what happens if you overdose on sleeping pills?

Question

im just wondering..
im not suicidal ;p
just wondering on the effects

Answer 1

It really depends upon the circumstances of your physiological profile. Sleeping pills are aimed to suppress the central nervous system. Signs of overdose include:

* Seizure Activity
* Involuntary Eye Movements
* Emesis
* Tachycardia
* Diaphoresis
* Coma

The majority of overdose patients vomit and typically suffocate on their own vomit as a result of them not being able to maintain their own airway. If EMS arrives, they will drop a tube down your throat and get you to a hospital where you will get your stomach pumped. If you do survive, the results of brain damage and liver damage are highly probable.

Answer 2

Step 1. Any potential overdose requires a trip to the emergency room, so if this is happening right now, drag your friend there or call 911. If this is just a friend bragging about stuff, sleeping pills are central nervous system depressants, meaning they slow your brain functions. If you took too many all at once, you'd probably throw up and not much else. If you were trying to hurt yourself, and took them slowly over a few hours to let the drug build up to dangerous levels in your body, you would lose consciousness and stop breathing and die, if not treated. If the person was caught and their stomach was pumped before much of the drug was absorbed, there wouldn't be many side effects except some sleepiness from whatever drug got into the person's bloodstream.

Answer 3

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It all depends on which drug was involved. If it was an OTC sleeping medication, it is the same ingredient seen in the allergy medication Benadryl (diphenhydramine). They can actually be more harmful that the newer prescription drugs in overdose. Most prescription sleeping aids used today are in the benzodiazepine family. In the past opiates and barbiturates were used. Of course, they are addicting as well as extremely dangerous, especially in overdose. Benzos (BZD) are also used for other conditions and their use it based on their pharmacology. The most common benzos are Valium, Librium and Xanax. They are used primarily for anxiety. The BZD sleeping meds include: Dalmane (flurazepam), Restoril (temazepam) and Halcion (triazolam). Although safe in overdose, they too are addicting and the FDA recommends they be used no longer than 10 days in a row. There's a newer class of nonbenzodiaepines. Unofficially I've heard them called "Z" sleeping pills. The most common is Ambien (zolpidem). Ambien in overdose is treated the same as BZDs. The newest medication for sleep is Rozerem (ramelteon). It works on the same receptors in the brain as the OTC supplement melatonin. It is supposed to be non-addicting, but once it's used by thousands of people we'll know for certain if that's true. About overdosing. More than likely your friend took a benzo. Death rarely occurs, unless mixed with other meds or alcohol. Stomach pumping (gastic lavage) and activated charcoal would most likely be used. There is an "antidote" for BZD overdose called flumazenil, it is often used and it counteracts BZDs rather quickly. After that treatment is "supportive." Meaning they'll "sleep it off" under hospital supervision. A drug-induced coma certainly could occur. Fortunately, today's sleeping pills are extremely safe when it comes to people trying to use them to commit suicide. But they'll sleep, sleep, sleep until they wear off. I will pray and I hope this helps. And thanks for asking for my help. I took an oath to help people and Yahoo Answers is another venue besides the drugstore to make that happen. Rick the Pharmacist

Answer 4

Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net

Ohhh..and Good Luck!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You likely won't die (it's possible), but the more likely scenario is...

A) You will wake up shaky and soaked in your own vomit.

B) You will sleep for a couple of days and wake up with the worst hangover of your life.

Answer 7

If you overdose, you may die. You will definitely become very ill, and will do damage to your brain.

Answer 8

You will start to feel sleepy and unconsciousness. And you will be in coma and eventually die if taken too much.

Answer 9

depens on what you mean by overdose...if you take one or two more than the over the counter pacage directions...nothing

depends on how many you are talking about taking.

Answer 10

if theres a little bit over dose u sleep for a little long time say 5-6 hours more than usual
but if the overdose is really high u can sleep forever and when u wake up u find yourself dead