time I started to have problems with swelling in my feet and ankles. Like it would make it hard to put my shoes on. It think this is called edema, fluid-build up in the lower extremities, but don't quote me on that.
Another user told me the same thing started happening to her when she was living in her car. I think it had something to do with having your body upright for too long? Because as soon as I stopped sleeping in chairs, I never had the problem, and my friend said hers improved to after she took my advice to not sleep sitting up.
No idea if that's related to what you're encountering. I've never had the problem since I went back to sleeping horizontal. I'm so used to waking up with my hands numb that I barely even notice anymore, but this is because of the way veins tend to shrink in diameter from slamming, regardless of the substance.
Did he have a failed attempt from a fent overdose? Or was it a different method?
This was before fent started showing up everywhere, maybe 10 or 12 years ago. So it most likely was something else. But the risk of partial survival is present with most of the methods discussed on this site.
I never met the guy, but my ex (his older sister) had these scars from cutting herself when she was 16, an they both were brought up in the same dysfunctional environment. Their mom had recently died of cancer, and then the dad suffered a fatal car accident. He was maybe a couple years out of high school. It seems to me that it was a regrettable decision made impulsively during a time of extreme heightened stress and despair. He's actually someone who I think would have been better off "getting help" through a difficult time but you know what, now I am just speculating completely so I'll just leave it there.
For me, its a very real reminder than one should never be too confident about one's method. If one is not in a rational state of mind when making the preparations, or if the process is rushed, it is a recipe for absolute disaster. One must take every possible step to ensure maximum reliability,
as if your life depended on it.
