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2013.12.11 23:48 its_reyn_time Codeine
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2024.06.01 01:54 Intrepid_Night7829 Fake tranq accords going around the UK. I sent them to get tested. Someone even made a video online using my test results to spread awareness. Thanks to that person. My friend sent me a screenshot of the video, same date, postcode and reference as the ones i sent. Be careful.
 | Idk why the guy who posted the vid said looks like someone used inspect element. Or whoever added that writing that was just the screenshot I got sent the screenshot of the vid so I didn't add that writing. Idek what that means lmao. But I sent them to a lab and got xylazine test strips, both came back positive. submitted by Intrepid_Night7829 to NovelOpioids [link] [comments] Just be careful, idk who the seller is apart from they sell in bulk and sell alot of them in the UK. My friend is trying to track whoever it is down. And I'm trying to spread awareness because alot of people are buying them. Please be careful. About a month or two ago my friend brought 100 boxes of what appeared to be accord codeine phosphates. He had the intention to make lean out of them. I'm a regular user of codeine and Dhc as I use them for pain, I was prescribed codeine for a long time before starting DHC and used to regularly get boxes off someone who goes to the same pharmacy as me as they don't need them and I use them for pain. My friend said he had got a good deal and sold me a box before selling to anyone on a larger scale. Me and him both tried them. I noticed the boxes were a bit off, and the tablets were huge in comparison to usual codeine phosphates. However the expiry date was this year, so we thought maybe they were just old and accord had changed the size and look of the pills. I also noticed they dissolved very quickly. I tried my normal dose, which is usually around 10-14(maximum metabolized amount you can take at once). I'm on DHC which is 2× as potent so 14×30mg codeine phosphates normally doesn't do much but stop Abit of pain and give me a histamine response. I thought they looked off but I was in withdrawal so I just didn't think and wanted to be out of it. However I noticed I was having weird hallucinations and felt incredibly weird and sleepy. I ended up blacking out, so I knew they were off and immediately told him. But I had not slept in 24hrs so I said it could be that. But just Incase I sent them to a lab to get tested and got xylazine test strips. And it turns out they were just xylazine and nothing else. I was dumb stuck, I didn't think tranq would be in the UK, let alone in codeine which is normally easily available. They are in strips, the strips look 100% perfect apart from the pill sizes. No imperfections. And they came in boxes that were sealed. I sent 2 boxes to get tested and every pill was the same result. The vendor, who is in the UK is apparently an old guy who gets a lot of prescriptions and had an 'old supply'. He's selling these boxes in bulk, to loads of people. And the normal person who does not use often would not be able to tell unless you are a regular user of codeine. You can see my results on wedinos type in reference code : W051815. Before I even checked my results my friend saw someone made a video sharing my results, same reference code, same postcode and same date I put on the form. Whoever that is who made that vid, thankyou. I'm now trying to spread awareness to people. I never thought it would get to the point where we have fake codeine in the UK, fakes in strips that look legitimately pharma unless you know what the pills from accord exactly look like. So if you get any accord codeine, that has a C imprint on one side and a 30 imprint on the other be careful. A simple test would be to place a pill in legit like 2ml of water and it'll instantly dissolve. So please, make sure your getting real codeine. You can check for reference what they should look like. You even better be careful buying lean. As someone unknowingly could have brought them to make lean with. If you buy homebrew in the UK and it makes you feel off, or incredibly sleepy, or Abit like ketamine but with an awful feeling be careful. Buy test strips. Luckily I can get real codeine from a person who goes to the same pharmacy as me. But others might not be so lucky. Not all codeine or homebrew is fake. My friend has chucked his supply, took the loss and is now only getting from trustworthy sources just for a more expensive price. There is still legitimate codeine out there, but please just be careful, especially with accords. My friend just resulted to buying Tevas and BP, and all have been legitimate and also tested. So not everything is fake but be weary. Unfortunately there are people who make fake stuff that looks real for a quick buck. We've been trying to track down the supplier because he's selling loads and loads of these in the UK. If anyone wants to PM for pics of the fakes to check thats ok with me. |
2024.06.01 01:54 Intrepid_Night7829 Fake tranq accords going around the UK. I sent them to get tested. Someone even made a video online using my test results to spread awareness. Thanks to that person. My friend sent me a screenshot of the video, same date, postcode and reference as the ones i sent. Be careful.
 | Idk why the guy who posted the vid said looks like someone used inspect element. Or whoever added that writing that was just the screenshot I got sent the screenshot of the vid so I didn't add that writing. Idek what that means lmao. But I sent them to a lab and got xylazine test strips, both came back positive. submitted by Intrepid_Night7829 to NovelOpioids [link] [comments] Just be careful, idk who the seller is apart from they sell in bulk and sell alot of them in the UK. My friend is trying to track whoever it is down. And I'm trying to spread awareness because alot of people are buying them. Please be careful. About a month or two ago my friend brought 100 boxes of what appeared to be accord codeine phosphates. He had the intention to make lean out of them. I'm a regular user of codeine and Dhc as I use them for pain, I was prescribed codeine for a long time before starting DHC and used to regularly get boxes off someone who goes to the same pharmacy as me as they don't need them and I use them for pain. My friend said he had got a good deal and sold me a box before selling to anyone on a larger scale. Me and him both tried them. I noticed the boxes were a bit off, and the tablets were huge in comparison to usual codeine phosphates. However the expiry date was this year, so we thought maybe they were just old and accord had changed the size and look of the pills. I also noticed they dissolved very quickly. I tried my normal dose, which is usually around 10-14(maximum metabolized amount you can take at once). I'm on DHC which is 2× as potent so 14×30mg codeine phosphates normally doesn't do much but stop Abit of pain and give me a histamine response. I thought they looked off but I was in withdrawal so I just didn't think and wanted to be out of it. However I noticed I was having weird hallucinations and felt incredibly weird and sleepy. I ended up blacking out, so I knew they were off and immediately told him. But I had not slept in 24hrs so I said it could be that. But just Incase I sent them to a lab to get tested and got xylazine test strips. And it turns out they were just xylazine and nothing else. I was dumb stuck, I didn't think tranq would be in the UK, let alone in codeine which is normally easily available. They are in strips, the strips look 100% perfect apart from the pill sizes. No imperfections. And they came in boxes that were sealed. I sent 2 boxes to get tested and every pill was the same result. The vendor, who is in the UK is apparently an old guy who gets a lot of prescriptions and had an 'old supply'. He's selling these boxes in bulk, to loads of people. And the normal person who does not use often would not be able to tell unless you are a regular user of codeine. You can see my results on wedinos type in reference code : W051815. Before I even checked my results my friend saw someone made a video sharing my results, same reference code, same postcode and same date I put on the form. Whoever that is who made that vid, thankyou. I'm now trying to spread awareness to people. I never thought it would get to the point where we have fake codeine in the UK, fakes in strips that look legitimately pharma unless you know what the pills from accord exactly look like. So if you get any accord codeine, that has a C imprint on one side and a 30 imprint on the other be careful. A simple test would be to place a pill in legit like 2ml of water and it'll instantly dissolve. So please, make sure your getting real codeine. You can check for reference what they should look like. You even better be careful buying lean. As someone unknowingly could have brought them to make lean with. If you buy homebrew in the UK and it makes you feel off, or incredibly sleepy, or Abit like ketamine but with an awful feeling be careful. Buy test strips. Luckily I can get real codeine from a person who goes to the same pharmacy as me. But others might not be so lucky. Not all codeine or homebrew is fake. My friend has chucked his supply, took the loss and is now only getting from trustworthy sources just for a more expensive price. There is still legitimate codeine out there, but please just be careful, especially with accords. My friend just resulted to buying Tevas and BP, and all have been legitimate and also tested. So not everything is fake but be weary. Unfortunately there are people who make fake stuff that looks real for a quick buck. We've been trying to track down the supplier because he's selling loads and loads of these in the UK. If anyone wants to PM for pics of the fakes to check thats ok with me. |
2024.05.31 21:27 k2900 I am suffering and struggling and am losing so much hope
Not all of this is ADHD related. But I do have ADHD and I am a programmer, so, this was the closest community I could go for.
This post is very long so I don't expect much. For what its worth it was cathartic typing this out. But that feeling usually just lasts a few hours or a day, its not a fix.
A bit about Me and my work history
I am very much an introvert and I have high-functioning autism and ADHD and have no family apart from my 76 year old dad. I also have a chronic illness that causes pain and fatigue. I've spent a lot of time in therapy dealing with emotional neglect in my childhood.
I'm 34 and an over-achiever. That was all good and well in university but in the workplace this caused me to destroy myself. I became a senior developer in 4 years and stood in as Team Lead of a small team of 4. I was 27. I moved workplace and they didn't buy that I was performing as senior dev level so I was hired as an intermediate. But in a year I was promoted again to senior dev.
Over the many years since then I've slowed down. I tried my hand at being a team lead and technical lead a few times and I couldn't handle it. I've realised that being centre of attention is really stressful for me and burns me out. My current workplace knows this. They saw me lead successfully but also saw me crash and burn from burnout. So they don't pressure me to be promoted even though I am 34 now.
In CBT therapy we tried exposing myself to failure by intentionally missing deadlines and trying to produce sub-par work. That didn't work. I just cannot deal with the guilt and shame of disappointing people. Then I tried a more trauma oriented psychodynamic approach. I then understood how that guilt and shame related to the emotional neglect, criticism and loneliness from my childhood. But it didn't change how my body seems to react at work.
My workplace
There are two squads of about 6 people each. Together we look after about 8 applications. These applications often send and receive data from each other in Azure via API, service bus or data factory.
I strive better in order. The codebases are different levels of age. There have been small attempts to try to adopt standards across all codebases, but it doesn't stick. Each application has some of its own standards and conventions.
The team is mostly extroverted. Or at least the leads are. There are a lot of meetings, some adopted from SAfe.
Each day is standup. At the end of the sprint there are 3 meetings: Retro, Health Check, and Sprint Planning. Twice a week is Scrum of Scrums for those who are leads. Although I'm not officially a lead I am expected to attend these as I am the only person on the team who might qualify as a Staff Developer. However Scrum of Scrums was a waste of time so I stopped showing up to that. After 5 sprints is PI Planning which is 2 full days adopted from SAFe spent planning the next 2 months work, size all of it, and co-ordinate and note dependencies with clients, across the two squads, and with the data engineering team (which is 2 people).
Every Friday is Team Fun times where they play a game of some kind online for 30 minutes to 1 hour. I don't show up to that. I hate it. Once a month is Team Lunch at a restaurant, which I do enjoy.
All of what we plan is features. There is no identifying of technical debt and fixing it. However, I've been expected to forge the path on forcing some into PI Planning. Which I'd be happy to do if I wasn't busy building features all the time to make sure we meet our sprint and PI goals.
I also meet with the customer for 30 minutes every 2-3 weeks to try to do requirements gathering and analysis. I think I've made some mistakes with the features I've asked the team to build. The stakeholder changes his mind.
I've also made mistakes (in my opinion) with making the right architectural decisions in Azure. For example moving a lot of data and tables from one application to another via a Data Factory seemed to be a bad move because the source database is on an old VM with SQL 2014 and its been held up for nearly 2 months because of concerns about needing to create a SQL login. Granted, the data is quite sensitive. People's salaries and such. I should have rather done the teams existing approach: You beg one of the few managers with access to prod to manually run SQL scripts to seed your tables from the source database. After the initial copying of data, its automated: the applications keep their data in sync via Service Bus topics and API calls.
The Azure environment often has difficult and messy problems created by people: changing a VNET which breaks this-and-that application. Someone merged together our UAT and PROD Azure API Management instances into one instance, years ago because of a security incident and that was the quickest fix to upgrade the version and put a VNET in place to plug the security hole, and then they moved on with life without separating UAT again.
Junior and intermediate devs do not have access to do anything in Azure, not even in UAT infrastructure. As such the senior developers always have to get interrupted and involved in app registrations, API management, databases, VNETs, firewalls and other infrastructure related things. The juniors do not get the opportunity to learn and grow.
In spite of all this, I still manage to exceed expectations in my reviews. I let every aspect of my life fall apart for this job.I fight through my illnesses, my substance use, and still am the star developer. I hate myself. I have never been more burned out in my life and I am worried about my health. And yet I just cannot bear to not deliver.
Now
As such over time I've gotten addicted to benzos, marijuana, and kratrom which I take at night. As you can tell these 3 things all have the properties of relaxing you. I swap between the benzos and kratom. Never at the same time. I am well aware of the dangers of all of these so I'm trying to quit the weed first as this I've been a daily user for nearly 7 years and I feel like its made my dopamine system worse and killed my motivation. I almost quit in December but it lasted 3 days. Benzos and kratom I've kicked before but I really struggle with my psychological dependence on weed. For what its worth, when I take ADHD medication my desire to smoke weed that night goes away. But so far the ADHD meds have caused worse suicidal ideation, crying, depression. Have only tried Vyvanse but havent been able to tolerate it on an ongoing basis.
I do go to the gym sporadically. Socially I don't make any friends or date any more because I can no longer keep my apartment tidy. In my country it is common to hang out at friends apartments after you've got to know them, especially once you're in your 30s. I say this because I once spent a few months in Ireland and the culture was the opposite.
I live in South Africa and after two incidents of having a gun in my face I no longer go out at night any more except to the gas station or gym which are very close. Since I have no family apart from my 80 year old dad who I live an hour away from, I am also afraid that if something happens to me, like I get hijacked, I can't call anyone to help me. I am afraid of emigrating alone. With my illnesses, healthcare overseas is scary and expensive. At least here I can get low dosage paracetemol+codeine+meprobromate painkillers which I sorely need for my back pain, without too much hassle, after my rheumatologist tried a few things that didnt work.
I cannot work in an office due to a type of arthritis in my spine that makes sitting for hours on end both painful and exhausting so I can only take fully remote jobs, which is a terrifying prospect. I have a special setup on my bed that allows me to work lying down. Its possible that I could land a remote job that works out, but given how I've not managed to hold a job in the past 10 years, I will be unemployed again in 2 years with burnout again because I just cannot sustain the work environments I pick, nor can I seem to overcome my mental issues in therapy.
I tear myself apart at how my relationship with my dad has started to suffer, likely due to both of us having high-functioning autism and both having childhoods with little emotional support. I cannot bear that during his last years I've become this drug-addicted, shithead who brings a cloud of darkness and exhaustion everywhere I go. All I wish is for us to have a loving relationship but it is often strained and sad.
The end
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This post is very long so I don't expect much. For what its worth it was cathartic typing this out. But that feeling usually just lasts a few hours or a day, its not a fix.
A bit about Me and my work history
I am very much an introvert and I have high-functioning autism and ADHD and have no family apart from my 76 year old dad. I also have a chronic illness that causes pain and fatigue. I've spent a lot of time in therapy dealing with emotional neglect in my childhood.
I'm 34 and an over-achiever. That was all good and well in university but in the workplace this caused me to destroy myself. I became a senior developer in 4 years and stood in as Team Lead of a small team of 4. I was 27. I moved workplace and they didn't buy that I was performing as senior dev level so I was hired as an intermediate. But in a year I was promoted again to senior dev.
Over the many years since then I've slowed down. I tried my hand at being a team lead and technical lead a few times and I couldn't handle it. I've realised that being centre of attention is really stressful for me and burns me out. My current workplace knows this. They saw me lead successfully but also saw me crash and burn from burnout. So they don't pressure me to be promoted even though I am 34 now.
In CBT therapy we tried exposing myself to failure by intentionally missing deadlines and trying to produce sub-par work. That didn't work. I just cannot deal with the guilt and shame of disappointing people. Then I tried a more trauma oriented psychodynamic approach. I then understood how that guilt and shame related to the emotional neglect, criticism and loneliness from my childhood. But it didn't change how my body seems to react at work.
My workplace
There are two squads of about 6 people each. Together we look after about 8 applications. These applications often send and receive data from each other in Azure via API, service bus or data factory.
I strive better in order. The codebases are different levels of age. There have been small attempts to try to adopt standards across all codebases, but it doesn't stick. Each application has some of its own standards and conventions.
The team is mostly extroverted. Or at least the leads are. There are a lot of meetings, some adopted from SAfe.
Each day is standup. At the end of the sprint there are 3 meetings: Retro, Health Check, and Sprint Planning. Twice a week is Scrum of Scrums for those who are leads. Although I'm not officially a lead I am expected to attend these as I am the only person on the team who might qualify as a Staff Developer. However Scrum of Scrums was a waste of time so I stopped showing up to that. After 5 sprints is PI Planning which is 2 full days adopted from SAFe spent planning the next 2 months work, size all of it, and co-ordinate and note dependencies with clients, across the two squads, and with the data engineering team (which is 2 people).
Every Friday is Team Fun times where they play a game of some kind online for 30 minutes to 1 hour. I don't show up to that. I hate it. Once a month is Team Lunch at a restaurant, which I do enjoy.
All of what we plan is features. There is no identifying of technical debt and fixing it. However, I've been expected to forge the path on forcing some into PI Planning. Which I'd be happy to do if I wasn't busy building features all the time to make sure we meet our sprint and PI goals.
I also meet with the customer for 30 minutes every 2-3 weeks to try to do requirements gathering and analysis. I think I've made some mistakes with the features I've asked the team to build. The stakeholder changes his mind.
I've also made mistakes (in my opinion) with making the right architectural decisions in Azure. For example moving a lot of data and tables from one application to another via a Data Factory seemed to be a bad move because the source database is on an old VM with SQL 2014 and its been held up for nearly 2 months because of concerns about needing to create a SQL login. Granted, the data is quite sensitive. People's salaries and such. I should have rather done the teams existing approach: You beg one of the few managers with access to prod to manually run SQL scripts to seed your tables from the source database. After the initial copying of data, its automated: the applications keep their data in sync via Service Bus topics and API calls.
The Azure environment often has difficult and messy problems created by people: changing a VNET which breaks this-and-that application. Someone merged together our UAT and PROD Azure API Management instances into one instance, years ago because of a security incident and that was the quickest fix to upgrade the version and put a VNET in place to plug the security hole, and then they moved on with life without separating UAT again.
Junior and intermediate devs do not have access to do anything in Azure, not even in UAT infrastructure. As such the senior developers always have to get interrupted and involved in app registrations, API management, databases, VNETs, firewalls and other infrastructure related things. The juniors do not get the opportunity to learn and grow.
In spite of all this, I still manage to exceed expectations in my reviews. I let every aspect of my life fall apart for this job.I fight through my illnesses, my substance use, and still am the star developer. I hate myself. I have never been more burned out in my life and I am worried about my health. And yet I just cannot bear to not deliver.
Now
As such over time I've gotten addicted to benzos, marijuana, and kratrom which I take at night. As you can tell these 3 things all have the properties of relaxing you. I swap between the benzos and kratom. Never at the same time. I am well aware of the dangers of all of these so I'm trying to quit the weed first as this I've been a daily user for nearly 7 years and I feel like its made my dopamine system worse and killed my motivation. I almost quit in December but it lasted 3 days. Benzos and kratom I've kicked before but I really struggle with my psychological dependence on weed. For what its worth, when I take ADHD medication my desire to smoke weed that night goes away. But so far the ADHD meds have caused worse suicidal ideation, crying, depression. Have only tried Vyvanse but havent been able to tolerate it on an ongoing basis.
I do go to the gym sporadically. Socially I don't make any friends or date any more because I can no longer keep my apartment tidy. In my country it is common to hang out at friends apartments after you've got to know them, especially once you're in your 30s. I say this because I once spent a few months in Ireland and the culture was the opposite.
I live in South Africa and after two incidents of having a gun in my face I no longer go out at night any more except to the gas station or gym which are very close. Since I have no family apart from my 80 year old dad who I live an hour away from, I am also afraid that if something happens to me, like I get hijacked, I can't call anyone to help me. I am afraid of emigrating alone. With my illnesses, healthcare overseas is scary and expensive. At least here I can get low dosage paracetemol+codeine+meprobromate painkillers which I sorely need for my back pain, without too much hassle, after my rheumatologist tried a few things that didnt work.
I cannot work in an office due to a type of arthritis in my spine that makes sitting for hours on end both painful and exhausting so I can only take fully remote jobs, which is a terrifying prospect. I have a special setup on my bed that allows me to work lying down. Its possible that I could land a remote job that works out, but given how I've not managed to hold a job in the past 10 years, I will be unemployed again in 2 years with burnout again because I just cannot sustain the work environments I pick, nor can I seem to overcome my mental issues in therapy.
I tear myself apart at how my relationship with my dad has started to suffer, likely due to both of us having high-functioning autism and both having childhoods with little emotional support. I cannot bear that during his last years I've become this drug-addicted, shithead who brings a cloud of darkness and exhaustion everywhere I go. All I wish is for us to have a loving relationship but it is often strained and sad.
The end
2024.05.31 18:16 sabdariffa Did anyone have issues with Dental Freezing with Contrave?
I have a cracked tooth, that didn’t appear to be that bad, but my dentist could not freeze my tooth enough for her to work on it without discomfort. She told me there wasn’t any opioids or codeine in dental freezing that would make it ineffective.
Did anyone have issues with dental freezing when on Contrave? How about pain meds/freezing for other dental procedures?
Anyway, I’m now looking at getting a root canal 🤦♀️.
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Did anyone have issues with dental freezing when on Contrave? How about pain meds/freezing for other dental procedures?
Anyway, I’m now looking at getting a root canal 🤦♀️.
2024.05.31 18:06 OneEntry4391 When will you get better?
This is kind of a radical thought. If you have been bed ridden for more than 2 months you may be taking too much pain meds, not walking when you can, even just a quarter mile a day, and not strengthening core and stabilizing muscles, or may be overweight. This is based on things I’ve read about the science of tissue repair. I have read a few scientific studies, orthopedic to oral surgery, where people taking steroids and anti inflammatories do heal, but it takes longer. You can’t put a bandaid or a cast on your spine, so pain is your only guide to healing. When you suppress pain receptors, you are likely to re-injure yourself. Maybe inflammation provides some kind of healing agent, although the swelling causes pain. Some believe the body overreacts, some believe inflammation immobilizes a joint. I found 800 mg ibuprofen, an anti-inflammatory, to be the best pain reliever when I had pain so bad I ended up in the ER. Tylenol 1000 mg, (acetaminophen, treats pain, and Flexeril, cyclobenzaprine, muscle relaxer, are not anti- inflammatories, and may be better for healing. I got nausea when I took without food, and too much over several weeks is dangerous. Best to combine the three, in the morning take Tylenol, lasts 4 hours, ibuprofen afternoon up to 8 hours, and if needed, Flexeril at night because it makes you drowsy. I think everyone in this group knows to stay away from high addiction risk of opiates and take only one in extreme circumstances, and the best one I think is tramadol, which I get 2 or 3 from a friend, and cut in half. Codeine is also an opiate, and a little stronger. Took Tranadol once when I drove an hour by mistake. Pain was so bad I couldn’t think. Find a PT that really knows lots of strengthening exercises to work every little muscle in your back, stomach and hips. I have over 20 exercises that I do, not all at the same time, but do 2 or 3 sets of 7-10 every other day. Your latissimus dorsi in your back is the biggest muscle in your torso. But there are many others. Strong core muscles support your spine and allow you to heal. Stretching and flossing nerves should account for 20% of your exercises. If you are overweight, don’t try to lose weight now, do it when you are healthy. Do cut out sugar and greasy food to maintain weight. I gained 5 pounds from lack of exercise. Trying to lose weight is very difficult when you are depressed and hurting. Food actually stimulates hormones that make you feel good. And you need that. You also need the nutrients, have lots of clementines, apples, bananas around to snack on. Eat a big salad every day. Walking is great because it gets valuable fluids into your spine. When you sleep your spine doesn’t get that, and that’s why it hurts so much when you first wake up. We also lay in bed because we know how much it’s going to hurt going from horizontal to vertical. If you want to get a few more minutes of sleep, or make it easier to get up, get on your back, do some bridges or bring one knee up and cross it over your chest. On your side, bend your bottom leg, raise your top straight leg and kick it back and forth, then lower it. Do both sides. I’m a 70F, retired, thin, L2-5, disk herniation, could not run 3.5 months ago, because of leg weakness and pain. Back kept getting worse in first 6 weeks. Went from just morning backache to all day backache. Sciatica stayed the same. Yesterday I ran 3 miles and today I have no back pain or maybe very slight pain. I have mild sciatica that a hurts a little during exercise and when I wake. Don’t know if I have weakness, because I’m not running 10ks or long runs. Had a flare up 10 days ago, after lifting a bag of bird seed for 5 feet. I try to sit in ergonomic chair and lay down when I have pain. The first 10 weeks was the worst 10 weeks of my life. At 12 weeks I thought I turned a corner. Today I’m trying not to get too excited that I might be able to avoid surgery planned for August, run every day again, and travel. It might not be the same, but I’ll always keep strong core, and keep pounds off, to avoid this from ever happening again.
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2024.05.31 16:17 Safe-Apple4441 Trying
Took a lot of morphine sulphate, however the pills are 11 or 12 years old (weren’t mine) so probably not as effective although can feel them starting to kick in now so definitely still work somewhat
Have some of those left and also have a little codeine, plus amitrip, antihistamine but I know the last two won’t do much so not focusing on them
No real alcohol except cider because I’m not a drinker unless I’m attempting, but I wasn’t prepared for this today
Just need to know it will work but I am stuck feeling like a deadweight (literally from the zomorph) and don’t know whether to persevere and take the rest or just wait and find another way that’s more accurate/successful
Don’t want to go to hospital, not ever again
Problems are not at all solvable, not even 1%, I am about to lose literally everything I ever loved and have nothing left, and no desire to start over or keep up the fight anymore
Just need to go home, the home in the sky, which I know isn’t actually real but I like to pretend it is anyway because it gives me comfort
Hope this made sense
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Have some of those left and also have a little codeine, plus amitrip, antihistamine but I know the last two won’t do much so not focusing on them
No real alcohol except cider because I’m not a drinker unless I’m attempting, but I wasn’t prepared for this today
Just need to know it will work but I am stuck feeling like a deadweight (literally from the zomorph) and don’t know whether to persevere and take the rest or just wait and find another way that’s more accurate/successful
Don’t want to go to hospital, not ever again
Problems are not at all solvable, not even 1%, I am about to lose literally everything I ever loved and have nothing left, and no desire to start over or keep up the fight anymore
Just need to go home, the home in the sky, which I know isn’t actually real but I like to pretend it is anyway because it gives me comfort
Hope this made sense
2024.05.31 16:13 LimePavlova Pre-Quit
Posting to keep me accountable.
I am going to stop using nicotine in a few hours at 18:00. I'm posting here because I only use nicotine pouches now and have stopped smoking and vaping.
I cannot become the person I want to become while I am addicted to nicotine. I need to be sober to be able to become that person.
I used to have a bad addiction to codeine but after my last relapse I have now been sober for over a year and a half. It's the longest I've ever made it and I'm proud of myself but I'm still not sober.
I cannot consider myself sober when I am still using a chemical to cope with life. One that hijacks my brain and prevents me from truly healing in the way I know I must in order to become the person I want to be. I'm sick of how much mental energy nicotine consumes on a daily basis. It really is holding me back in so many ways. At least with my mental health, it feels like vaping was worse for me than smoking and these pouches have been worse for me than vaping.
I started using weed again after being sober from it for eight months. I find it far easier to quit than nicotine which was the idea in starting to use it again. But I just got stoned for the last month and didn't stop using nicotine. This week was a reminder as to why I stopped using weed in the first place and I'm almost out of it with no plans to get anymore. I'm not really feeling particularly bothered about this as I don't find the withdrawals that challenging when comparing it to nicotine. So I figured I'd spend this evening getting stoned one last time just to distract myself so when I wake up tomorrow I'll already be close to being through two-thirds of the first day.
The first day is the hardest for me even if it may not be the worst I feel through the withdrawal process so I'm just going to do whatever it takes for me to get through it.
I'm going to post daily updates at least for the first few days and then they'll probably start getting more sporadic. I'm hoping it will help me stay accountable to myself but I'm also hoping it will help other people. I know how important reading other people's experiences has been for me in the past to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel when I have had my more challenging experiences of withdrawal.
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I am going to stop using nicotine in a few hours at 18:00. I'm posting here because I only use nicotine pouches now and have stopped smoking and vaping.
I cannot become the person I want to become while I am addicted to nicotine. I need to be sober to be able to become that person.
I used to have a bad addiction to codeine but after my last relapse I have now been sober for over a year and a half. It's the longest I've ever made it and I'm proud of myself but I'm still not sober.
I cannot consider myself sober when I am still using a chemical to cope with life. One that hijacks my brain and prevents me from truly healing in the way I know I must in order to become the person I want to be. I'm sick of how much mental energy nicotine consumes on a daily basis. It really is holding me back in so many ways. At least with my mental health, it feels like vaping was worse for me than smoking and these pouches have been worse for me than vaping.
I started using weed again after being sober from it for eight months. I find it far easier to quit than nicotine which was the idea in starting to use it again. But I just got stoned for the last month and didn't stop using nicotine. This week was a reminder as to why I stopped using weed in the first place and I'm almost out of it with no plans to get anymore. I'm not really feeling particularly bothered about this as I don't find the withdrawals that challenging when comparing it to nicotine. So I figured I'd spend this evening getting stoned one last time just to distract myself so when I wake up tomorrow I'll already be close to being through two-thirds of the first day.
The first day is the hardest for me even if it may not be the worst I feel through the withdrawal process so I'm just going to do whatever it takes for me to get through it.
I'm going to post daily updates at least for the first few days and then they'll probably start getting more sporadic. I'm hoping it will help me stay accountable to myself but I'm also hoping it will help other people. I know how important reading other people's experiences has been for me in the past to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel when I have had my more challenging experiences of withdrawal.
2024.05.31 14:20 Timely_Low4038 Surgery Day Experience
Hi everyone,
Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone in this community who’s shared their experiences on this sub, before and after photos and pre/post-op advice which really helped me prepare for my uplift (Mastopexy) surgery. In particular, I loved reading people’s positive experiences and recaps of their surgery day.
I am around 7 weeks post op now and wanted to share my surgery day experience too in case there’s people out there who have pre-op nerves.
Night before prep:
My surgeon didn’t specifically ask me to do this but from reading advice on here I showered with Hibiclens antibacterial soap the night before. I didn’t moisturise my chest/torso area as this was specifically advised against in my hospital admission notes.
Surgery day:
On the morning of surgery, I woke up at around 6am, showered with the Hibiclens again (no moisturiser on my chest or torso) and then put my hair in a braid. Said a few prayers and then got dressed in a baggy zip-up tracksuit top, matching bottoms with a light vest underneath and no bra. I also made sure my post-op compression bra was packed in my bag as my surgeon’s PA had reminded me a million times.
Arrived at the hospital at my admission time (9am on the dot) and checked in. Filled out some admission papers regarding my personal details and then was given a menu to choose my post-op meal (I went for tomato soup, brioche bread roll and pineapple juice, which turned out to be really yummy! I was expecting bland hospital food but was pleasantly surprised).
I was then taken to my personal room for the day, my friend set up camp in the corner of the room on a sofa chair as I got undressed into my hospital gown, slippers, robe etc. and then provided a pee sample for my nurse to run a pregnancy test on. Also worth mentioning I was on my period so was given a large maternity pad to put inside my disposal underwear, so no worries with leakage.
My nurse came back in to talk me through more admission notes, check my weight, blood pressure, temperature and then answer any other questions I had. She left and then shortly after my surgeon arrived and ran through my consultation notes, re-iterated some potential risks and post-op instructions (he said that if he told me after the surgery I probably wouldn’t remember due to being out of it from the anaesthesia haha). I then signed a consent form and he proceeded to draw the line markings on my breasts in preparation for the surgery. I reiterated that I want my boobs LIFTED and that I wanted a areola stencil used to cut my areolas symmetrically as I know my surgeon prefers to hand cut his nipple shapes which I wasn’t entirely a fan of.
After the markings were done he left to begin a breast augmentation surgery for the patient who was ahead of me and I was left in the room for another hour and a half or so. The nurse popped in to check on me and my friend a few times and then eventually my Anaesthetist came into to run through some questions about me such as allergies, whether i’m on any medication etc. I made a point of telling him I get nauseous easily and he said he’d ensure I was given anti-nausea meds via my IV as well. I would recommend saying this even if you don’t get sick easily just to prevent potential sickness. Vomiting and putting that harsh gagging pressure on your chest after surgery is not ideal.
My anaesthetist left the room and literally five minutes later his assistant came to take me downstairs and it was go time! Gave my friend a quick hug, held back a brief spell of tears and followed him to the OR. It was around 11am when I finally went down.
Once on the table I was surprisingly quite relaxed. I was reciting prayers in my head as my anaesthetist put the cannulas in my arm and that was surprisingly not as painful as I expected and I’m an absolute baby when it comes to needles. I was then given oxygen to breathe in and was told they were going to inject a painkiller that was about to make me feel lightheaded and that I’ll be asleep shortly after. I remember feeling light headed/tension in my head and a sharp tingly pain in my groin (weirdly) and honestly after that I don’t remember anything. I don’t even remember my eyes closing or falling asleep!
Post surgery:
All I remember next was opening my eyes in what appeared to be a similar room but much smaller than the actual OR. I was in my compression bra but I briefly remember thinking ‘have they still not put me to sleep yet?’ I turned and asked the nurse in the room with me and she let me know the surgery was over. I asked her if everything went okay and she told me it all went well, no issues whatsoever and that I can go back to my room in the next 10 minutes! I was so relieved it was all over. I was in mild pain and told the nurse. She gave me pain meds through my cannula straight away. I asked a few more questions but I can’t remember what now haha I just wanted to talk so I didn’t feel as groggy. My anaesthetist came into check on me and cleared me to return to my room. I was wheeled back upstairs where my friend was still there waiting for me (apparently my surgeon had already come in to tell her the surgery was over and I was fine) and was assisted in to my bed.
I was given water which I drank LOTS of even though my nurse told me to take it easy with small sips haha. I think it’s because I had a weird chemical taste in my mouth which my nurse suggested was probably the anaesthesia or the breathing tube. Surprisingly, I didn’t have a sore throat from the tube at all, and I had specifically brought throat lozenges as people on this sub had warned of this.
I was really alert and talkative after surgery which my nurse and surgeon commented on a few times when seeing me as they usually expect patients to be really slow and groggy after going under. I did have a slight dizzy spell when getting up to go to the toilet for the first time but overall I felt fine. Pain was at a minimum and I was able to drink my soup and eat fruit within the next hour. My nurse checked my blood pressure frequently and noted it was consistent and within normal range and overall I felt like myself, which was a worry of mine as I had never gone under GA before and didn’t know what to expect.
Was given my medications and discharged around 5pm but was allowed to stay until 7:30pm to avoid the evening traffic going home. My friend helped me back into my tracksuit and left me to wait while she brought her car around to the hospital entrance. She had my car seat reclined for me with a neck pillow and blanket. I put the seatbelt on but under my arm so it wasn’t strapped across my chest.
Got back home around 8:30pm, the pain was still mild and stayed more or less the same - i’d say a 2/10 generally and maybe a 3 at worst. I was only using codeine at night because I found thats when I’d be my sorest first thing in the morning after lying in the same position all night.
Overall looking back my experience was amazing and relatively smooth sailing and I can’t thank God and my surgeon/anaesthetist enough. Nerves are normal but I hope my experience can assure someone that not all experiences are negative and its easy to see a skewed perspective on this sub where people predominantly post here to seek advice on negative outcomes or medical issues, which is understandable. Just know theres both the good and the bad, however alot of people still say this is one of the best decisions they ever made.
Hope this helps calm anyone’s anxiety about the procedure and any questions please let me know!
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Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone in this community who’s shared their experiences on this sub, before and after photos and pre/post-op advice which really helped me prepare for my uplift (Mastopexy) surgery. In particular, I loved reading people’s positive experiences and recaps of their surgery day.
I am around 7 weeks post op now and wanted to share my surgery day experience too in case there’s people out there who have pre-op nerves.
Night before prep:
My surgeon didn’t specifically ask me to do this but from reading advice on here I showered with Hibiclens antibacterial soap the night before. I didn’t moisturise my chest/torso area as this was specifically advised against in my hospital admission notes.
Surgery day:
On the morning of surgery, I woke up at around 6am, showered with the Hibiclens again (no moisturiser on my chest or torso) and then put my hair in a braid. Said a few prayers and then got dressed in a baggy zip-up tracksuit top, matching bottoms with a light vest underneath and no bra. I also made sure my post-op compression bra was packed in my bag as my surgeon’s PA had reminded me a million times.
Arrived at the hospital at my admission time (9am on the dot) and checked in. Filled out some admission papers regarding my personal details and then was given a menu to choose my post-op meal (I went for tomato soup, brioche bread roll and pineapple juice, which turned out to be really yummy! I was expecting bland hospital food but was pleasantly surprised).
I was then taken to my personal room for the day, my friend set up camp in the corner of the room on a sofa chair as I got undressed into my hospital gown, slippers, robe etc. and then provided a pee sample for my nurse to run a pregnancy test on. Also worth mentioning I was on my period so was given a large maternity pad to put inside my disposal underwear, so no worries with leakage.
My nurse came back in to talk me through more admission notes, check my weight, blood pressure, temperature and then answer any other questions I had. She left and then shortly after my surgeon arrived and ran through my consultation notes, re-iterated some potential risks and post-op instructions (he said that if he told me after the surgery I probably wouldn’t remember due to being out of it from the anaesthesia haha). I then signed a consent form and he proceeded to draw the line markings on my breasts in preparation for the surgery. I reiterated that I want my boobs LIFTED and that I wanted a areola stencil used to cut my areolas symmetrically as I know my surgeon prefers to hand cut his nipple shapes which I wasn’t entirely a fan of.
After the markings were done he left to begin a breast augmentation surgery for the patient who was ahead of me and I was left in the room for another hour and a half or so. The nurse popped in to check on me and my friend a few times and then eventually my Anaesthetist came into to run through some questions about me such as allergies, whether i’m on any medication etc. I made a point of telling him I get nauseous easily and he said he’d ensure I was given anti-nausea meds via my IV as well. I would recommend saying this even if you don’t get sick easily just to prevent potential sickness. Vomiting and putting that harsh gagging pressure on your chest after surgery is not ideal.
My anaesthetist left the room and literally five minutes later his assistant came to take me downstairs and it was go time! Gave my friend a quick hug, held back a brief spell of tears and followed him to the OR. It was around 11am when I finally went down.
Once on the table I was surprisingly quite relaxed. I was reciting prayers in my head as my anaesthetist put the cannulas in my arm and that was surprisingly not as painful as I expected and I’m an absolute baby when it comes to needles. I was then given oxygen to breathe in and was told they were going to inject a painkiller that was about to make me feel lightheaded and that I’ll be asleep shortly after. I remember feeling light headed/tension in my head and a sharp tingly pain in my groin (weirdly) and honestly after that I don’t remember anything. I don’t even remember my eyes closing or falling asleep!
Post surgery:
All I remember next was opening my eyes in what appeared to be a similar room but much smaller than the actual OR. I was in my compression bra but I briefly remember thinking ‘have they still not put me to sleep yet?’ I turned and asked the nurse in the room with me and she let me know the surgery was over. I asked her if everything went okay and she told me it all went well, no issues whatsoever and that I can go back to my room in the next 10 minutes! I was so relieved it was all over. I was in mild pain and told the nurse. She gave me pain meds through my cannula straight away. I asked a few more questions but I can’t remember what now haha I just wanted to talk so I didn’t feel as groggy. My anaesthetist came into check on me and cleared me to return to my room. I was wheeled back upstairs where my friend was still there waiting for me (apparently my surgeon had already come in to tell her the surgery was over and I was fine) and was assisted in to my bed.
I was given water which I drank LOTS of even though my nurse told me to take it easy with small sips haha. I think it’s because I had a weird chemical taste in my mouth which my nurse suggested was probably the anaesthesia or the breathing tube. Surprisingly, I didn’t have a sore throat from the tube at all, and I had specifically brought throat lozenges as people on this sub had warned of this.
I was really alert and talkative after surgery which my nurse and surgeon commented on a few times when seeing me as they usually expect patients to be really slow and groggy after going under. I did have a slight dizzy spell when getting up to go to the toilet for the first time but overall I felt fine. Pain was at a minimum and I was able to drink my soup and eat fruit within the next hour. My nurse checked my blood pressure frequently and noted it was consistent and within normal range and overall I felt like myself, which was a worry of mine as I had never gone under GA before and didn’t know what to expect.
Was given my medications and discharged around 5pm but was allowed to stay until 7:30pm to avoid the evening traffic going home. My friend helped me back into my tracksuit and left me to wait while she brought her car around to the hospital entrance. She had my car seat reclined for me with a neck pillow and blanket. I put the seatbelt on but under my arm so it wasn’t strapped across my chest.
Got back home around 8:30pm, the pain was still mild and stayed more or less the same - i’d say a 2/10 generally and maybe a 3 at worst. I was only using codeine at night because I found thats when I’d be my sorest first thing in the morning after lying in the same position all night.
Overall looking back my experience was amazing and relatively smooth sailing and I can’t thank God and my surgeon/anaesthetist enough. Nerves are normal but I hope my experience can assure someone that not all experiences are negative and its easy to see a skewed perspective on this sub where people predominantly post here to seek advice on negative outcomes or medical issues, which is understandable. Just know theres both the good and the bad, however alot of people still say this is one of the best decisions they ever made.
Hope this helps calm anyone’s anxiety about the procedure and any questions please let me know!
2024.05.31 12:40 whateverbob1989 I’m on holiday with my boyfriends family & I’m starting to withdraw from opiates. Please help!
I have been taking opiates for chronic pain for around a decade, prescribed by my doctor. I do overuse them often though, I started to overused to manage my worsening pain, and you know how the rest of the story goes.
I’m currently overseas with my boyfriend’s family, I have 2 codeine tablets left (30mg) and I’m here for another 6 days. It’s not available over the counter here, there is no way I’d be able to get some. My average use is about 300mg a day. Other days it can be more.
I’ve accepted my fate, and maybe this will give me the push I need to re-evaluate my choices so I don’t land myself in this predicament again.
ANY helpful tips to make this more comfortable and bearable? I haven’t slept, I have no appetite, my legs constantly feel like I have restless legs syndrome and overall flu feeling.
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I’m currently overseas with my boyfriend’s family, I have 2 codeine tablets left (30mg) and I’m here for another 6 days. It’s not available over the counter here, there is no way I’d be able to get some. My average use is about 300mg a day. Other days it can be more.
I’ve accepted my fate, and maybe this will give me the push I need to re-evaluate my choices so I don’t land myself in this predicament again.
ANY helpful tips to make this more comfortable and bearable? I haven’t slept, I have no appetite, my legs constantly feel like I have restless legs syndrome and overall flu feeling.
2024.05.31 03:23 Viradavinci No pain relief
I am 6 days post op sitting in bed at 4 in the morning, unable to sleep due to pain.
Where I live, the strongest painkiller I was prescribed is paracetamol with codeine which is mild enough to be sold over the counter. I’m also taking diclofenac sodium (both every 12 hours). For the first 4 days I also added acetaminophen and ibuprofen in between every 4-6 hours. Despite this regimen, the pain is still nearly equal to zero pain meds. I’m having difficulty inhaling too deeply and, it still hurts to move around or sleep. Met with surgeon for follow up and he said everything looks great and continue with these pain meds. He refused to prescribe anything stronger.
I decided to pull out of everything and stick to the 12 hour meds because I’m concerned about liveulcekidney issues from too many pills.
What else can I do? I use a heating pad, try to walk despite the pain, drink 2-3 L of water, take stool softener and simethicone, but I’m still extremely uncomfortable due to bloating and incision/ breathing pain.
Since I’m at day 6, I’m hesitant to visit another doctor to try and get stronger pain meds as everyone has reiterated that a laparascopic surgery is no big deal and their family members were up and at it again after only a couple of days.
I have zero history of substance abuse/addiction/dependence, zero history of mental health issues, and no comorbidities thankfully. I believe the issue is that doctors here want to prevent these issues and narcotics/opioids are very strictly regulated.
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Where I live, the strongest painkiller I was prescribed is paracetamol with codeine which is mild enough to be sold over the counter. I’m also taking diclofenac sodium (both every 12 hours). For the first 4 days I also added acetaminophen and ibuprofen in between every 4-6 hours. Despite this regimen, the pain is still nearly equal to zero pain meds. I’m having difficulty inhaling too deeply and, it still hurts to move around or sleep. Met with surgeon for follow up and he said everything looks great and continue with these pain meds. He refused to prescribe anything stronger.
I decided to pull out of everything and stick to the 12 hour meds because I’m concerned about liveulcekidney issues from too many pills.
What else can I do? I use a heating pad, try to walk despite the pain, drink 2-3 L of water, take stool softener and simethicone, but I’m still extremely uncomfortable due to bloating and incision/ breathing pain.
Since I’m at day 6, I’m hesitant to visit another doctor to try and get stronger pain meds as everyone has reiterated that a laparascopic surgery is no big deal and their family members were up and at it again after only a couple of days.
I have zero history of substance abuse/addiction/dependence, zero history of mental health issues, and no comorbidities thankfully. I believe the issue is that doctors here want to prevent these issues and narcotics/opioids are very strictly regulated.
2024.05.31 01:33 Sab_x06 I feel so numb now
I (18F) Asian ( British pakistani) I can't move out unless I literally get married, but I have applied for university JUST to escape her.
My Narc Mom made my life such a mess and I am not spoiled or anything like that, but her whole self has made me hate everything about her. It saddens me because in Islam your mothers are really important.. I really don't know what to do anymore.
I've no one to help me or defend me against her since my dad passed away 2 days before my 13yo old birthday, he was my best friend and my whole world! I miss him so much. And his death didn't not change my mum.
She's always been like this, it's like a dual personality because she's just so lovely to EVERYONE, other than me.I always get yelled at by her, she yell at me for hours that I have now started to dissociate when she yells at me because of the trauma and scream.
She also hits and yell me for the most basic and ridiculous things like about how my shoulder is showing , how I don't wear the hijab properly (my neck gets uncovered when I'm helping my grandma bring in heavy flour sacks and just moving around lots in general) and it's just so sickening and spiralling and depressing and just ugh and it's honestly so so draining.
Everytime we argue (every day) it's either about money or because she won't admit she's wrong and I never can successfully get into her brain without her telling me to shut the fuck up and "give me your phone". She threatens me so much with everything she can think of and it's so draining.
Everytime I ask for help she confronts me aggressively. She also argues with me telling I am depressed and anxious because I use my phone too much. When I talk about my future, my life she says I'm talking too much or shut the fuck up again. Every single day I try and explain and she shuts me down, she's a control freak and an emotional abuser.
I do everything for her like slave around literally and I'm not even good enough for her and she'll hit me for anything, take my phone and I'm just drained and numb to the point she actually made me wanna leave islam when I was like 12yo, that was before I realised it was her that was the problem not Islam.
She just make me wanna die, I started self harming because of her. It been about 5 years or so. Now and most of the time I feel so numb and depressed. I've attempted to kill myself many many times, but I've failed because ultimately I do wanna live, just not with her.( did you go to the hospital and no one did nothing?)
Now Secretly I've started using diazepam when I have anxiety attacks, because it's seriously getting that bad and I just feel so so so numb and dead. Her actions and behaviour towards me has had me hooked onto pills (codeine co codamol) at one point which I've been clean for a couple of months now.
However I'm just defeated and drained and I've came to a point in my life where I feel like I hate her but I don't want to, I wanna run away because I feel like I just wanna die if I continue living with her.
Note: I also have an brother ( older?) he stays asleep all day( on university?) and he never comes back home from university too. She doesn't know why my bro doesn't share his life with or why he never comes back on time and things like that .( maybe he also has a hard time with her?)
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My Narc Mom made my life such a mess and I am not spoiled or anything like that, but her whole self has made me hate everything about her. It saddens me because in Islam your mothers are really important.. I really don't know what to do anymore.
I've no one to help me or defend me against her since my dad passed away 2 days before my 13yo old birthday, he was my best friend and my whole world! I miss him so much. And his death didn't not change my mum.
She's always been like this, it's like a dual personality because she's just so lovely to EVERYONE, other than me.I always get yelled at by her, she yell at me for hours that I have now started to dissociate when she yells at me because of the trauma and scream.
She also hits and yell me for the most basic and ridiculous things like about how my shoulder is showing , how I don't wear the hijab properly (my neck gets uncovered when I'm helping my grandma bring in heavy flour sacks and just moving around lots in general) and it's just so sickening and spiralling and depressing and just ugh and it's honestly so so draining.
Everytime we argue (every day) it's either about money or because she won't admit she's wrong and I never can successfully get into her brain without her telling me to shut the fuck up and "give me your phone". She threatens me so much with everything she can think of and it's so draining.
Everytime I ask for help she confronts me aggressively. She also argues with me telling I am depressed and anxious because I use my phone too much. When I talk about my future, my life she says I'm talking too much or shut the fuck up again. Every single day I try and explain and she shuts me down, she's a control freak and an emotional abuser.
I do everything for her like slave around literally and I'm not even good enough for her and she'll hit me for anything, take my phone and I'm just drained and numb to the point she actually made me wanna leave islam when I was like 12yo, that was before I realised it was her that was the problem not Islam.
She just make me wanna die, I started self harming because of her. It been about 5 years or so. Now and most of the time I feel so numb and depressed. I've attempted to kill myself many many times, but I've failed because ultimately I do wanna live, just not with her.( did you go to the hospital and no one did nothing?)
Now Secretly I've started using diazepam when I have anxiety attacks, because it's seriously getting that bad and I just feel so so so numb and dead. Her actions and behaviour towards me has had me hooked onto pills (codeine co codamol) at one point which I've been clean for a couple of months now.
However I'm just defeated and drained and I've came to a point in my life where I feel like I hate her but I don't want to, I wanna run away because I feel like I just wanna die if I continue living with her.
Note: I also have an brother ( older?) he stays asleep all day( on university?) and he never comes back home from university too. She doesn't know why my bro doesn't share his life with or why he never comes back on time and things like that .( maybe he also has a hard time with her?)
2024.05.30 11:18 Formal-Rub7858 22F POSITIVE EXPERIENCE
Hello guys, before my surgery I was doing probably the same as you (looking up the surgery from others POV). I’m in the UK, got them done on the 1st may from the NHS. I was prescribed codeine, paracetamol and ibrpurofen alongside tabs for my stomach acid.
I had never gone under anaesthetic before so was scared but everything was fine. The first 3-4 days were mild pain but things creeped up a bit days 5-8, after that I was completely fine.
I ate normal foods from day 0, despite it hurting, you need to push through the pain - YOUR BODY NEEDS FUEL TO RECOVER, plus it helps keep your scabs fresh and avoids infection. Day 1 i had an hour nap (I never sleep during the day) but after a few days my energy levels were back to normal but I still avoided the gym and lifting weights for 2 weeks as per doctors orders. Drinking water will sting but you have an open wound in the back of your throat, so again some pain after this procedure is expected BUT LET ME TELL YOU IT IS MANAGEABLE.
Also seen another few people say their tongue is no longer coated with a white film after surgery - I believe this is also the case for me (I reckon my constant tonsil stones were to blame despite my A+ oral hygiene). I’m about a month post op and have no more pain and am completely healed. The first week or so is not enjoyable but you will get through it, take your meds , stay hydrated and try and eat!!!
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I had never gone under anaesthetic before so was scared but everything was fine. The first 3-4 days were mild pain but things creeped up a bit days 5-8, after that I was completely fine.
I ate normal foods from day 0, despite it hurting, you need to push through the pain - YOUR BODY NEEDS FUEL TO RECOVER, plus it helps keep your scabs fresh and avoids infection. Day 1 i had an hour nap (I never sleep during the day) but after a few days my energy levels were back to normal but I still avoided the gym and lifting weights for 2 weeks as per doctors orders. Drinking water will sting but you have an open wound in the back of your throat, so again some pain after this procedure is expected BUT LET ME TELL YOU IT IS MANAGEABLE.
Also seen another few people say their tongue is no longer coated with a white film after surgery - I believe this is also the case for me (I reckon my constant tonsil stones were to blame despite my A+ oral hygiene). I’m about a month post op and have no more pain and am completely healed. The first week or so is not enjoyable but you will get through it, take your meds , stay hydrated and try and eat!!!
2024.05.30 06:11 Ok_Acanthaceae7297 Day 7, pain relief not working
It's been exactly a week today that I've had my surgery. I was prescribed ibuprofen and co-codamol at the hospital, it didn't help much. My doctor then prescribed codeine and again, this isn't doing much.
On top of that, I haven't had any bowl movement for a week yet there's no pain from it and only a slight amount of bloat. I'm not sure when I should be concerned about that. Today was also the worst nights sleep I have had.
Has anyone been prescribed anything stronger? Or any recommendations on what would help with the pain?
I've not been able to eat much, the occasional pasta which I have to really muster through but mostly, ice cream and the odd pot of yogurt. I look in the mirror and feel like I'm wasting away. Cold water mostly.
The Internet suggested day 5/6 were the peak days for pain and discomfort, but I feel like the worst is yet to come.
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On top of that, I haven't had any bowl movement for a week yet there's no pain from it and only a slight amount of bloat. I'm not sure when I should be concerned about that. Today was also the worst nights sleep I have had.
Has anyone been prescribed anything stronger? Or any recommendations on what would help with the pain?
I've not been able to eat much, the occasional pasta which I have to really muster through but mostly, ice cream and the odd pot of yogurt. I look in the mirror and feel like I'm wasting away. Cold water mostly.
The Internet suggested day 5/6 were the peak days for pain and discomfort, but I feel like the worst is yet to come.
2024.05.30 01:23 YoABSUP Never use oils in the day, but I am today because the alternative is lyrica.
Cannabis has never had a huge effect on a constant lower back ache. Nothing has - stretching and core strengthening, codeine… I dealt with it by keeping myself positioned in ways it wouldn’t cause pain, and sleeping in the fetal position made it feel stretched out and comfortable. On my back was a massive no go, would wake up at 2am from the pain. Lyrica has performed a miracle, but I’ve heard of that med many times in the past and I don’t want anything to do with it. Chatted to the pharmacist yesterday about it (just came up when talking about an alternative to Heyday Rise), he said to try an oil for during the day & chat to my MC doc next week about it. Really don’t like the longer half life of oil in the daytime but if it’s that or Lyrica… I’ll take the oil. Notebook and pen handy to monitor the pain level (if I remember and don’t fall asleep, prepared for a strong effect & a possible nana nap this arvo).
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2024.05.30 00:55 liadoxc Is taking lower-strength codeine for cramps normal?
I’m curious to know if it’s relatively normal to have to use lower-strength codeine for cramps? Nothing else works and codeine only works marginally but yet I feel like I need to take it pretty much constantly to even function at a basic level. I’m not sure whether I just have a low pain tolerance or painkillers not doing much is relatively normal. This whole post may sound a bit stupid but I don’t have a maternal figure in my life (it’s just my dad and I) and I’m 17 and just trying to figure out whether it’s worth going to see my GP about and potentially going on birth control.
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2024.05.29 20:26 astrogirll Emgality making painkillers not work?
Hi, I’m trying Emgality for a second time (instead of my usual migraine botox) and I’ve noticed it seems to affect how my painkillers work. I’m currently taking Panadeine Forte (500 mg paracetamol 30 mg codeine) for severe headaches and migraines which previously treated the symptoms but obviously isn’t a good long term solution. The trouble is that when I do get migraines or headaches on Emgality my painkillers seem to be about half as effective. It happened the first time I had Emgality too. I’ve been reading around but there doesn’t seem to be any reported interactions between the two substances so I have come to reddit. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
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2024.05.29 19:58 Over_Border5517 Luck finding Promethazine-Codeine Cough Syrup?
Hey Nashville- long time listener, first time poster.
Short backstory is I've had an awful cough for over 10 days. Over the counter medicines aren't doing enough and because of some other medications I'm on I'm unable to take most "nighttime" medicines. I had a Doctor appointment yesterday and was prescribed Promethazine-Codeine cough syrup, but it turns out no pharmacies seem to carry it anymore. Pharmacists at CVS, Kroger, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart and Sams Club told me they no longer stock it, and every mom and pop pharmacy I called reacted as if I was asking them to sell me heroin. I know opioid addiction is a very real and terrible thing, and I completely understand the hesitation to give out the medication. But I really need to sleep. Does anyone know of anywhere in the city that stocks this medicine?
I've reached out to the doctor about being unable to fill the prescription but have not gotten a response or an alternative prescribed yet.
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Short backstory is I've had an awful cough for over 10 days. Over the counter medicines aren't doing enough and because of some other medications I'm on I'm unable to take most "nighttime" medicines. I had a Doctor appointment yesterday and was prescribed Promethazine-Codeine cough syrup, but it turns out no pharmacies seem to carry it anymore. Pharmacists at CVS, Kroger, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart and Sams Club told me they no longer stock it, and every mom and pop pharmacy I called reacted as if I was asking them to sell me heroin. I know opioid addiction is a very real and terrible thing, and I completely understand the hesitation to give out the medication. But I really need to sleep. Does anyone know of anywhere in the city that stocks this medicine?
I've reached out to the doctor about being unable to fill the prescription but have not gotten a response or an alternative prescribed yet.
2024.05.29 19:02 GAS-GOON WHATS YOUR TOP 20 FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME (OFF TOPIC DRY SZN POST)
This is a purely subjective FAVORITE list. nothing objective about this lmao
1.Devil In A New Dress- Ye
2.Hold My Liquor- Ye
3.90210-Travis Scott
4.Runaway- Ye
5.Wesleys Theory- Kendrick Lamar
6.Come To Life- Ye
7.Pride- Kendrick Lamar
8.Sorry Not Sorry- Tyler The Creator
9.I Wonder- Ye
10.Birth Of Rap-Lil B
11.Lost In The World- Ye
12.Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1
13.Codeine Crazy- Future
14.Ghost Town- Ye
15.Self Control- Frank Ocean
16.Oh My Dis Side- Travis Scott
17.Nights- Frank Ocean
18.Coldest Winter- Ye
19.Flex- Playboi Carti
20.Wolves x Real Friends - Ye
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1.Devil In A New Dress- Ye
2.Hold My Liquor- Ye
3.90210-Travis Scott
4.Runaway- Ye
5.Wesleys Theory- Kendrick Lamar
6.Come To Life- Ye
7.Pride- Kendrick Lamar
8.Sorry Not Sorry- Tyler The Creator
9.I Wonder- Ye
10.Birth Of Rap-Lil B
11.Lost In The World- Ye
12.Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1
13.Codeine Crazy- Future
14.Ghost Town- Ye
15.Self Control- Frank Ocean
16.Oh My Dis Side- Travis Scott
17.Nights- Frank Ocean
18.Coldest Winter- Ye
19.Flex- Playboi Carti
20.Wolves x Real Friends - Ye
2024.05.29 17:05 Disobedientmuffin What painkillers have you tolerated after surgery?
I know all bodies are different, but when it comes to people like us, things certainly can rhyme. I have IST, POTS and MCAD for reference.
I have a surgery coming up in the next month, one that will likely take a few weeks of recovery. I'm the type of person who only takes pain meds when absolutely necessary, which this certainly seems it will be for at least a few days. I've never had surgery like this. Closest was getting my wisdom teeth pulled. I was prescribed codeine which made me projectile vomit about 20 minutes after taking it. (Real fun with four open wounds in my mouth...)
Of course I'll let the medical team know, but just curious if there's anything you've taken that's been well tolerated!
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I have a surgery coming up in the next month, one that will likely take a few weeks of recovery. I'm the type of person who only takes pain meds when absolutely necessary, which this certainly seems it will be for at least a few days. I've never had surgery like this. Closest was getting my wisdom teeth pulled. I was prescribed codeine which made me projectile vomit about 20 minutes after taking it. (Real fun with four open wounds in my mouth...)
Of course I'll let the medical team know, but just curious if there's anything you've taken that's been well tolerated!
2024.05.28 09:31 Sneaky_Hobbit GP has started charging for prescription, but bulk bill clinics won't give me codeine
My GP got rid of their bulk bill policy a few years ago but he never charged me for prescription-only consults until today. So obviously, I want to change to a fully bulk-bill clinic instead of being $50 out of pocket.
The problem is that many bulk bill clinics won't give panadeine forte prescriptions (which I need for migraine management). Once I couldn't get an appointment to see my regular GP so I went to a bulk bill one to get my prescription and he said the "system" wouldn't let him because I was given the prescription by another doctor (about 3-4 months earlier). Is there a work around for this? Do I need a letter from my current GP or something?
Edit: Because people keep commenting on other migraine treatments and gentle suggesting I might be an addict: - I also take sumitriptan but it doesn't work all the time, especially when I wake up with a migraine - Max dose of paracetamol and ibuprofen does nothing for the migraine pain - I use about 20 panadeine forte every 3-4 months, so not enough to reduce the efficacy, increase migraine frequency (I already raised this concern with my GP) or get addicted (I actually hate the side effects of the codeine but it's better than the migraine) - I don't think I get enough migraines to warrant seeing a neurologist (4-5 a month on average) but I could be wrong
Due to the complexity of getting panadeine forte for main management, I think I might stick with my current GP and just get repeat scripts online.
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The problem is that many bulk bill clinics won't give panadeine forte prescriptions (which I need for migraine management). Once I couldn't get an appointment to see my regular GP so I went to a bulk bill one to get my prescription and he said the "system" wouldn't let him because I was given the prescription by another doctor (about 3-4 months earlier). Is there a work around for this? Do I need a letter from my current GP or something?
Edit: Because people keep commenting on other migraine treatments and gentle suggesting I might be an addict: - I also take sumitriptan but it doesn't work all the time, especially when I wake up with a migraine - Max dose of paracetamol and ibuprofen does nothing for the migraine pain - I use about 20 panadeine forte every 3-4 months, so not enough to reduce the efficacy, increase migraine frequency (I already raised this concern with my GP) or get addicted (I actually hate the side effects of the codeine but it's better than the migraine) - I don't think I get enough migraines to warrant seeing a neurologist (4-5 a month on average) but I could be wrong
Due to the complexity of getting panadeine forte for main management, I think I might stick with my current GP and just get repeat scripts online.
2024.05.27 22:13 Simple-Leather9672 Hair Transplant Results Timeline
 | Using minoxidil twice daily - occasionally using laser cap but predominantly min only. submitted by Simple-Leather9672 to HairTransplants [link] [comments] Harmony Clinic Cancun - they stated 2800 follicles but more like 3000. Price was $3350 for FUE or $3750 for DHI, I opted for DHI. Procedure lasted about 6 hours. Unfortunately for me the local anaesthetic didn’t really take for the first half of harvesting the back of my head - had to speak up and get another round of shots just to not feel the procedure. The shots hurt like a bitch but eventually worked. They supplied me with antibiotics, prednisone, and two extra strength Tylenols.. I’ve heard people feel no pain but during the procedure was rough and about 4 hours post operation was the worst, thankfully Mexico allows you to purchase pretty good opioids over the counter so that helped (the clinic also was adamant that I wouldn’t feel any pain…?) so I advise to stock up on tramadol or codeine because Tylenol was useless. Surgery was January 17, 2024, pictures above are progress at POD0, day 10, month 1, month 3, and month 4 (last week) Currently using strand builder provided to me by my hair club as seen in last photo. They’re made of keratin fibres which are identical to tiny hairs you’d see from a hair cut - hence why it’s so thick now. You don’t need much native hair for the strand builder to really add density - trust me I was gagged when I first saw how it changed my hair. Plans is to use the strand builder and minoxidil etc. until the hair is at a thicker density. Hope you guys enjoy LOL |
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