Opioid Dependence

I was prescribed Oxycontin when I had my leg surgery. I think I was given like 4 in my prescription then they moved me off asap but that shit was strong!

just had a spinal fusion (scoliosis) a week ago. ive been cravin then opiods like a motha fucka. cuz they work. and kill my pain. got prescribed oxycontin, oxycodone, and valium. im just worried i will develop a dependance and reliance on them. i need them for the time being but im hoping i dont develop a dependance where "i need" them to sleep in a few weeks when the pain becomes more tolerable. we shall see.

Searchbar most definitely. There is a lot of threads with both good information and a bunch of uninformed hate.

It's a horrible thing but there is definitely light to the other side. You just got to want it.

Hit me up.

Opioids are great for people who REALLY need them but they're destroying so many more people. I'm happy to say I've never dabbled in them and don't plan on it.

heard to many bad stories about opiates id only use them if i really was in a ton of pain and couldnt bear it

i grew up watching my brother struggle with it, he still is. it's probably one of the hardest addictions to quit if not the hardest. if you really are dependent and addicted you need help, it's the only way around it. i was prescribed some after my rotator cuff/SLAP tear surgery but didn't even touch them because i knew how fucked they are, the risks make any benefit from them not worth it imo.

You guys should try skiing all opi'd up. It's wild.

Painkiller dependence is a terrible thing, especially when you have to be on a huge dose of them, not cause you want to , or want to get high, but to literally make it out-a bed each morning and make it thru the day without feeling like the pain is eating me alive... which it kinda is... some may not believe this because its such a high dose, even some doctors question why i am on such a high dose, well its because my metabolism is faster than a race horse and my body just goes thru these things like candy... I am on 25 mcg of Fentenly ( patches ) every 48 hrs. 6 oxy 30 mg a day. and 15 pills of valium 10 mg. so basically even without fentenly, i am on at least 150 mg of valium a day, and 180 mg of oxy a day. and like i said that not even factoring the fentenly in ( the most power full of them all ). first off i hate being on these meds, i literally have to be as they are keeping me alive. long story short , senior year of HS i got really sick with an unknown illness / disease that is destroying my body ...i have been to mayo clinic, university of washington, clevand clinic, denver national jewish hospital, etc, basically have spent all my means trying to figure out what i have. least i know what i dont have , but its touch knowing your so sick and not knowing what it is, thankgod for my gf for keeping me sain. so 2008 was my senior year, got sick and never got better just worse, used to weigh 185 pounds naked my senior year of HS , and now 5 years and a couple hundred thousand dollars down the drain i weigh 125 pounds and am still dropping. it got so bad i had to go on 24 hr a day iv nutrition for 5 and a half months , and that didnt even work, 120 k wasted. uhg ha. but ya opiates, opiods, benzos, all bad, if i had a choice i would not be on any, but like i said for some people in situations like mine its the only thing they can do for you in instances like mine. here are some pics showing how skinny i am after having my disease ruin my body and you can cleary see how much weight i loss due to sickness as well as being on a fucking mass amount of painkillers. stay healthy friends, and stay of this shit if at all possible, only if you really, really need them.

kinda fortunate i have relatively strong will and not to dependent of a personality, but even i saw some serious signs of physical addiction when i went off of using them pretty frequently. (60+mg a day) had a really hard time eating, couldn't sleep literally at all, horrible bitchy mood, ect for like 4 to 5 days and then it all turns around and feels as if you're getting out of a fog.

my best advice for getting over literally anything in your life is this: distance yourself from anyone that could potentially get you back in to that behavior` (any friends that may use) and keep 100% busy. also talking to a real person that you trust and knows the situation can be insanely helpful as well.

Hope you heal, man. This is awful, you are a very strong person.

get through this mate, cant even imagine what your situation is like

Was given a script of two weeks worth after my shoulder surgery last year. Stopped taking them after 3 days. Stuff is no joke and wrecks lives left and right. No idea why they prescribed that much in the first place.

Jesus, that shits crazy. Good luck man, I hope you get through all this

I've been working with people who have serious addictions to Opiates for the last 4 years since I graduated college. I do group therapy and I also work with homeless people. The majority of these people started out with lortab/vicodin and then stepped up to more serious meds like oxy/roxycodone because their tolerance has become so high that they don't even feel the "high" anymore. They eventually start shooting up because that is the only way they can get high. Because people take them intravenously the street value has skyrocketed to 25-30 dollars a pil. They end up burning every bridge they have and end up on the street or in a psych hospital. I'ts really a sad thing to see because they have given their relationship with friends and family in pursuit of their next high. They steal because they can't afford the habit or try and manipulate people in to helping them find more meds.  I take Lortab for the ruptured disc in my back because narcotics are the only relief I have for the pain but I also realize it's a slippery slope so I only take them when i really need them. They do work really well for the pain but tolerance go's up very quickly to where people are taking near lethal dosages of acetominophen on a daily basis. I have friends who are hooked and they literally get sick for days without the opiates.

same thing happened to me. got a prescription for like three bottles of the stuff and stopped using after a week or so. happened when I broke my leg AND tore the rotator cuff.

I threw away a decade of my life with this bullshit. OD's, waking up in the hospital, jail, rehab, robbed at gun point, pawned all sorts of shit, and was told by a doctor that I could lose my arm, destroyed my family, and sold out my friends/gf's.

If you want your life to go fucking nowhere, go ahead...take some percs, drink some lean...maybe you'll be fine. Maybe it'll make you nauseous and you'll fucking hate them. But, if you're like me, you just might fall in love. God help you.

Opiates are insidious, horrific drugs. They WILL fuck your life up, and those unfortunate enough to be around you.

If you are prone to anxiety, worrying, OCD, depression, etc., stay the fuck away.

thankyou, very kind words, have a good one buddy.

Good luck man! That sounds horrible. I'm in a somewhat similar position but no where near as bad. Not knowing what you have is the worst. Hope they figure it out soon! So lucky you have such a great support network around you, you must be a really strong guy.

In a chemical dependency course I was forced to take my counselor talked about opiods a lot. He said there was a guy that ended up getting addicted to working out because it was the only way he could cope with being an alcoholic and not drinking. He said his arms were literally bigger than basketballs because he worked out nonstop. Apparently he worked out so much the muscles on his back actually crushed his spinal cord. He couldn't deal with the pain while working out so everyday he would wake up eat handfuls of opioids, work out all day, go home and eat another handful of opioids and got addicted in like a couple days. I find this story to be extremely hard to believe but after seeing some hardcore addicts first hand at these meetings it's fucked up to think about what drugs can do to you.

I hope you're doing good B!

I apologize for not getting back to you a while back when we were talking about the topic at hand...hit me up I'd love to hear how things are treatin ya.

In an honest question does marijana as a pain killer even come any where close to these? I have never had to take these and you hear debateconsidering the effects and the potency of marijana but compared to opiates does it even compare?

It's considered a pain killer but no where, no where near the level of opiates whether good or bad.

After my brain surgery I was given OxyContin I was still in a ton of pain so my doctor prescribed me morphine as well I was on it for over a month and I stopped taking it there was no withdrawals, And I still have about 30+ pills in my room I hurt my shoulder a lot so I'm saving it for that. Haven't even been tempted to take it once now that I'm not in pain I guess I'm superhuman.

Vibes dude stay strong that shit sounds gnarly.

thankyou very much , and good luck to you as well. yes it is a huge blessing and makes a huge difference to have a good support system. at 24 yrs old im not sure i could have made it this far without that support. ( fam , friends, gf, etc, they all rock and all really care and thats cool ) . but yes i feel blessed everyday to at least have a great support network in my life right now. good luck to you with your endeavors . and to all who had kind words of support after seeing some of my pics.... thankyou very much, very kind of you all who posted words of support ... have an awesome day everybody .

for those of you whove had major surgeries i have a question...

ii took mine until i was no longer in pain, and again im fine no addiction no withdraws or anything and i took them for over a month.