Stuck in a tent - How would this end up?
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Thanks. I’ve been in chronic pain due to my heart and liver failure. My cardiologist has prescribed me 30/500 co-codamol, but told me to take two tablets at once, 4 times a day, which is double the dose you’re on. I’m a bit nervous now, what the hell are they gonna do to my head at night!
I've got oramorph as well which I take if I need it. I've had a handful of doses but again, no side affects from it whatsoever. In some ways, it's a bit disappointing really as my daughter got quite exited when she saw it because she's been given it after surgery a couple of times and it puts her on the ceiling. Me, nothing.
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I take 8 of those painkillers a day and have never had this good a trip 
The opiates must be different - Co-codamol and tramadol didn't touch the pain in my arm at the start but dihydrocodeine has helped.
How did the air first escape the tent then?
Where's the exhaled air going?
I'm INTJ - irrespective of hallucinogenic medication, these are important questions that need answers!
It was removed in less than half a microsecond, the same force that removed it is continually removing any more air within the tent, it's keeping it at a vacuum.
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The stuff I’ve read does say that each is more effective in different people.
I’ll try them and see how I go. I would like the pain relief, but I don’t want to be away with the fairies constantly.
Does the force that's removing the air cease once it is removed, or continue to apply pressure?
It's all you can do. I'm not away with the fairies, when I have dreams like this, I'm aware that it's a dream and I know that when I open my eyes, everything will be normal.
/edit - Seriously though, take laxatives straight away. It's almost guaranteed that you'll get OIC (Opioid Induced Constipation) and it's not fun.
The force is only there when there is air to be removed. It's not a continual sucking action. In fact, you have no perception of any sucking action (again, stop giggling at the back), the air is just *gone*.
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Sorry, one last question, do they make you feel more tired in general than usual?
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I dont notice much tiredness with mine although i have been getting more fatigued over the past year or so, chemo will do that to you of course
I tried Tramadol, codeine and all sorts for my sciatica and the dihydrocodine has been the only thing to make a "small" dent in it..... and i mean small, the others might not as well have been taken they did so little.
I tried Tramadol, codeine and all sorts for my sciatica and the dihydrocodine has been the only thing to make a "small" dent in it..... and i mean small, the others might not as well have been taken they did so little.
I don't think so but I suffer from insomnia anyway and the pain in my arm has been stopping me sleeping for any long periods anyway. Trying to find something that actually makes me sleepy and helps me sleep is a big problem. I've been taking zopiclone and amitriptyline to try and help me sleep and neither do much.
I added this to my post above but it's so important, I've quoted it to make sure you see it.
We're getting dangerously close to medical advice so can we get back to the original topic please before I have to close my own thread!
Ta. In that case, if you're unable to break your way out of the tent, you're just going to suffocate once you run out of air. Depending on how much air you have in the aqualung, you might have time to come to terms with it before hand. At least, at the end, it'll be difficult to struggle and spasm as you'll be wrapped in thick canvas tent.
The big question is though, if nobody outside comes to find you, are you truly dead?
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Funnily enough, I'm already on laxatives to help with the high strength iron tablets I’m also on.I don't think so but I suffer from insomnia anyway and the pain in my arm has been stopping me sleeping for any long periods anyway. Trying to find something that actually makes me sleepy and helps me sleep is a big problem. I've been taking zopiclone and amitriptyline to try and help me sleep and neither do much.
I added this to my post above but it's so important, I've quoted it to make sure you see it.
We're getting dangerously close to medical advice so can we get back to the original topic please before I have to close my own thread!
I take more drugs than Keith Richards!
I wondered if the pressure from the outside would be so great that it would stop you inhaling, ie as soon as you exhale, the canvas tightens.
Great question!
No, it wouldn't, as you've stated that the pressure is only there to remove the air. Therefore once the air is removed then there is no more pressure, and so if physical space is created by breathing in / out then it'll be in a vacuum and no longer compress with the same pressure, e.g. you can move into it.
I guess the alternative view is quite binary, as in breathing is only a one way exercise like a ratchet, and eventually you run out of space. A vacuum in a tent probably isn't a good example for that - more like someone with a breathing tube buried 6 foot under in liquid concrete. They wouldn't be able to expand their chest to inhale after exhaling, and would quickly suffocate. A bit like the end to Silent Witness yesterday #spoilers