Hi everyone,I am just curious to see if there is anyone out there in the same boat I am in. I am a 33 year old female living in Canada. For the past five years I have been sufferring with TMJ (lockjaw). I have have surgeries, been through pain management and visited so many experts who deal with my condition. From the start I was prescribed medication for the chronic pain. And it really changed my life. I walk around in a haze most days and I have been suffering from severe depression as well. I finally had enough and knew if I didn't tell someone how I was abusing my prescriptions, I would be dead withing a couple of months, maybe weeks. I am going off to detox and I am scared because I don't remember the old person I use to be. And it is hard being depressed and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. People have to realize that there are lots of people out there with addiction to street drugs, but I am living proof that prescriptions and over the counter medication is a serious problem and becoming an epidemic. I know I have a battle infront of me. I will have to deal with the pain in a different way, but I want my life back for the sake of my kids, my family, and for me. I felt shame when I had to admit to what I was doing, but the professionals assured me that there is no need for shame, but I should be applauded for having the courage in coming forward and admitting what I was doing. Days are long for me to now as I await to be admitted. I am still abusing and I hate right now who I am. But I know deep down I am still in there, I just have to believe I can do it. So if anyone is going through this or has gone through it, I would love to hear from you. I am not one to give advice because I believe what works for someone doesn't necessarily work for everyone else. But if you are conteplating abusing your prescriptions because of some kind of pain you are dealing with or you are just lookiing for the high, trust me when I say your life will never be the same and nothing is worth damaging and destroying your life over. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
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Battling a prescription drug addiction
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This is why medical marijuana would benifit so many people. Why take addicting drugs that will kill you, when you could take a few hits and deal with the pain. I hope all works out for you. Its for the best
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Thank you for your reply. And I agree with you totally. If I didn't seek the help I did, I would of ended up dead because of all the medicine they have given me. Sadly there will always be people who abuse medicinal pot, just like any other drug. But I am sure I would have not as much damage to my body if I could use medicinal pot. I am going into detox next tuesday. Sadly I have had to wait for a bed, speaks volumes about our medical system. There are kickbacks for the doctors everytime they write a prescription. They all work together to get rich and fail to see how many addicts they have created. I am actually afraid of myself ever since I have been taking my prescription drugs. I am suffering from depression as well and these pills just make me numb. I have lost five years of my life and if I didn't find the reason I did to admit everything, my kids would of buried their mother. I really appreciate the time you took to write to me. If I see you online, I will let you know how I made out. Hope you are having a good day and once again thank you for your kind words!
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It will get better! You can beat this. Unfortunally, humans like to abuse things. Be it the eviroment or simple prescriptions. But you can prevail! Do it for your kids! Defentially let me know how your treatment goes. I wish you the best of luck. If you need to talk privatly, shoot me a PM thingy.
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Ah this is really frightening. Personally I don't like to use any modern medicine unless forced to really. I always think back to the days when everyone took laxatives and thought they were so good for ya, could fix anything basically. I'm convinced that a good percentage of modern medicine could be placebo, have adverse affects, or who else knows what.In 200 years from now, people will look back and think - WHAT WERE THOSE PEOPLE THINKING? Just like we look back now. So many misconceptions there are. best of luck
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I'm convinced that a good percentage of modern medicine could be placeboSome evidence points to this vis-a-vis SSRI antidepressants. It's hard to believe...I've seen it seemingly perform miracles. But I may have been fooled, or it might have varying degrees of "placebo-ness" in different people.
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You should NOT feel ashamed at all what so ever. Prescription drug addiction is serious and can result in terrible consiquiences. You are definatly doing the best thing for yourself and everyone in your family and should be very very proud of yourself for taking that step.I may be young, but when I was 15 I was prescribed Xanax by the doctor for anxiety. I took them for about a year and then started telling my doctor they werent working as well and he moved me from 1 mg to 2 mg ...... thats when it got bad ... by time I came back to the doctor trying to convince him it was still not working he knew somthing was up and started weening me down on some less powerful medications and suggested a psychologist guy who ended up talking to me every day trying to convince me I didnt need xanax to operate ... I felt ridiculous, stupid, and weak willed. but all in all I feel a hell of a lot better that i quit taking them and try to deal with the anxiety is more natural ways I wish you the best of luck. oh yea im almost 20, havent taken a non rx pill in 3 years