After about a week of intense and ceaseless back pain I broke down and saw a doc for the first time in nearly a decade. After spending literally 40 minutes trying to get of of bed to piss, I thought enough was enough. He told me it could be up to 3-6 WEEKS of these levels of pain, which is seriously wtf-worthy. Gave me a shot of dilaudid in my spine which helped, but only about a 30% pain reduction. Substantial overall though.
Everyone made fun of my ingenious improvised support system consisting of a back brace, a vise-grip, and a Swiffer quick mop that has a 360° rotating head for optimal support while rotating your body.
Anyway, I want to die... I'm curious how much that little visit will wind up costing
jesus christ......
Dilaudid is Hydromorphone..
Do you guys remember those opioid pain killer ads with the fat grandmas and -normal- looking people playing with their kids.
The ads emphasized how it's NOT habit forming or addicting.
But several of the people IN THE AD became full blown heroin addicts..
So.. Not trying to rain on your back pain, but MAXIMUM caution needs to be exerted when confronting any Opioid pain killers.
Last time I was prescribed 30mg hydrocodone. I threw the prescription out the moment I left the dentist office, bought a bottle of Ibuprofen and rode it out..
Noisy turtle.. having some idea of your personality from our forum exchanges.. I would consider you a highly risky personality to be around this stuff..
Very generally, the effect of such substances is an Indirect Programming of the brain that the Concurrent Behavior is Correct and Desirable..
It doesn't matter what is happening.. You put that stuff in you.. The brain goes, YES, I've learned that this is the thing to do to be happy, AND, this is what I should be doing tomorrow.
Tomorrow comes, and you ask your brain, what should I do, Do i want to play video games ?,
The brain's background processing will output, Videogames are fun, But DRUGS are funner.. Go get drugs..
This internal dialogue will be there forever, ever since inception of the drug..
It doesn't take very long, if the behavior is continuously reinforced for mere weeks, YOU ARE a drug addict..
Life spinning out of control is a mere symptom of drug addiction, but Everything about becoming one Occurs BEFORE that ever happens..