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You forgot the symptom that makes you use counterfeit bills
Clean since Jan 2010 👍 14 years and counting! We do recover ❤
This women is amazing what a pro ❤️
The most harmful, irrational ‘values’ are generally instilled in our society by rich, powerful people who stand to make money off of it. Follow the money and you will see.
I learned a lot. Thanks.
Nobody cares.
If a person is taking 50 milligrams of fentanyl by mouth in about 2 months what would you recommend they stop using?
that background humm/beep got to me........ why put that in?.
11 months clean off morphine, methadone, heroin and cocaine, after 13 years of opiate abuse from 14 to 27 it is possible ! I’ve suffered through the worst withdrawals with methadone going from 400mg IV use to 0. Two weeks of hell, no sleep despite heavy medication, I was crying and beating my head against the walls, it was unimaginable torture. I also did many heroin and morphine heavy IV use withdrawals (up to 2g of pure morphine daily meaning 10g of 20% pure H), the worst for me was the terrible sense of anxiety, depression and doom, absence of sleep, impossibility to feel relaxed or comfortable ever except for the 30-40 seconds after you have thrown up, but at least you feel much better at day 7, for methadone you feel at your worst at day 7. Anyway glad to be out of that hell, I wake up every morning and feel good, and I need nothing whatsoever to stay that way. Thank god and thank AA meets ❤
I give all you a BIG advice , when you have to go on withdrawl. I was on a horrible, cold, withdrawl from fentanyl and my doctor gave me Clonidine. After about 20 minutes , the symptoms where so nearly gone, i was able to sleep. BUT you have to VERY carefull because it's a high blood pressure medication. To everyone who is suffering , i wish you all the best. Sry for my bad english, i'm not a native speaker ;-)
If people know they will become addicted why do they start.
All self inflicted
Opioids really do be the best substance when it vomes to easily getting addicted. I started off very simple and graduated.to heroin. Im lucky i stopped when i did, now that fentanyl is everywhere.
Both my parents are Fentanyl addicts. They enjoy it.❤
No, giving people methadone is not an even reasonably effective treatment. It just means you have a somewhat functional addict. Harm reduction has not worked anywhere. Sorry to burst your hopes, but abstinence is the only way that 100% works, and there is one game in town for that.
This is the biggest lie I've ever seen in my life. Years ago someone I know was given fentanyl for chronic pain management. It didn't work for them. All they did was to stop taking it ‼️📣 That's it, no withdrawals, nothing ‼️📣 It didn't work so they just stopped taking it and never took it again ‼️📣 Not everybody goes through withdrawal/ get sick/ anything negative at all when they stop taking opioids and they should never be forced to pay any price/ prices at all for those who do; especially via stricter laws& regulations as everyone is an individual, everyone's biology is different and everyone should be treated as such 🤬‼️📣 Most addicts are not addicted to the drugs, the drugs are a very minor player in drug addiction; the vast majority of addicts just love to have drugs to blame as an easy justification to use as an easy excuse to blame for the things that they just want to do anyways, for example they like to have a whole lot of s*x with multiple people, even strangers, so they will blame that by saying that they p*ostitute in order to feed their addiction, no the drugs ain't the problem, the problem is that you like to have s*x with no morals/ consequences and you use drug addiction as your excuse, that is the real problem, that is the #1 reason but the very strong second reason is that the vast majority of addicts are addicted to the addict's lifestyle, that's it and until drug addiction is no longer acceptable as an excuse and until their addiction to the addict's lifestyle is address, then no amount of drug rehabilitation will ever work ‼️📣
Weak people get addicted.
Hopefully the ones who made it through remember the horrible experience, and it might help them not relapse, but who knows wishing everyone the best of luck. My father in law has been stuck in this cycle for like 40 years.
You can die from bad tamales, too. I got bad food poisoning and it reminded me the6 wk long full opiate withdrawal i went thru 20 years ago. KAISER in LA put me on Methadone for pain. Bad idea. Now that i'm old, a full day of vomiting was enough to kill me, and voila! 1 week after this 10 hour ordeal, i had a heart attack. Just back from the hospital after open heart surgery. I'm just saying, yes - vomiting itself will kill you. It juggles the heart up and down up and down in the most unnatural way, causing cardiac bruising
I dont miss this. Ive gone through dope withdrawal so many times. I used to call it soul pain, because it reaches much deeper than the physical and psychological pain
I must be the minority of 1 but i thoroughly ENJOY detoxing from opiates. The only negative is the no sleeping for days part, but all senses are heightened, the world gets a new sparkle. Overcoming the severe flu feels like an accomplishment. Restless legs though, those also are not nice. At least i don't have cravings to deal with due to the fairly unique way I've found in and copied from animal studies to take any drug. If the body doesn't associate administration with drug effect (extended onset) there is far less addiction potential. Also if the effects are very Long lasting (half life). If one knows that rationally one can do something and THREE hours later withdrawal can then get better, one might as well stay sober those 3 hours more. It's an insight rarely found in the field, or an option for street drug or refined pharma drug users.
Prayers for my friends who is trapped in addiction🙏🏽
I hate opiates, but I did one withdrawal from oxytocin, then spent 15 years on high dose fentanyl for spinal cord tumors and other chronic diseases related to incurable diseases-I cured with cannabis-4 years ago. I came off 100mcg of fentanyl cold turkey in 2015 and it was horrific, and I have CPY-450 ultra rapid metabolism, I’m less affected by opiates than anyone else, both in effect and withdrawal and I can’t imagine how much worse it is in someone who doesn’t have that gene. hospitals are cult centers that sell pharmaceuticals to make profits from your disease while keeping you from accessing the treatments that stop them
Fuck off i suffer everyday. But i fight through it like many others. Stop making excuses for junkies.
im on 10 year drug binge, where I take 1000-1600mg morphine i.v. daily. I'm SO scared to stop ;( I contemplate suicide like 16hours a day
Ok so, does anyone even heard about something called: Workout ? no side effects, no weight return no nothing, try it sometimes it's good for you
People die from alcohol withdrawal. Fentanyl is much less dangerous and deadly than tobacco..
youve got to be joking lmao
the us government is harvesting organs they distribute these pills they are poison not overdose you dont have to overdose one hit and you are dead my son just died from this and they tried to steal his organs, no dealer makes money at 2 dollars a pill its the government they want organs....its 100% intentional they bring back the dead person claim they are brain dead because of the drug when really they are brain dead because they were brought back from the dead, its all for organs.....
If you are not strong in mathematics, don't start using any kind of that shit, it involves a lot of counting. And you gonna lose your count many times. And will start over and over. Tipicaly people learn to count till 5, maybe 10 and they lose their number.
Fentanyl is a worthless drug I don’t know anyone could get addicted cause when I had it I found it to be worthless. Stick to ganja that’s a real trip.
Lack of compassion for addicts is one of the things I despise the most in society. It demonstrates an enormous lack of knowledge, intelligence AND moral.
Excellent, simple overview. I wonder how it compares (psychic/physical pain) to acute alcohol withdrawal? I've known the latter, but fortunately, not opioids. Alcohol, at the acute, daily level of consumption is really beyond description (psychic/physical terror/trauma); I can't imagine anything worse. The Irish are right to frequently refer to hard core booze withdrawal as, "The Fear." ... So, having at least /some/ window into the horrible process of denying the body/brain something it's become voraciously dependant on, I really do feel for the opioid withdrawal sufferers and then stick to aspirin ;-) ...BTW ... this is /so/ NPC but your eye color (or lack therof) is wicked; no offense but the lack of saturations is super neat. Keep doing good work...
Why is this drug prescribed? Is there not better or other ways to recovery?
Addiction to opiate narcotics is the only drug that I cannot give an explanation as to why I started. Why I stayed around long enough to get hooked? Why I recovered from the physical & traumatical experience; relapsed again? Why I have a hard time for seeing the rest of my life without being able to use them? Why? I know people have written opiates out of his or her life and refuse to use them ever again.
The more times you quit the longer it takes, I don't get a wink of sleep for over one month and hate that worse than anything else, 24 hrs with yourself and no relief pure hell on earth..
RealdealjunkieandiwishitwasaACT😢
THE DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY DOCTORS BEING TOLD TO STOP GIVING LEGITIMATE OPIATE MEDICATION TO PATIENTS SUDDENLY ( RESEARCH WAR ON DRUGS) AND LEAVING PATIENTS IN HORRIFIC STATE OF WITHDRAWAL, AND WERE FORCED TO SEEK OUT HEROIN STREET DRUGS. DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY PATIENTS TOLERANCE DROPPING DUE TO THE SUDDEN UNEXPECTED WITHDRAWAL, BY THE TIME THEY FOUND MORE MEDICATION THEIR TOLERANCE HAD DROPPED LEADING TO OVERDOSES AND DEATHS. ENTIRELY CAUSED BY NEW LAWS PICKING ON THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY, PAIN PATIENTS WHO WERE UNABLE TO RECIEVE THE REQUIRED HELP NEEDED....ALL SO GOVT COULD " SAVE MONEY".... THEY COULD OF CHOSEN TO PICK ON RICH TAX DODGERS AND WOULD OF SAVED MUCH MORE, BUT NO, IT WAS EASILY TO PICK ON DISABLED, AND MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS. UNFORGIVEABLE. 😢
65 years and no fentanyl 😂😂
Let’s say, one of the primary sensations for those who used FOR THE FIRST TIME and only the first times... CERTAIN SUBSTANCES... are powerful sensations, such as to make you feel a GOD ON EARTH... such as to make you do all those things that normally you would not do either out of boredom or fatigue, no, you would do them and with a smile on your face, how to talk... you would know many people, you would be able to entertain many people and you would feel comfortable doing it, and if the dose is right and balanced it allows you to "live" this fictitious "reality" for a long time... every day feeling good, working well, collaborating... everything seems perfect, everything looks nice, right, right... the problem then appears very slowly... when you realize that every day seems the same, that you don’t feel that feeling that you felt... then it gets worse... so you know you have to increase the dosage... that may be all the problem you think... so you do and for a while it seems better... and yet... listen, you feel that and as if the initial magic has disappeared... as if you were slowly realizing that you are sinking... but you don’t understand why, even increasing the doses you can no longer receive that initial pleasure... that thing that led you to talk to everyone and everyone was happy... no, you feel that everything has changed. This is the pivotal moment... where a decision can led to normality or ruin. In a moment you find yourself thinking and reflecting... and the mind always leads you to "that first time..." that NEVER RETURNS... so, having said that... the choice is logical and normal or at least it should be, you have to go back to earth, you have to give up that cursed "thing" that made you feel good and now it’s ruining you, the choice is hard... but possible. I hope in many people... to select the right choice... this video, to me, is remarkably interesting... for many reasons... i say thanks...
I could remember several years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source. I'm 64 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Greece. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.burkeshroom. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice! I went on a microdose treatment for a couple of months and within the first week, every sight of a cigarette got me questioning why I was doing all that to myself. It really works.
childhood. It was relentless. I assumed it would ultimately end me somehow. About twelve years ago I randomly accepted the offer from a friend of a few doses of mushrooms. I did them two consecutive nights alone. First night was pretty mild. The second night? Wow. I saw my depression from every angle, realized much. Next day: depression totally gone. Never came back, never coming back. It's like it's a forest far away I can remember, and could probably find again with enough effort, but it has zero impact on anything in my life or mind. They honestly saved my life and improved it immensely. I never did them again, either. I wish there was a good, organized way to administer them to people who would benefit from them.
I was diagnosed with Trauma since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
It is like a bad flu. But so much worse because of the cravings and madness that washes over you instantly.
I quit fent and oxys in 2016 using bupe. My bupe dose has been lowered to basically none. I'm so glad I quit. Withdrawal isn't "kinda like a flu and a bit of nausea", it's every single cell in your body screaming from pain and you're so stressed and anxious you're having a full on panic attack, and you just wanna scream and die while vomiting, yawning, sweating, cramping, crying... It's pure agony
1 year and 2 months clean. The withdrawals went on for almost 20 days. Never again. For anybody wanting to get clean : Have a bathtub near you at all times. Hot water helps a lot. Put a yoga mat and a couple of thick blankets in the bathroom. Your going to spend most of your time there anyways. Use weed to fight the withdrawals for the first week or two. You can stop weed a lot easier than Fentanyl. Have plenty of clothes to change out of. Try to listen to your favorite music with earbuds on maximum volume. It produces dopamine And most important. Have somebody there you can trust to help you. Your going to be too weak to even make anything to drink. You need electrolytes and nourishment even if you puke it back out. This is what helped me get through it. Everybody is different with different needs. You can make it. You can get better.
Former fentanyl user here...what a great video! So I was only on fentanyl for about 6 months but I was smoking about a gram or more a day. That stuff is THE WORST. Just waaaaay too many drawbacks just to feel good for 15 mins and then it ultimately in the end it slowly stops getting you high and you just use to stop from getting sick. What a joke. So strange im on day 5 and last 2 days id be feeling nearly 100% fine during the day. but when night comes i feel so uncomfortably hot and the restless legs come back:/ so glad i stopped and was using for only 6 months, but man I just wanna be able to get a good night's rest man, thats all i want now:/ we need to make stricter laws for the dealers. This is only getting worse in our country man. its just so sad:( SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEAD THAT I HELD CLOSE TO MY HEART!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I am a Federal drug ccounselor..to every one who is admitting ise and ahowing clean... DAMN IM PROUD OF YOU!!!! KEEP GOING YOUR DOING GREAT!
I no longer struggle with coke (18 yrs clean) but I have trouble saying No to opioids. So I try to stay away from it the most I can. It's hard 😔
I was experiencing withdrawals just watching this video 😂
After 4 days I couldn’t open my hands or walk I was so dehydrated they put a little more than 3 liters of fluid in me before I had to pee at the er
I was prescribed suboxone for 8 years with no plan to stop. I finally just stopped taking it on my own on my birthday last year. My birthday is December 21st and it was hell for two months but now I know how strong I am. It’s worth the pain to be free of the nightmare
congratulations❤❤