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Posted by dexedriine on October 30, 2007, at 19:40:32
My life is a living hell,due to all thew drugs im prescribed,i have no friends,family,and the dr,s psyciatrists are useless,and dont seam to know what to do.I suffer every day from one thing or another usually bad depression,to the point i want to end it all.really 4 good.Im on effexor 225mg,dex-amphetamine 100mg, amisulpride 400mg,diamorphene 90mg, valium 50mg,creams/potions for drug rash,s,and i admit i use street speed im so addicted usually 2/3 g a day.I get pains in my chest bad,and my left arm goes completly numb,im scared,after 12 years on all this sh*t.I try to detox,but im so ill,and go mad sometimes.I spent 6 mth withdrawing off effexor,one morning i got up and i went suisidal,it was horrific,and they just pumped me full of 300mg again.Has anybody else been like this,stuck with no help.im desperate....steve manchester.
Posted by antigua3 on October 31, 2007, at 6:55:11
In reply to Where do i start on so many drugs........, posted by dexedriine on October 30, 2007, at 19:40:32
yes, I've felt entirely hopeless and so disgusted with myself and my life when I wanted to stop drinking. I knew I had to, but I didn't want to give it up because it numbed me to no end. But life with my children was more important, and I didn't want them to grow up with an alcoholic parent like I did. I just couldn't do that to them, and one day after doing something extremely stupid and embarrassing and finding out that my son had shared this info with others, that was it. I was so humiliated that I called a number my doctor had given me of a place that could help.
It wasn't easy, and at times it still isn't easy. But I don't loathe myself anymore at all. I am responsible for everything I do, and I accept that, but knowing that alcohol is no longer part of the picture has changed my life in imeasurable ways.
good luck,
antigu
Posted by valero on October 31, 2007, at 18:52:11
In reply to Where do i start on so many drugs........, posted by dexedriine on October 30, 2007, at 19:40:32
That sounds like a heavy duty regime you're on.
If I were you I'd either check into a specialised detox center for mutiple substance use addiction, or failing that,as crazy as it may sound, trash all those toxic pharms,( and for Gods sake the street speed as well) and get onto something healthier like an opiate, while you would become addicted, it could potentially allow you to get off those more complicated drugs like Effexor, Valium. Amisulpride.etc.
Once off the pharms, (and be serious, the Street speed as well). You could then pull yourself off the opiate, which believe me is less unpleasant than the other stuff you mention.Since antiquity, opiates have been effective releiving the severe emotional/physical pain you describe. There's no reason they shouldn't continue to do so.Just a pity they are illegal.
Be carefull.
Posted by Sigismund on November 4, 2007, at 0:05:26
In reply to Where do i start on so many drugs........, posted by dexedriine on October 30, 2007, at 19:40:32
>effexor 225mg,
dex-amphetamine 100mg,
amisulpride 400mg,
diamorphene 90mg,
valium 50mg>I get pains in my chest bad,and my left arm goes completly numb,im scared,after 12 years on all this sh*t.I try to detox,but im so ill,and go mad sometimes.
What about lowering the doses in this order?
dex
amisulpride
Effexor
Leave Valium and
diamorphine till last?
Posted by Sigismund on November 4, 2007, at 0:09:36
In reply to Where do i start on so many drugs........, posted by dexedriine on October 30, 2007, at 19:40:32
>i use street speed im so addicted usually 2/3 g a day
That's the one to start with.
Posted by dexedriine on November 10, 2007, at 0:09:04
In reply to Re: Where do i start on so many drugs........, posted by Sigismund on November 4, 2007, at 0:09:36
Its about three weeks on,i have been so down,my physco suggested we upped effexor,i said no way,further into the fire,he didnt understand.I went to the dr,s today,as i cant breathe,not like ashma,like oxygen cant get round my body right.he put me through to a heart failure specialist,told me im in a lot of danger of heart attack.my heart has got so big with being over used,due to amfet,and my blood preas is high,he said my arteries are cloting.This is addiction,i still cant stop,dont know whe to start,even when asked do i want a buriel or cremation........underneath:( but life goes on....
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