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23 June 2007

AskMecha: Help me get high! →[More:]I always have had a predilection towards the mild highs produced by legal drugs and foods. The glow I feel from taking 600mg of ibuprofen as the headache fades, or even the gentle relaxation that comes from drinking a glass of milk. I'm fortunate that my body/brain doesn't need much to get a slight buzz on.

I am looking for other safe ways to create that same feeling. Is runner's high real? The thing is, I don't drink, so wine is out. What are your favorite ways to get a safe, mild buzz on?

p.s. I am totally tripping on Percoset right now after having a kidney stone start to move through me at 7:00 a.m. this morning. The funny thing is that the percoset is creating more of a buzz than three shots of intravenous morphine. Probably because the stone has either left the kidney or quit moving for now.

post by: craniac at: 18:44 | 15 comments

crap, could someone delete this, I forgot to do [more inside]. I'm sorry, it's been a long day.

posted by craniac 23 June | 18:45

Yes, "runner's high" is real. I get it in Spinning class sometimes.

posted by bunnyfire 23 June | 18:46

I fixed the post - no biggie.

I got the high once while running once....it was awesome. It's real, and free, and legal ;)

posted by iconomy 23 June | 18:57

thanks for the post correction, and apologies if I sound like Ned Flanders

posted by craniac 23 June | 19:00

A really good massage is that perfect floaty walking-on-air relaxed high.

posted by occhiblu 23 June | 19:02

The morphine they give you in the hospital is JUST strong enough to stop the pain. I never felt high off of it... just drowsy. I was surprised.

posted by chuckdarwin 23 June | 19:24

My idea of a safe, mild high may be different than yours, so let me just say that Douglas Rushkoff's first book covers these subjects.

posted by box 23 June | 19:57

I apparently don't like altered consciousness; I've never experienced any of the medically-induced reactions craniac mentions, and the few times I've been drunk/high, I found the sensations and the overall experience to be quite disagreeable.

I also ran competitively in junior high and high school, and never experienced the runner's high.

posted by deadcowdan 23 June | 20:04

I agree with occhi about the massage. One time I called my mom after a massage and she actually asked me if I was stoned or drunk.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 23 June | 20:15

Endorphin highs can be pretty spectacular. I'm not going to suggest anything, um, specific, but a set of actions calculated to produce such a high, especially if someone else is doing them (consensually, of course), can be quite mind-blowing. That, and really spicy food.

I've heard that Bikram yoga can also produce a seriously altered state. (Though a yoga-teaching friend of mine has nothing good to say about the fad).

posted by treepour 23 June | 21:41

Oh, also, speaking of fads, I've found that a double shot of wheatgrass juice can get me pretty high. Maybe its just a placebo thing, though, who knows . . .

posted by treepour 23 June | 21:44

Oooh, I agree about the wheatgrass juice. It's like the world suddenly gets brighter.

posted by occhiblu 23 June | 22:12

Yeah, it has been rumored that sex releases specific chemicals in the brain. And they have been known to concentrate one's thinking.

From a google search:

Love Junkies
There are those who may be addicted to that love "high." They need that amphetamine-like rush of dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine. Because the body builds up a tolerance to these chemicals, it begins to take more and more to give love junkies that high. They go through relationship after relationship to get their fix.

I am pretty certain that my brain likes addictive chemicals more than most peoples. I'm trying to figure out healthy ways to deal with it, I guess. I will try the wheatgrass juice!

posted by craniac 24 June | 00:08

I got higher than a kite when I hyperventilated working out too hard, but it was really unpleasant to be stoned because my body was malfunctioning.

posted by PaxDigita 24 June | 06:30

Give Blood.

(Give blood, then engange in your preferred method of exertion, but that can be dangerous, kids.)

posted by rainbaby 24 June | 10:48

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