Depressants/downers

Examples include: 

• Heroin, morphine, benzodiazepines, 

You’ll feel: 

• Relaxed, blissed out, less inhibited, and relieved of pain and anxiety. 

You might experience: 

• Hallucinations, nausea, vomiting, slurring, lack of coordination, confusion, drowsiness, constipation, itching, lack of appetite, lack of sex drive, unable to get an erection. These are very addictive and have a high risk of overdose, which is likely to end in a coma or even death. Because of how addictive they are, you can also get very bad withdrawal symptoms after using them a few times. 

You should be concerned about: 

• These drugs themselves can interfere with blood glucose levels, increasing your risk of going very high or very low. 
• You probably won’t be able to tell what your blood glucose is doing because of the other effects of the drug. 
• Loss of appetite puts you at risk of a hypo if you don’t eat. 
• You might also forget to take any insulin, increasing your risk of going into diabetic ketoacidosis.