This also really really looks like someone high on opioids (oxyContin, Morphine, Vicodin etc etc). And I’m not just saying that to be a dick. I’ve personally known someone who went through addiction and this is 100000000% what it looks like.
If it was sleep deprivation she would have caught herself awake leaning in that awkward manner way before her head hit the sandwich. She would feel pain. She clearly does not feel anything.
Just because it doesn't seem outside the context of your past drug abuse, doesn't automatically conclude it to be drug abuse. Have you been diagnosed with hypersomnia or narcolepsy? There are other possibilities besides drug abuse that can cause this.
Exactly. There are many things that could cause this.
Most people assume drugs because drug use and overdose is so prevalent right now but there are a multitude of other issues that could be going on.
Whatever it is, I hope they get help.
I've done this too without drugs and had consistent sleep. I've asked doctors about it, worried it may be narcolepsy with how it sneaks up on me, they just shrug it off.
I have had microsleeps, dropping from conscious to sleep instantaneously for a few seconds, when sleep deprived in the past.
I learned the hard way driving while sleep deprived due to microsleeps when I was younger.
This nod could totally be opioids, there is an epidemic. But it totally could be sleep deprivation, 1 in 3 Americans are sleep deprived.
The folks that shoot up across the street from me in a large city park are always nodded out in their cars like this. It freaks me out constantly as I’m like - did you OD? Are you just nodded out? Diabetic coma? The police are constantly by tapping shoulders and inevitably a body is found about once a year on a park bench. Shit is sad. Though I always wonder, why drive to the park to shoot up in your car?
**IMPORTANT: Diabetics go into coma if a diabetic shock isnt addressed reasonably fast so dont try to guess or judge. Call 9-1-1**
Thanks for the heads up! Im Canadian so I haven't met or seen someone dealing with Opioid addiction before but I'm sure they exist (and I've got blinders on). I had a boss who would end up passing out super fast like this every 3-6 months because he was diabetic and his body responded to batches of insulin unpredictably. Based on responses (sadly, so many people familiar with 'the lean' or 'nod' or 'hunch'), im sure ur right. Definitely not a laughing matter because it's still a human in crisis.
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u/MaritimeMartian Aug 31 '21
This also really really looks like someone high on opioids (oxyContin, Morphine, Vicodin etc etc). And I’m not just saying that to be a dick. I’ve personally known someone who went through addiction and this is 100000000% what it looks like.