So ... then the docs and mods and everyone urged me to go to the hospital .. so finally I did. Here is what happened.
Posted on Sunday night when I got back from the ER.
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Damn, thanks for the support there guys. Just got back from 8 hrs at the hospital. 4 hrs waiting, then 4 hours being treated. Definately not how I had planned to spend the day.
2thick, funny you should mention that. Right after I posted this hear I called poison control and told them what i took and how much. They looked it up, and told me to go immediately to the hospital. I told him that it wasnt that bad, and he said you can die from high dosages of clen. Well .. that was enough to freak me right the fuck right out! My best friend, and only friend in my city who I am open about juicing with came and picked me up, he couldnt believe what happened. I just wanted to get to the hospital before my heart stopped. It was in my head that my heart was going to explode!! I have never felt paranoia, or anxiety before in my life, and to tell you the truth, I always thought that this was in peoples heads and not even real ... just because I havent had it . .. well i tell you i sure had it today. To top things off, as soon as I got to the hospital, I got out of the car, and puked my guts up!!! My eggs and black beans, and toast. It was a good puke, and I could feel it coming on the whole ride there, but I dont know if it was from the clen, or the anxxiety, the doc said probably a combo of both!
Anywhoo, lunkhead, bigoc and Dr.M, you guys nailed it, thats exactly what happened. As soon as I went in, they sent me to the administration nurse, I told her my story, that I accidently took my roomates clen, thinking it was something else. She started asking me details, then said .. ""now your changing your story"", she was a real cold bitch. I was super fuckin mad, just finished puking and scared. I told her, listen... I accidently took medication that I wasnt supposed to take. This is what it is, this is how much I took, this is what the regular dosage usually is, and this is how long ago I took it. Can we please focus on helping me instead of pointing fingers. I am not up for being questioned or challenged on this right now. My gestures and tone made it quite clear to her to not bring it up again. She nodded her head, and told me to come around where she checked my pulse and BP etc. She then told me to go wait until a bed was available. 2 hrs later (watched the whole Night at the Roxbury movie while waiting in the waiting room), a different nurse called me in for more questioning, and more tests. She told me again to go and have a seat, and she would call me when a bed was available. This time watched the whole Ace Ventura pet detective movie while waiting and a bit of football. Finally I said fuck this, I am not waiting any longer and I got up to go tell them to see me now, or I am leaving. I figured it couldnt be that bad if they let me wait for so long. Well as soon as I stood up, they called me.
Went in to a bed, a NEW nurse came, I told her the whole story. She was awesome, and didnt question anything, either did the docs, I was impressed. Anyways, she took my pulse and BP again. Then later the doc came in. He had never heard of Clen before, so I told him that it was a beta-2 antagonist, and it was an asmatic medication and a bronciodialator. I also told him that it was a cns stimulant. I told me everything actually, that it was being used as a performance enhancer among atheletes. He actually seemed very interested like he was learning something. He asked me a few questions. I was very level headed by now, and we had a normal conversation. He went to look up the drug with their drug team or whatever it was called to find out all the info that he needed (basically I pictured him going and doing a google search, lol). In the meantime they came and and did an ECG on my heart to check for abnormalitites. They took two of them. No abnormalities, but my heart was very fast, which was quite obvious. I was also shaking all day, and they could tell it was so obvious, my hands were vibrating, and even my jaw was vibrating like when you are cold.
So the doc came back, and told me he found all the info he needed. He told me that this medicine was only used in Europe. I was like hmm really, thats weird, i wonder how my friend got it in Canada? He goes ... well ... it is available in Canada, but it used on Farm Animals! I said no way!!! He said we have similar meds for humans, but we dont use clen in Canada, vecause of how long it lasts. He then did a bunch of physical tests on me, tested my senses, and reflexes, and for pain in certain areas. Then he decided to take blood from me. I was creeped out because I thought that the EQ would somehow show up, after I swore to him that I wasnt taking anything. He specifically asked me if was taking any steroids earlier. I said no, then he goes .. are you sure? I said, ya i am sure .. then get this, he goes ... no Deca or anything? I couldnt believe it, but I said no, never heard of it. Why would he suspect Deca? It seemed like that was the only steroid name he must have heard of or something, and wanted to see my reaction.
Anyways, to make a long story short, I got the beta blockers. My blood also was extremely low in potassium so they infused me with potassium, which actually kinda made me feel better. I still feel a little sketchy, and I am sure I am just gonna have to ride this out. I am going to eat (SUPER hungry right now), and the biggest thing i feel right now, ... is completely DRAINED!!!! Very tired and wiped. I almost couldnt make it walking up the 3 flights of stairs to get to my place!
Moral of the story here bros, is dont be a freakin idiot like me! Learn from others mistakes and make sure you know what you are takin. I know this is usually a no brainer, but be carefull if you are homebrewing stuff and have different things around with no labels etc. Just take extra caution cause you never know when some simple little mixup like this could happen. The scary thing is that i was planning on bumping my var dosage up to 80mg this week. THANK THE LORD that I didnt do it today, or it would have been 800mcg of clen instead of 500mcg. This was definately an eye opener for me. I for one am never touching clen agian! I hate the shit ... even at 100mcg I hate it, and at 500mcg i REALLY freakin hate it! I am even contemplating if I should go ahead with my cycle. Its only a var+EQ cutter, but i am a little shaken up over this whole episode. I am sure I will be fine if I be carefull what the hell I am doing!!! The doc even told me to take it easy for the next few days, no gym or anything. He says the heart needs rest just like any other muscle does, and he says that my heart today had the equivalant working of running a marathon!!!
Anywhoo, off to eat, then crash. Damn what a crappy day. Thanks again for the support and feedback guys, I really do appreciate it. Its good to know you can get some quality advice and feedback from folks on a board like this.
Take Care (and i mean it)
Mavy