Natasha thought it would be a good idea to post scary drug stories in honor of Halloween. So, post your scariest story...changing prescriptions and getting caught, dr shopping, over dosing, desperation....
My scariest story (there are so many, how do I pick) is:
A dr had given me a sample of fiornol #3 when I was sick with the flu and had a bad headache. This is when the drug first came on the market. Boy, I was off and running on that one. I started dr shopping in order to get more and it wasn't long before I was taking one every 15 minutes...and doing that all day long. One dr had given me 150 of the fiornols without codiene, so I changed the script to say #3. And also gave myself 3 refills. That pharmacy never questioned when I would come in and pick up a refill every week. They didn't care and that was back before everyone was linked. Needless to say, I OD. But didn't tell the ER why I was sick, just told them I was in pain. Got more pain meds that way. I could have died, and should have died. My tolerance was so high, it would have dropped a horse.
I look back on that now and get physically ill. It is insane.
Cowgirl
oook,,lets see, I remember dr shopping,it was a nitemare,,I went to 5 dr ,,and all of them gave them to me really easy,,,,no problem ,,,than one day went in to my otro dr,, he looked at me ,ever so plesant,,and so nice and sayed,(mrs ,,,,,how are you today...ooo fine ..well I see here you really love dr ..what,,,you have seen in the past 6 mouths ,,all of these on my list ..well needless to say ,,,,,I ran out of hes office and ran rite in to the nusre ,bunmped heads with her,,,,and fell back agaist the wall ,th dr came out sayiny ...ummmm ,,,you need to go to detxo,,,I got up and ran out the door,,,oo was that so ashamed of myself ,,plus I got a headache from hitting heads with her ,,,,that was the beginning of the end,,,,,poopie
One night I woke up at around 3:00 am unable to breath.. My windpipe had closed up to the point where NO air could go into my lungs.. I sat there unable to cry out for help and on the verge of passing out when my thoat bagan to relax and a small bit of air was able to get into my lungs. Enough to keep me conscience.. after about 5 minutes I was breathing normally.. At the time I thought I had developed ashma.. But I now know it was from taking too many percocets, little did I know respiratory failure was a sign of overdose.. I consider myself very lucky.
Regards,
Tom
Regards,
Tom
the amount of cocaine that i would shoot at one time went up to about a quarter gram...once injected i would hear voices...funny, because i would stop in totally peopleless places...as soon as i had that rush, i would immediately fix up another syringe and continue on until whatever i had was gone...i would do a gram in a matter of two hours...i was very fortunate that i never od'd from this stuff...the scary part was that i had absolutely no control with saving it for later, it just went into me one after the other...i was afraid of dying right before i pushed the plunger, but couldn't stop myself....i'm so thankful that i finally quit.
Okay, well you all know about me being arrested for forging scripts. But, here is one i have never told. One night after taking pill after pill of the yellow hydrocodone I went to bed bc i could hardly keep my eyes open. When i finally drifted off I felt like i was dying and i saw a man's face and he said, "I will kill you". And i tried to scream but i couldn't. I remember reaching my hand out hoping someone would see me and help me. Finally, i pulled out of it. I don't know if i was od'ing or if i was hallucinating or what. I still remember it so vividly. Scary... i think i could have died.
wow Bri,
I've had that same experience, except it was an old lady sitting on my bed. Her voice was that of a devil when she said that. lol, talk about freaking out.
I've had that same experience, except it was an old lady sitting on my bed. Her voice was that of a devil when she said that. lol, talk about freaking out.
Gosh Liz... little old lady voices freak me out! I know, it was so real though, huh? I remember thinking it was a demon or something too. It prob was... lol!
It wouldn't surprise me Bri if it were a demon, ya know. Certainly sounded like one.
One evening I was comming home from work and I was only maybe 20 min away so I figured I would go ahead and take a couple of pills and one of the muscle relaxers thinking they would not even take effect till after I got home.. I was wrong I guess because I had not eaten all day they hit me sooner.. I pulled in the drive way and and ran into the garage that woke me up, then I backed up pulled into the garage and the next thing I know my husband was shaking me yelling, at me trying to wake me up.. I remembered waking up when I hit the garage but I dont remember even pulling in to the garage... I guess I was asleep about 10 min before my husband got worried and came to see why I had not come in yet.. It really scared me.. but at that time not enough to make me stop taking the pills.. I am so glad that I do not have to go thru something like that again... It really scares me still to think that I could have fallen asleep before I got home and killed myself or someone else...
I know what you mean about the Fiorinal 3.In August of 2002 I had been at a friends house and it started on a Friday .hat afternoon I called the pharmacy and pretended like I was a nurse and called myself in a script of the fiorinal 3 went and picked it up everything was fine.Well the whole weekend I was taking the pills and shooting coke also.Well my friend went to the hospital becuase she felt like she had a kidney stone and was admitted so I was home alone at her house she had asked me to take care of her pets and stay there plus she wanted me to drive her car home from dropping her off at the hospital.Well I ran out of the pills and called the pharmacy the next Monday to get a refill since everything was so smoothe that Friday and they acted like it was fine and told me it would be fine .So before I go to pick it up I went and got some more coke .I go to the drive thru and they tell meit is not ready yet so I pulled through and parked and was doing a shot of coke .I was actually sitting there holding the steering wheel w/ both hands because I had done quite a bit and someone knocks on the window I was ripped and when I looked it was the same DEA agent that had arrested me 5 months earlier for writing scripts .I had the doors locked and he was like Cristina open the door and get out of the car I was tripping I was so high and I did not want to open that door I had the rest of the coke in my pocket and my rig in the car it was awful!!! I was petrified to say the least .Anyway I finally opened the door and got out while they were searching the car I was able to throw the coke and they did not charge me with the rig but I did go to jail ( i had just gotten out from serving 3 months) that June so when I went back to jail with the same charge I ended up going to prison,needless to say I will take any pill on the Earth when I was still using but not a dang Fiorinal 3 I could not even look at that blue and yellow capsule w/out dang near having a panic attack.So glad to be clean and not live that life anymore!!! Today makes 2 months clean cant wait to go to a meeting and get my 60 day tag.
Ctink..wow.
Congrats on your 60 days!!!!!!! I'm telepathically putting my good mojo on your coin!
Great stories everyone..do you think they might stop one person from using anymore? I think so....
Cowgirl
Congrats on your 60 days!!!!!!! I'm telepathically putting my good mojo on your coin!
Great stories everyone..do you think they might stop one person from using anymore? I think so....
Cowgirl
I had a scary bout one night.........all the time I had taken vico's I drank with them..only made my high even better......well when they switched me to methadone I had been taking it for awhile when I decided I was going ot have a few martini's......I can remember feeling great...thinking awww I candrink on this stuff even though it says not to.......well I was in the entryway with the boys, we were walking towards the living room, when i went to grab the halltree knowing I was not gonna make it, I wanted to just sit down...........next thing I remember is waking up on the floor, with a huge bump on my head.........thank god nothing worse..........until........well I had hit the corner of the wall and fell down between the wall and my quilt holder........I finally go tot the couch, the kids and my hun got cold rags forme and just told me to lay still..............I begin to feeel better so I ate some snacks.........
Two days later I could not move without crying, I hurt so bad, I called my dr thru out the day saying I needed help, I hurt so bad I could not even stand up.....but I still had to go to work.being in the pain clinci Iwas not able to see my reg. dr....finally I had my son drive me to my reg dr.and I said I will not leave here till I get a shot of demeraol and toradoll...I got it but it was a fight........
My counsler from the clinic called to check on me the next day and pick my brain about what I might have done to cause this to happen, since I had been doing so good without suffereing from the pain...............It had dawned on me I drank well taking to much methadone.........the only hting he said to me is.be glad your alive...........boy oh boy did I look at my meds differenetly from then on out...........It was nice to have a glass of wine last night, knowing I would be ok.....its 15 days today that I have been off the methadone, and yes I only had one glass of wine, and no cravings for any type of pain pill......
It was sad my kids wittnessed it, and then I had to tell them what I did and what could have happened......so not only did I have my hun watching my every move, my boys did the same.......
Two days later I could not move without crying, I hurt so bad, I called my dr thru out the day saying I needed help, I hurt so bad I could not even stand up.....but I still had to go to work.being in the pain clinci Iwas not able to see my reg. dr....finally I had my son drive me to my reg dr.and I said I will not leave here till I get a shot of demeraol and toradoll...I got it but it was a fight........
My counsler from the clinic called to check on me the next day and pick my brain about what I might have done to cause this to happen, since I had been doing so good without suffereing from the pain...............It had dawned on me I drank well taking to much methadone.........the only hting he said to me is.be glad your alive...........boy oh boy did I look at my meds differenetly from then on out...........It was nice to have a glass of wine last night, knowing I would be ok.....its 15 days today that I have been off the methadone, and yes I only had one glass of wine, and no cravings for any type of pain pill......
It was sad my kids wittnessed it, and then I had to tell them what I did and what could have happened......so not only did I have my hun watching my every move, my boys did the same.......
CG, you may want to check on Tasias post .She was asking about a pain clinicwith opiate therapy maybe I should go back and tell her to check this thread out it is scary.Thank you I cant believe I have come this far !!!!Cristina
I was in 2 car accidents in one year. I've tried to tell myself that it had nothing to do with my using...I mean, I never drink and drive and these pills don't really mess me up....yeah, right. Denial at its best! But I would say that wearing a fentanyl patch and popping 2 percs on top of it would impair anyone's judgement. The worst part, in one of the accidents, my kids were with me. Thank God they weren't hurt.
I take that back......the worst part......I haven't learned my lesson yet.
I take that back......the worst part......I haven't learned my lesson yet.
Gosh this is a hard thing for me to admit,but if it helps even 1 person reach out for help its worth it.I was getting a script for 240 Ultram a month,well that wasnt enough for me oh no I had to prove I was Miss Big Deal & I would buy at least 120 more off the internet.Well somehow 1 month I managed to eat all that I had which was what....360 pills within 4 weeks!!! Thats not the hard part,for me I (back then)I needed more & more well it was at least 1 week before I could get my refill,so in order to get ANYTHING I took a 3lbs weight & I kept smashing it into my lower spine.Well it worked & I got more pills but I also damaged my spine for good.I hang my head so ashamed now,even then I knew that what I was doing was so sick yet I wasnt ready to get it together,And just for knowledge I need to say to this day I still dont know what it was that got me to get it together Im just thankful I did....mj
dear jodi Im proud that you KEEP TRYING that will work in the long run...
dear jodi Im proud that you KEEP TRYING that will work in the long run...
Yeah I tell ya what, I've had a lot of bad experiences with pills. Many times I've felt like I was oding, but it's not just pills that has been real bad for me. Alcohol too has caused some pretty scarey moments for me. One time I was drinking all day as I normally did in my 20's. My ex husband and I went to a friends house and I continued to drink. Next thing I knew I was on their bathroom floor and couldn't move. Not even a finger. I was paralized. My mind was there but I couldn't move. I had to call my husband in who carried me out.
Another time, I was in Florida during Thanksgiving week. My ex husband and I went to the bar in the Mariot. Well we bumped into a bunch of people that were also from NY. They were excited and bought all of our drinks that night. So, now it's free, lol. So, I ordered every drink you could think of. Mixed drinks, beer, back to mixed drinks, shots. Well by the time I got to my room, my throat was closing up on me. I was having a bad allergic reaction from something I drank. I didn't even have enough room in my throat to swallow my spit. I was terrified. I told my ex to get me to the hospital. He refused, he didn't want to get in trouble he said. lol. So, all night I had a towel catching my drool because I couldn't swallow and prayed my throat wouldn't close up anymore then it was. I wouldn't had been able to breathe. Inspite of everything that's happened to me from drugs, Losing custody of my kids, od's, falling down out of the blue all the time and car accidents. Never stopped me from repeating the same stupid mistakes.
Another time, I was in Florida during Thanksgiving week. My ex husband and I went to the bar in the Mariot. Well we bumped into a bunch of people that were also from NY. They were excited and bought all of our drinks that night. So, now it's free, lol. So, I ordered every drink you could think of. Mixed drinks, beer, back to mixed drinks, shots. Well by the time I got to my room, my throat was closing up on me. I was having a bad allergic reaction from something I drank. I didn't even have enough room in my throat to swallow my spit. I was terrified. I told my ex to get me to the hospital. He refused, he didn't want to get in trouble he said. lol. So, all night I had a towel catching my drool because I couldn't swallow and prayed my throat wouldn't close up anymore then it was. I wouldn't had been able to breathe. Inspite of everything that's happened to me from drugs, Losing custody of my kids, od's, falling down out of the blue all the time and car accidents. Never stopped me from repeating the same stupid mistakes.
Oh God, Forgot the scariest things that happened to me being under the influence of drugs and alcohol. I got married. Twice.
OMG LIZ I guess doing that 2xs would be scarey
youd think youd learn after #1
youd think youd learn after #1
LOL Molly, Thanks for making me feel better.
Hey Liz... didn't you say you are on cymbalta? I finally switched over to it. Does it work for you? Does it affect your weight?
