Depressants are also given as a relaxant before and after surgery as well as for mental and physical illness. The medicine can be swallowed, injected, or smoked, depending on the drug. The users can easily die of an overdose because they lose track of how much they have taken. Short acting depressants like Seconol can cause an overdose at 3mg, and long acting depressants at 5mg. Users who have taken an overdose can be identified by glazed eyes that respond slowly to light, slowed or slurred speech, with no or weak reflexes, even to pain.
Breathing is slowed, stopped, or irregular and if they are unconscious, they are difficult to wake.
Try to find out if they have had any alcohol as this will complicate recovery. Withdrawal from depressants is very painful because they are physically and mentally addicting. The eyes are glazed, and breathing and pulse are rapid. The addict can suffer cramps, nausea, and sometimes fatal convulsions. They are anxious and irritable with an aversion to light and noise .