By D - 03/09/2013 18:04 - United States - Pleasanton

Today, I had to calm my hallucinating mom after she accidentally overdosed on one of her pills, then spend ages trying to protect her from the "monkey" on the wall. FML
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ArielTheMermaid 17

Tell her to quit monkeying around

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arroberts 10

Well, she seems like she's having a good time.

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iSativa 24

Was it the Evil Monkey from Family Guy? (: He's harmless.

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PenguinBitch 43

What if there is a monkey on the wall and you can't see it because /you/ overdose on the pills.

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tj4234 35

Considering the fact that your mother accidentally overdosed and could have died, i'd say this was more of an FML for her. You should be happy she is still alive...

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psiloveyou15 12

Yes, because it's a good idea to give her more random drugs after she's already got a bit too many in her system.

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asparagus12 21

How does someone "accidentally" over-dose? I wonder if this is the first time she has done this. I feel for OP.

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mimiminx 23

Well I guess they accidentally take over the dose. Tis not rocket science, missy.

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asparagus12 21

I'm just saying it is hard to do that on accident. Most people who take more than prescribed do it on purpose.

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BelieveMemphis 7

It's not hard to forget that you've done something mundane, like taking a daily dose of medicine... It's possible she took a double dose by accident? I'm not knowledgable enough about pharmaceuticals to know if any would cause hallucinations in a similar situation. Seems possible though, especially if it was a psychiatric drug.

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asparagus12 21

Typically a double dose isn't harmful. You would have to take an entire bottle or maybe half to have hallucinations. Either way I feel sorry for OP. Having an irresponsible parent sucks.

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stillgrey 5

69 - that's not always true though, it depends on the kind of medication. i was prescribed benzodiazepines for anxiety and during an anxiety attack i took a couple over the recommended dose (which is 1mg) and it gave me terrible hallucinations (among other side effects). but if it's an otc medication it would definitely take a lot more than a few pills to make you hallucinate.

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bruins46 6

69- 2 ambient can make you hallucinate crazy shit. Not exactly a harmful dose and easy to forget you've already taken one, but the effects are...out there. A lot of drugs can have hallucinogenic effects if taken even just slightly over the recommended dose, or even at the standard dose if you're underweight.

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crazytwinsmom 25

I know someone who took 3 times the amount of narcotic cough syrup on accident by confusing tsp and Tbsp. She hallucinated.

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blackonblight 32

It could be as easy as the pills being the same look but a different dose, she could be taking 30mg in what had been 3 capsules and is now 1, forgot the change and took 3 times her dose, using the way my capsule amounts changed a while back. I didn't have a problem because I'm paranoid and read the labels ever time 'just in case' but it's easy to see how it could happen.

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RedPillSucks 31

Damn. Was her "Doctor" some guy on the street corner selling special K?

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Wizardo 33

If by 'Special K' you mean some crystal blue persuasion, then probably yes...

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DrownedMyFish 18

Am I the only one who pictures a street doctor selling boxes of Special K cereal when I read this?

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NotoriousLES 14

Some people pay a lot of money for drugs that make them trip out like that. Meanwhile, others pay a lot of money to rehabilitate from those drugs, prescribed or not. I have lost a few people to prescribed medication ODs. Evil monkeys aside, accidents like this are a very serious, life-threatening issue.

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ColbyGB 13

Is this really a fml moment? You should be glad you could help before something bad happened...

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