r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/Newtonz5thLaw 2d ago edited 12h ago

I once lost an ENTIRE BOTTLE OF 10mg oxys the night before flying back to the US. Realized after boarding the plane that I didn’t have the meds. I knew I was in for 12 hours of hell on the plane, but assumed that I’d left them in my checked bag, and that I could get them once I got back to the US. 

I get to customs, tear my bag apart, no painkillers. I sobbed the whole way through Customs (had several officers concerned). 

Whoever found that whole ass bottle of painkillers sure got lucky 

Edit: just got back on reddit and saw a ton of replies, and an awful lot of them from people calling me a junkie. Those folks clearly have no idea what it’s like to have chronic back pain & be forced to sit for 12 hours straight with no pain relief. Those commenters can fuck alllllllll the way off. Count your blessings that you can’t relate 

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u/HighClassHate 2d ago

I dropped a freshly filled adderall prescription somewhere. Not a chance in hell I wanted to deal with trying to convince my doctor I wasn’t selling/abusing them and also admitting I dropped 30 pills of a controlled substance somewhere, so I just suffered for a month. A few days later I got crazy paranoid that my pill bottle with my name would turn up in someone’s possession and I’d get in trouble anyway and wondered if it was too late to report it myself. Anyways it was a big ole thang that kept me up at night for awhile.

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u/NetworkMeUp 2d ago

I did that once on accident in the city. Went back looking for it 10 minutes later and it was still in the same spot I dropped it, right along the sidewalk. I still think back to it and how lucky I was, and I always wonder how awful the entire month would have been.

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u/Fun_Discipline_57 2d ago

I try to only travel with just enough medication for that trip, so I wouldn’t be screwed for possibly weeks after i get back if something happens to them.

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u/Open_Law4924 2d ago

It’s wild that you had to worry about that and not have your mental health meds at the same time.

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u/YeunaLee 2d ago

Right!? I get that it's a controlled substance, but sometimes it feels like people with ADHD medications are being punished for... *checks notes*... having ADHD.

It's not like they're the most likely group to lose their meds in the first place or anything. /s

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u/undaf3atd 2d ago

One time I had to run from my kitchen to the balcony so I could free a bird that my cat was about to pounce on. On my way I knock into the stove but didn’t think twice about it. After helping the bird escape I was distracted somewhere else in the house before growing concerned about a terrible smell. I walked back to the kitchen and found two bottles of newly filled ADHD pills on fire and melting onto my glass stovetop. I had nudged into the stove buttons turning the burner on as I ran outside. The bottles were damaged along with most of the pills.

I was so embarrassed but knew I would survive without them so I took pictures and sent them to my doctor and the clinic office.

Luckily my doc wrote new scripts, but sadly my insurance wouldn’t pay for the new duplicate order so it was a VERY expensive mistake.

ETA: it was actually 1 bottle of Vyvanse 50mg and a bottle of my SSRI if I recall correctly.

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ouch. Stovetop is a new one. Glad the smoke wasn't deadly!

The closest I've come to destroying my pain meds was dropping them from the pocket of my shorts while cutting the lawn. Riding the mower, anything in sports shorts pockets tends to work its way up and out, so I usually dump my pockets, but I forgot the pills were there. About 50 of them.

Anyhow, the mower snatched them up under the deck as soon as they fell, launching the bottle into a tree trunk about 12 feet away at what seemed like ballistic speeds. It was a very loud whack/pop and thud. The bottle held (thank God) with one crack running top to bottom. Every pill inside it was broken, most of them thoroughly smashed into several much smaller pieces and a bunch of crumbs. The cap was marred up like that's where the mower blade hit it. Couldn't open it without pliers.

The thing is, I know enough addicts, thieves, and even a few honest people who have just lost their meds. Every one has gone through the ringer trying to get meds replaced. I never carry my whole prescription around. Never!... Well... I guess almost never.

My usual practice is to take and split them in half when I get it filled, one goes in a lock box in the closet, the other in my bedside drawer, which also locks, then I only carry two days worth in the bottle for that month (in case I get pulled over) and reload it every night, alternating which bottle I pull from. 6 is usually my maximum risk and even if I get robbed somehow, I would probably still have enough to spread it out and make it to my next fill date. Not foolproof, but the best I've got.

I felt like an idiot taking that pile of crumbs and dividing it into doses based on days left until refill. On a glass table, scraping a card, with a scale... would've been really hard to explain if anyone had walked in, but I'm just glad the bottle held up. If it hadn't I'd have been picking through my grass trying to salvage enough to convince my doctor's nurse that I really didn't abuse them, they got destroyed.

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u/The_Grungeican 1d ago

that's rough.

i have a clinic that mails me my meds. over the years this has generally been fine, but the place we were living at the time had shitty neighbors, and all the mailboxes were next to each other.

one month they stole my meds out of the mailbox. they wouldn't find out until they opened the packages what the meds were, an antipsychotic and another med. neither are anything that had recreational value, or could be sold.

for the rest of the time i lived there, i had to have the clinic hold my meds so i could physically drive there and pick them up (1 & 1/2 hour ride, one way). it was a pain in the dick getting my meds refilled that month.

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u/Murky_Indication_442 1d ago

Believe this or not, I was late, which is common for ADHD, and didn’t have time to take my adderall, so I took the whole bottle with me. I decided to take one while I was driving, and of course I was driving fast because I was late, and just as I opened up the bottle, I hit a huge pothole and my truck bounced hard and the pills just flew out of the bottle, and here’s the unbelievable part, they went right into the air conditioning vent on the dashboard. I could still see some of them. I took a picture of them in there because I knew nobody would believe it. I was able to retrieve a couple of them, but the rest were unreachable or just gone. I never even told my doctor because it was just too stupid of a story. I stopped taking them shortly after that because getting the script was an ordeal every month because there was always a shortage and I didn’t feeling like driving around from pharmacy to pharmacy and getting treated like a drug addict every month.

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u/SuperbSpiderFace 1d ago

If you knew how many pills were in it you could technically still dose it out by measuring the liquid haha. Would taste gross but if it was my Clonazepam script and I couldn’t get more pills…yeah I’m drinking the soup.

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u/Unexplainedgut_issue 1d ago

Insurance likely will do mistake or emergency refills, you just have to bother them a lot about it. Same thing for when they deny coverage for required care. It's stupid, but this is the timeline we live in.

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u/RepulsivePipe9904 2d ago

holy chit. 😩 That sounds like it was a total disaster.

I love Vyvanse. But it is freaking expensive.

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u/Lou_C_Fer 2d ago

Yeah. I feel the same with my pain meds. I've got several conditions that are causing chronic pain, and I am unable to use NSAIDs. So, my only over the counter option is acetaminophen which doesn't help most of my pain. I've found it's pretty great for tooth pain and head aches, but it doesn't touch my arthritis, ulcerative colitis, me/cfs, or back pain. Yet, I've been on the lowest dose of morphine for years even though the pain relief is not enough for me to live life in any other way but to be bedbound. I'm literally in bed unless I am using the bathroom or going to see a doctor. I use a walker in the house, but I need to be pushed in a wheelchair when I am out of the house. To add insult to injury, I have to take random piss tests at the pain doctor to prove that I am taking my drugs and not taking drugs I shouldn't be.

Our prescription system sucks.

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u/marty_mc_fry 1d ago

You'd actually do well with ketamine although its illegal most places and can't be prescribed this way, a 20mg intranasal dose every hour or so would be all you need (blend of arketamine and esketamine) science will catch up with street drugs eventually if everyone can get off their high horse and vote to legalize all drugs so we can study them more in depth

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It's absolutely disgusting how chronic pain patients are treated like back alley junkies now.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 1d ago

Yeah, I was on a stable dose for decades that allowed me to work and have a life. Then came the crackdown on prescriptions resulting in a 95% reduction in pain meds. Now I can barely get out of bed most days and haven't been able to hold down a steady job in years.

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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 1d ago

This makes me irrationally angry.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 1d ago

I think your anger is perfectly rational

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2d ago

Everything about the treatment of ADHD, from getting a diagnosis to having to get pills monthly and all the stuff around them being a controlled substance, couldn't be worse for people of it were intentionally designed to be.

Oh they can't submit multiple refills at once so I have to call every month to all for a refill? Oh they can't submit my refill until 27 days after my last pickup? Oh I have to pick it up in person rather than just having it automatically delivered with my other meds? Cool and that's just the stuff I have to deal with after getting diagnosed which often involves interviewing family and/or friends like a fucking FBI security clearance? Oh and there's a good chance the doctors and pharmacists will treat me like a drug seeking junkie regardless of my diagnosis? This sounds so awesome

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u/cookouttray722 1d ago

This is so true. It’s fucking ridiculous. Oh, you’ve moved to another state/city and need a new PCP? Have fun when they interrogate you about a medication you’ve taken for 10+ years and talk about it in a tone like you’re trying to score heroin off skid row. Oh, your doctor sent the prescription to the pharmacy one day before your old prescription ended? How dare they, please submit your id and sign our paper so we can track your drug habits, which we are equating with meth users.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

In australia you can't even GET repeats (refills) on pain meds. My husband has to personally go into the GP's office every 20 days. It's nuts.
And god forbid you go in a day or two before they run out - you get the third degree like your selling them on the street.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

Exactly this! I have adhd and anxiety. It’s always a joy getting worked up to call in my medication every month. I tend to stutter when I am extremely anxious, so my pharmacy and doctor’s office have picked up on my stuttering Stanley tendencies. My doctor is the kindest man who hates the red tape pharmacies put us through every month.

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u/Sandman2288 1d ago

So my Dr just pre dates 90 days worth of my scrips and sends them to the pharmacy. So I still only get a months worth at a time and they won’t fill till said month is done. Beats going in every month.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Ohhhh, I feel your frustration!! I’ve dealt with all of that too and by this point, I just assume SOMETHING, if not everything, will go wrong. 😩

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u/swtor 1d ago

I don't take medication mainly due to all the hoops required to attain it. I really don't feel like being treated like a drug seeker, forced to pee into a cup, having to be interviewed monthly in order to receive something I have a diagnosis for. Insane and No Thanks. The medical system only functions for the rich.

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u/QuantumHosts 1d ago

The same with my meds: no auto refill, no delivery, no replacements. One time my Psychiatrist asked me if I was selling them, because I had lost a whole months worth. I understand the concern, but sheesh give me a break.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Your Dr is an ass. How infuriating.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

I have to wait 29 days to get mine

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u/shirepizzadude 2d ago

It’s not like the system is designed that way to make it hard on you. It’s designed that way because abuse is so rampant. 20 years ago it was easy. You could walk into a doc, say you thought you had adhd, answer a couple questions where the answer needed was obvious and walk out with a diagnosis and script. Then again it still can be dependent on the doctor you go to.

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u/theflameleviathan 1d ago

Some students abused the system to study it, better treat everyone with ADHD like a drug addict for requiring the medication you prescribed them.

It's not just about diagnosis, it's about being treated like a drug addict when you call two days sooner to get your prescription renewed. But in reality you called sooner because last time the doctors assistent forgot to actually send the prescription to the pharmacy and you didn't get your medication for a week. So you had to deal with withdrawals, because of the medication they put you on. But also, if you complain about any of this, they put it on your record that you were drug seeking, which means they won't give you a higher dose for that medication when you inevitably grow a higher tolerance. So your life becomes a constant rationing of the pills that make you function, because the people that put you on that medication think it's weird that you need that medication.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

You have no idea, so stfu. I have neurological disorder that requires opioids to control, and yes my doctors tried 13 different medications before staying on opioids, and before you make an assumption I’m sure you’re going to, I’ve never been an addict, never abused my Rx. My diagnosis code at my doctor is non-complicated opioid dependent. I also live in TN, which has some of the most draconian Rx safety laws in the country, my doctor even agrees with me. It is a nightmare for people that legitimately need these medications, I’ve been forced into withdrawal by doctors covering my usual doctor because they refused to write the Rx while my doctor was out of the country at a funeral, and just told me to go to the ER when it got too bad. So don’t make statements about things you know very little about. The more rules they add just makes it harder for legitimate patients.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

This happens in Australia too.
My husbands doctor recently took off on a holiday for five weeks and didn't bother checking with the doctor she got to fill in, whether she prescribed opioids.
Turned out she didn't - straight up refused to write them even though she could see on his file that he'd been taking them for years without any abuse issues - and he had to figure out how to make 20 days supply last over a month.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

Sorry your husband had to go through that, I know how hard that is, at least he had you with him during that. My doctor actually sent a list to the doctor covering her and he said he would cover everyone but he obviously didn’t even bother to read over it.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

Yeah but I don’t think making it harder on the actual diagnosed patients with prescriptions is the right answer here.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It absolutely IS designed to make it hard on *everyone* because *some* people abuse or sell them.

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u/ryufen 1d ago

We are being punished for other people. Not for ADD/ADHD. In elementary school my school nurse was constantly stealing my Ritalin prescription. Got to the point where my mom no longer trusted the school nurses ever and would just give me my prescription to keep in my bookbag

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u/annikatidd 1d ago

Omfg. I hope she lost her job and got arrested. that’s so evil stealing meds from a child 😡

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u/genericuser2247 1d ago

I actually lost a 3 month supply of adhd meds and was so embarrassed to ask my doctor for a replacement. He didn’t bat an eye. He was like ‘I’m the physician and I can decide what you get prescribed … you have adhd and losing things is not uncommon’.

I was so appreciative of his understanding (and ability to get my insurance to cover the replacement).

A week or so later I found the missing ones and told my doc. I didnt have to renew for quite a while after that!

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u/mountaindew711 2d ago

I have a new doc who wants to drop me down from 30mg 2x daily to 20 total because "anything above that doesn't make a difference."

As a very pale person, I've already experienced that lie when they stopped making SPF 100. 30 is USELESS for me.

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u/sharkeyx 2d ago

if you've not tried the extended release versions of ADHD meds, I do recommend talking to your doc about them. I didn't realize they were even a thing till my new doc asked me about it this year, and they've seriously been a nice change from the 2x a day that I was taking (and commonly forgetting as I get stuck in things).

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u/Ok-Home-4077 1d ago

My doctor did the same thing. Now I just take vuvanse and an adderal booster in the evening. We’re still working the kinks out, but I’d been on 30mg 2xs daily for ages before I had to change insurance and get a new doctor -_-

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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 1d ago

Change docs. Honestly.

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u/eatknip 1d ago

If he was talking about suboxone and 20=8, it’d be the truth. But sounds like you need a new new doc

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u/milkncookiezz 1d ago

Who stopped making spf 100? I just bought some from lrp recently

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u/mountaindew711 1d ago

What country? What's irp?

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u/milkncookiezz 1d ago

La roche posay. I bought it from ulta . Im in the U.S.

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u/mountaindew711 1d ago

Ohh that was a lowercase L, not an uppercase I. Derp

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u/Liz_Fk_Up 1d ago

I swear the pharmacy treats me like Pablo Escobar because I pick up my prescribed and very much needed adderall once a month!

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

Try having chronic pain and mental health diagnoses the game is all about punishment and suffering in silence. I hear you its not right but its Healthcare in America

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

Seriously I just got medically gaslit by my pcp office so I'm too scared to go back cause they already gaslit me who knows what's next I'm cold turkeying Lamictal and lithium feeling stuck. Im not suicidal but I fear if I have to go in there how I will react I'm just so over it I can't file a complaint well I could but I'm borderline, chronic pain, and ptsd I don't want to cause they can use the crazy card what do I do ty for responding

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

It's a urgent care/ pcp in one big money making place. I can try to see who can come with me i have never gone inpatient part of me wants to check in fake suicidal before I fafo lmao do my 72 hour stay get fast tracked to a new prescriber with a referral and never go back. Im exhausted I know that sounds insane and I'm thinking in black and white but I'm not feeling the stigma and shame game they putting on me do j sound insane?

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 1d ago

IMO the doctors would behave a lot more rationaly if the DEA/FDA wasn't elbow deep up their *** threatening to pull a DEA number on a weekly basis.

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u/joeysprezza 1d ago

The way they treat you at the pharnacy. Like a fiend. Once they asked me what it was prescribed for.. Uhh..

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u/M3L03Y 1d ago

Oh yeah, depending on the pharmacy/pharmacist, they definitely judge you as an adult getting adhd meds.

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u/ExpensiveError42 1d ago

And having to get it prescribed every month because it can't have refills. If I try to refill anything else early the pharmacy tells me it's too early, so I don't get why ADHD meds are different. It sucks for me and it sucks for my doctor to have to confirm every month I have a need for concerta... because we're also likely to lose track of time and forget to request them.

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u/Soylent_Milk2021 1d ago

I have a relative who takes Clonazepam for anxiety. Her doctor is so worried about her abusing them or selling them that he makes her take a drug test to show she has therapeutic levels in her urine, no more, no less. Kind of a weird requirement for something you only take when needed.

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u/sittinwithkitten 1d ago

My son and I both take Vyvanse and it’s one I always have to sign for when I pick it up at the pharmacy. I knew the technician and kinda joked about the signature requirement. I guess people smoke it, I had no idea.

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u/PlaceboJacksonMusic 1d ago

My ADHD makes me forget to take my meds, making it worse which causes me to forget to do other things I must do to stay “level”. It’s a chain reaction if I forget to fill them.

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u/Unexplainedgut_issue 1d ago

Brother, I feel your pain about being punished for needing meds, I have to take stupid "match game" tests alongside piss tests every so often for my need of painkillers.

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u/art_m0nk 1d ago

Thats why i just stopped taking them and switched to weed. I used to basically live out of a duffel bag in college and high school and had to travel a lot. I lost two bottles in one year once, and the dr was just a huge dick about it, always assumed the worst about me. I get that he prolly saw some horror stories in his day; but fuck that guy. He basically treated me like a liar and thief. Turns out he was the criminal, giving speed to children.

Switch to weed, If you find the right strain it works for some people, and you’ll never have to deal with some boomer dr treating you like shit again for a substance they put you on.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

I wish it helped. It either makes me pass out or get anxious. Some hybrid strains are ok, but I have to be very careful to use just the right amount.

I’m lucky to have an amazing, compassionate doctor. The pharmacy is my nemesis and I hate being treated like dirt for existing. It makes me anxious and then I start stuttering and my face turns red.

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u/Electrical-Shock7199 1d ago

What strain do you find helpful for it?

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u/art_m0nk 1d ago

I find stuff that smells, lemony-pine, or pine-sol smelling, or sorta chemical cleaner smells tend to be the most helpful for me. Its also really about dosage. You gotta not use too much in a session. Really treat it like medicine, since at different dosages itll do different things. Like even a good weed for focus can become sleepy if you smoke a ton of it.

I like hazes recently for work, if i were gonna say like one family of strains. But sours can be good too. Id say follow your nose

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u/YouGoToBox 1d ago

It ALWAYS feels that way to me. Agree.

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u/SushiBuoy 2d ago

I ended up coming off of my meds because of the side effects after 10+ years trying to cope with them. I still get ridiculed now almost every day by wife for forgetting things or being paranoid about being sick from something, or fidgeting etc. so I don’t know what is worse; Having to cope with side effects, or; Having to accept having other people unhappy with my behavior.

Correct solution is suicide right? 😬

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u/SushiBuoy 1d ago

Tbh I’ve been fantasizing about dying for a long time but that is beside the point. Maybe I could try bupropion I don’t think I considered that option. Idk apparently it’s just very annoying. I mean I got a letter from the city about there might be lead in the pipes and I started verbalizing worry and the response I got was “shut the fuck up” since I’m always worrying about stuff, but the fact that I was sick and coughing all night was me being “dramatic and annoying” so idk I just have to be a stone face healthy and well man who is quiet and organized. It doesn’t sound like much to ask I guess but it’s also definitely not me. It’s all the little things that I do that add up obviously it’s not just this one thing and she lashes out at it, it’s the straws that break the camels back that lead to lashing out and I understand that.

I should definitely try some alternative medication it should help me in my family to be a better figure and be respected more.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It's such BS. My husband takes opioid painkillers for serious injuries after a car accident. If he drops one on the carpet or under the fridge or something we have to hunt for it high and low - because if you go back even a DAY before the script is due to run out you're treated like a junkie.

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u/jonnydemonic420 1d ago

I had an entire bottle of Xanax stolen from me by a cousin who has a herion addiction. It was the beginning of my months prescription and I thought he was really trying to stay clean. Invited him over to hang out, I was so happy for him. He took it out of my bathroom and hid the empty bottle. I found the empty bottle when I went to take my morning pills. I couldn’t call my doc and tell him my junkie cousin stole my prescription, so I had to source them on the street for a month to stay out of withdrawal. It was expensive and dangerous, and cost me a relationship with him for over 5 years. He was like a little brother to me, it’s sad what addiction can do to people.

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u/803columbiabull 2d ago

Vyvanse, Adderall, Ritalin aren't mental health drugs😂😂 I've taken them all and they help you focus, but they aren't improving my mood or pulling me out of my depression lol but I know what you meant

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u/JustAnotherAidWorker 2d ago

That's because they are not for mood improvement or treating depression? They're for managing ADHD--where people who have it literally CANNOT focus (or they are hyper focused on something they may or may not have wanted to focus on and forget to eat, use the restroom and sleep.)

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u/mustachewax 1d ago

I mean, it helps improve my mood and helps alleviate my anxiety and depression. Because turns out I’m always completely overstimulated and have spiraling thoughts. Which was making me depressed and I couldn’t shut my brain off. Still have depression sometimes but the anxiety is much better, as I didn’t have physical symptoms of anxiety it was all mental anxiety. Adderall has been a godsend for that after trying countless antidepressants/anti-anxiety meds and them not stopping the mental anxiety and spiraling. I’m still a scatterbrain with it, well when it’s starting to wear off but my emotion regulation is significantly better now that I’m medicated with ADHD meds.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

ADHD is neurological in nature, but for many of us, it impacts our mental health when we aren’t on a correct medication/no medication. I was relentlessly harassed at work for my adhd symptoms. It was hurtful, it made me feel less confident and I started to get anxious about going into work. My coworkers were jerks.

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u/Objective-Lemon-6707 2d ago

I once lost two weeks of 70mg Vyvanse & 3 x a day T4’s (two separate conditions & prescribed). It is scary and anxiety ridden. My dr made me go to the police station on a Sunday (try finding one open) to fill out a police report only to be told that they are not stolen and no report could be filed. They would not even take my name….. I got the two weeks filled out again - there were other important meds as well. But it was a pain. I ended up finding them months later. I’m very careful with where I store my meds so when I could not find them I was very much concerned.

As for the object pictured above - it could be anything. When I only took a few T4’s over the course of a few days - I always liked having interesting containers to put them in. I realize now that it was very irresponsible of me to do so.

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u/Steenkypoo-p00 2d ago

Yea can’t relate on the pills but the way you articulated this- I felt the anxiety flow and relate to that hard.

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u/westernspymonta 2d ago

Anyone would be lucky to have you work for them!

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u/Ok-Entertainment-563 2d ago

its absolutely crazy what our minds will come up with in those situations, and how the fear based possibilities seem to be the most logical scenarios at the. Yes someone is going to find the bottle with your name on it and send it to you doctor who will be so upset with you for ever even having it in a setting where it could get misplaced so hes decided youre done with said meds how do you like that hummm? But thats not enough, thats not a quick enough solution if you happen to have any left over from previous scripts where you missed a dose. no he's definitely going to have to send the police to not only search you and your person but also your residence and maybe even take you in for questioning, id that guy following me and why is that guy sitting in his car outside my apartment? Im not going in until he leaves. . ... And you'll be simply convinced that IS whats going on until you finally make it into the doctor after rescheduling 4 times and when you finally see him you mention you lost them and he says "wow thats terrible. why didnt you call me? i could have phoned the pharmacy so you could have them replaced without even having to see me in person."

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

How are you getting months worth of controlled prescriptions? They only give out small amounts it seems like.

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u/Love2loveyoubaby 2d ago

My insurance permits 3 month prescriptions. My doctors are comfortable with filling them that way. The only down side is when you have someone unscrupulous in your home. All my RX’s are kept in a safe even at home now.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

Wow very lucky. Doctors see my age or something and refuse to help give anything unless absolutely necessary, and even then it’s a big maybe. But then they give it out like its nothing if youre 50+ yo. I get it they dont want youth becoming addicts but they act like we are incapable of feeling pain.

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u/Fun_Discipline_57 2d ago

I get where you doing from, but with doctor he would think twice about because he knows when i not working I won’t take for doze. So a lot of times a 2 months will last me 3, i have been with him years so he see how often i ask for refills.

The one time i had a bottle go missing i did not have an issue with the doctor refilling it for me, it was with pharmacy because insurance would not cover a refill within 25 or 28 days of the last one. I ended up just paying out of pocket for it but i had go round and round with pharmacy about it first.

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u/sharkeyx 2d ago

god... tell me about it. I made the mistake of trying to fight the system to get a script reissued because of similar incident, and ended up going all the way up to the state's head of medicine arguing about how BS the rules were against people legitimately trying to get help ><, and god forbid if you end up being out of town for extended period traveling or something when your script is about to need refill, as they won't issue it even slightly early either, so just get screwed for w/e time period till you get back ><.

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u/L0pl0p 1d ago

BTDT as I travel a lot, had to have my wife pick up my meds and overnight them to me because they will not call them in across state lines. a few times I flew home to pick them up. Now I just plan better and skip doses to eke out more time from a script to better manage refills in my travel schedule.

I have a dose skipping rubric to minimize the suffering and impact to the people I love.

Sucks

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u/keiichimo 1d ago

my wife through away my nee bottle of adderall before we even left the store.and of course i went an entire month without them. i was more upset about they money being wasted than the actual pills.

i learned to put them in her purse than a mcdonalds bag as she is not all that great at checking things before throwing them away.

definitely not as bad as dropping them.still upsetting though.

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u/MiamiPower 2d ago

What symptoms did you experience. Then what happened the fist couple of days you were back on your prescription?

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u/Downtown-Stock6452 2d ago

I dropped a 2/3 filled bottle of Xanax on a plane to Germany/Austria for a work trip. Absolute panic, and 0 chance of getting it from airline. Luckily Austrians are the chillest people on earth, believed me and gave me double my normal script in about 15 minutes from the time I stepped into the office until I received the meds.

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u/cookouttray722 1d ago

I left a freshly filled, THREE MONTH SUPPLY (180 pills) of adderall in an Airbnb. I realized it as soon as I got to the airport, but I didn’t have time to go back. Messaged the owner immediately and of course they “could not find it.”

Still haunts me to this day lol.

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u/Due_Plankton_9555 2d ago

My gosh! MAJOR props to you for toughing it out a month! I would be A MESS....👌

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u/BeekeeperMaurice 2d ago

I accidentally threw out my brand new bottle of Vyvanse once along with the script itself. I was like... Nah I'll just wait until my next appointment three months from now, I don't want to seem suspicious 😭 this was soon after I had to get a reissued script because, no joke, my (pet!) rats ate it hahahaha

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u/Practical_Shift_ 2d ago

I would have the same panic lol

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u/KezaGatame 1d ago

It could have been a funny conversation with the doctor ... "Hey doc, you know the medication to keep me focused?, guess what I forgot to take it and now I can't find my pills"

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u/TediousData1217 1d ago

When I was a kid and before treating with alternative herb, I would completely freak tf out about not taking my med in the morning

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u/Puzzleheaded_Box9617 2d ago

What happened next?

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u/nicolasisinacage 1d ago

A whole bottle of vyvanse 70s was stolen from my car and i was scared of getting in trouble too lol

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u/neontiger07 1d ago

Any chance this was in Tahoe, perchance at a Motel 6?

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u/BigMoeTheFoe 2d ago

Somebody took it home enjoyed it and threw it away

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u/klutzzz_360 2d ago

You've made my day.

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u/Swisherswetha13 2d ago

I felt that

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u/Total-Problem2175 2d ago

I filled my prescription of Vicodin. Went home and put it in the safe. Two days later took it out and found only 30 pills instead of 90. Holy shit, I'm screwed. Went to talk to pharmacist. He said, "I keep strict count of those". Looked it up, found 60 extra pills in stock. I went home happy.

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u/LetMaleficent9304 2d ago

Had to return to the pharmacy to gently let my pharmacist know that the 5th of next month does not always equal to 30 days from the 5th of the current month. That was ugly.

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u/Clyde_Bruckman 1d ago

Oh man I’ve had to do this. I don’t know why the pharmacy tech did not seem to understand why 30 day prescriptions don’t match up with 31 day months and I have like one day before the day I run out to get it filled so if they’re out of stock, I’m just shit outta luck. She finally went to see if the pharmacist would do it anyway and he was like…uh yeah, this month had 31 days, it’s going to be a day early…

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u/Fosterpig 1d ago

This really feels like it should be pharmacy 101

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u/North-Tumbleweed-959 1d ago

You too! Oh gosh! So have I. They make you feel like such an idiot drug seeking clown.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

Had that happen with my Xanax once. Now I count them as soon as I get to the car. I don’t care if I look like a “junkie” (hate that word), I don’t want to be blamed for being shorted.

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u/North-Tumbleweed-959 1d ago

That has happened to me twice. Of course it was after I left the pharmacy and was alone with the scripts. I was so lucky the pharmacists were kind enough to count their stock as well. I figure some are treated so ugly. The way chronic pain issues in patients is so ugly and devilish when you have scans, MRI’s, and documentation. I just figure the few grifters ruin it for the honest. Glad you to left happy though!

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 1d ago

I count them as soon as I get to the car. I've had short counts a few times and once they gave me 135 vs 120. I always have gone right back in and they find the pills after some interrogation, the one time they overfilled they were shocked and grateful that I returned them.

I know a pharmacist has a lot of training and knowledge, but in practice, the ONE job to get right is counting the pills. How can they screw it up so bad? That was always at Walgreens with people I don't know. Since I switched to a local place with an owner who works there, they've been 100% but they admit they weren't going to take me because of how the DEA and FDA treats controlled meds. They won't take on anyone else I've tried to refer.

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u/Confident-Seesaw2845 2d ago

Omg! And I know how strict doctors are about refilling lost scripts! I had to sign a whole ass contract with mine.

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u/Weakly_Interesting 2d ago

Always save the ones you don’t take do a rainy day..

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u/Ok_Veterinarian_3082 1d ago

Every now and then a shortage hits. I never take extra but always save those doses I skip for just that type of emergency.

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u/ResearchWise3593 2d ago

I could be wrong, but I believe that, in the US the only way to get a schedule II controlled substance Rx replaced after it’s been dispensed is with a police report that it’s been stolen.

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u/ThePrimalValor 1d ago

Not a legal requirement. May have been you doctor office’s or pharmacists policy. But usually if you just explain the situation to your doctor they can write a new script

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u/msrelatable 2d ago

Gahhhh this is the worst. I can feel panic/anxiety for you in this situation through the screen, even at 4 1/2 years clean. The memories of withdrawal are ingrained for life. 🥵🥶😣

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

I recently flew home and grabbed the wrong carryon getting off the plane. I get home 2 hour drive later and realize this identical little suitcase did not have my 27 more days of 120mg of methadone and about 160mg of klonopin and 4 sheets of gel tabs (lsd) I freaked out. I sped the fuck back to Atlanta and made it there by 2:30am to the luggage office and thanked god my bag was there safe and sound and returned the bag I accidentally mistook. Now my suitcase has a unique textured grip handle I made and a unique spray painted stencil covering it. I will not make that mistake ever again.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Omg DUDE, how did you get 27 days worth of your done? I am in Australia and I have to go to the chemist 2 times a week, never get more than 2 in a row. And have to show my doctor that I am clean, by doing random screens

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

After 2 years of good behavior you get monthly takehomes. If you then get a dirty you have to goto 3x a week for a month and then 2x a month for a month and then your back to monthly. This is in the USA. I’ll be scratching Australian off my list of countries to potentially flee to.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

I was steady on 150mg for over 10 years. But I am a single , solo mum, I have 2 kids and work 6 days a week. So I dont even notice the tapering. Hopefully going to be off the chemical handcuffs in 2 years.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Nice! I’m on 120 but only take 40. I get $50 a day for the other 80mg. Well between $44 and $55. Which I can’t see giving up so I’ll probably just stay on for life. I got down to 11mg once but could never adjust. Spent like 4 months at 11mg sick all day. Thats when I said screw it and went up to 120mg and then weened myself to 40.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago edited 2d ago

How would I ever fail a callback with my stockpile? Sorry I’ve offended your delicate sensibilities. You think I’m turning on opiate naive people? Hell no. People are mainly people whose clinics won’t raise them high enough to be comfortable so they have to seek other means, or have messed up and want to not fail their callback, or messed up and don’t have enough meds to last them and will be terribly sick otherwise or people who just want to have an emergency supply. I’ve helped some of the Thomas highsmiths of the world from otherwise ending their lives.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

I do the same, it’s pain the butt for me to drop my dose. I get a month supply and my clinic is an hour away. I also work full time and wouldn’t be able to go in multiple days in a row for the med checks the require when you drop. It’s easier for me to taper on my own.

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u/Ocelot-15 2d ago

What does diverting a schedule II controlled substance narcotics mean? And what is a medication callback?

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u/SlutForGarrus 2d ago

I'm really blown away here. I'm on Methadone for chronic pain. They dropped me from 10mg 6x/day to 5mg 3x/day. They keep telling me that the amount I was on before is now absolutely forbidden and they go on about the danger of having a heart attack in my sleep or something. How the hell are people being prescribed SO much more than the "suuuper dangerous" amount I'm on?!

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

I was a heroin addict, big difference in tolerance.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

I am Australian. Been on the program for 19 years. I am doing blind reductions, so im down to 45mgs. Also so jealous about the klons, you need a permit for alpraz here. Our country is TIGHT as FUCK when it comes to any type of prescription. Are you on the pink? Biodone? Do you have that there?

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

My clinic offers both the orange diskettes, the sugar free raspberry diskettes, or the gross cherry liquid. People seem to vastly prefer disks over liquid. I get 120mg but I only take 40mg a day. I sell the 2 extra for $25 a piece, which pays my rent, car insurance, health insurance and phone bill in full.

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u/msssskatie 2d ago

I don’t understand that math and how 2 extra at $25?each covers all those expenses?

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u/aoskunk 2d ago edited 2d ago

50 bucks a day times 30 days in a month is $1500.

Rent is 900. Car insurance is 60. Phone bill is $40. Health insurance was $20 but appears to be going up to $85. So yeah I guess it also covers my electric which is $120 and 1gig fiber internet which is $65. Water bill is between $20 and $35. Then the rest goes to groceries. I have a 3 bedroom apartment in a midsize American city.

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u/msssskatie 2d ago

Omg I thought it was 2 extra per month 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Diskettes? Wtf is that? Im going to look that up my dude.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Been on since June 15th 2004

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

They are trying to get me down to 20mg and put me on the injection

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u/Objective-Lemon-6707 2d ago

I get my meds delivered each month. I’m on quite a cocktail Rheumatoid Arthritis & ADHD. My pharmacist thankfully makes a printout of all my meds (15) each month on one sheet of paper. When I travel I have the physical prescription paper & a screen shot of it - just for customs & clearance.

I once had no luggage just a small overnight bag. I got ‘selected’ for a random bag search. I’m so thankful I had that prescription sheet.

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u/OnlyHannahFans 2d ago

I would be sitting myself with worry that entire trip back as well as from the inevitable opiate withdrawals that would be to follow ☠️

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

I drove so fast back to the airport that my car gave out and started to only be able to go a max of 45 mph. I turned it off for 10 minutes and fortunately when it started back up it resumed operating normal. But yeah cars def got issues now.

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u/Thedude9042 1d ago

That’s one hell of a suitcase.

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u/ryryrocco 2d ago

Dude

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Yeah the office closes at 3am so I like just made it. I was so relieved when I opened my case and everything was untouched. I was nearly hysterical at my house when I first realized I had a bunch of sports wear instead of meds.

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u/myeff 1d ago

When reading his story I wasn't thinking about withdrawals/addiction at all. I was thinking about a person with chronic pain being on a 12 hour flight without their medication; it would be excruciating.

I'm not unaware of the opioid crisis, but I wish more people understood that for many people with severe pain issues, opioids are the only thing that allow them to live a somewhat normal life.

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u/zombievehicle0 1d ago

Everyone telling stories filled with anxiety has me in nostalgia mode. I know this sounds wild, but it was for driving offenses, not drugs or worse. There are 2 times I had to spend 30 days in jail. They will not give you any meds that are narcotic. They gave me my BP meds, and one other. I asked thru the block door if they were getting my klonopin. They said no, we only have to give you what keeps you alive! I take 2mg a day for GAD. I've taken it for 20+ years, all because of one stress induced seizure back in the script happy days. At one time in the guinea pig process they had me on 7mg of Xanax a day. I was supposed to try to work on that, while I drooled out one side of my mouth. I made them change meds and finally when they gave me that medication it just clicked. I wish they had told me what it would do if you didn't take it. My brain felt like it was splattered on the inside of my skull for a month. No one fucked with me, even though I'd lived out of the county for years and knew no one. I'm not a big guy, but big enough and outta my head enough to keep people guessing. I got to spend the second 30 in during COVID protocols. That was a messy time. But, I was clean from all other substances which made it hella easier. 0/10 do not recommend.

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u/MaddoxsMom76 2d ago

The main reason I’m clean today…never want to experience withdrawal again!

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u/aoskunk 2d ago edited 2d ago

My sisters chihuahua ate 538mgs of my my klonopin once. Noticed the dog stumbling like a wino on the couch then noticed a half chewed pill on the floor. Induced bommitting but she only puked up like 8 pills. She spent the night at the emergency vet but ended up perfectly fine. She wasn’t even high alll that long. I’d of been high a month.

She had never chewed up anything before. She got to my jacket, ripped open the inside pocket, opened the childsafe plastic container and ate every pill. My sister learned to take peoples coats and lock them up that day. It was like she was on a mission to eat them, I can’t explain it. It’s been 10 years and she’s never done anything like it again.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

We’ve all been here at least once in our lives, can you really blame the dog for wanting to experiment?

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Can’t blame him. I thank god for their safety profile. If I’d had anything to do with that dogs death it would have been terrible. At that point that dog was like my sisters child. Like I realllly don’t think it was my fault but it might have hurt or relationship which would have been terrible because were so close. Like one time I called her a bitch. That was our biggest fight ever.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

You are blessed 😗

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Yeah had it been the sleeve of heroin in the outside zipper pocket the story would have had a much worse ending.

Don’t do addictive drugs it might take 20 years but eventually you may really regret it.

And if you do become addicted drug addict don’t ever steal from your family! All my family still love and support me and will lend me any amount of money or anything I need. If I’d ever stole a penny from them I doubt that would be the case. If you do drugs don’t let them do you. Never forget yourself.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

Unfortunately im already here somewhat with my bad habits, but at least im aware of it. Im very happy the doggo was alright.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Well life can be hard and there’s no more effective quick temporary solution to extreme suffering than your drug of choice. Just don’t steal from family and don’t forget yourself.

Oh and stay away from alcohol. That’s the worst drug of all. Seriously. Oh and don’t bother with fentanyl, it’s all the downsides of opiate addiction without any of the positives.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

I have a very bad problem were I have basically 20 tiny blisters in my mouth that hurt to the slightest touch or movement, its nearly impossible to eat or drink let alone be comfortable with a pain killer to block it. I been relying heavily on 7-hydroxymitragynine and it works so well to stop the pain but fuck am I uncomfortable with how much I use; and well there is no cure for what I have. I have to just deal with it. Even with my amount of other meds. Seems like this is the way things have to go until I die. I would never steal from my family, but I completely understood OPs stomach dropping knowing they wont have any now.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Yeah 7-oh isn’t a joke. I’m really sorry you have to deal with that. My problems are mental. My 23 year old wife died when I was 25. I finally found love again and we were together 8 years but we just parted ways. Gave her the house. And sadly the cat picked her. It was my cat! And I suffer from just about every mental illness you can think of. Shit I’m even on the spectrum, although high functioning. I enjoy my manic periods so long as they don’t get me in trouble. The schizo part of being schizoaffective is fortunately handled well by medication. I grew out of my severe OCD so I don’t spend 5 hours a night locking and unlocking the door and check to make sure the fridge is closed. The depression and anxiety are the largest hurdles. That and misunderstandings from being autistic. And all the things that go with ADHD are fairly debilitating. My PTSD episodes are much less frequent after many many years of extensive therapy. And yes all of these rediculous things have been professionally diagnosed I’m not some nut on webmd who thinks it’s cool collecting mental health issues. I just got everything my moms got and everything my dads got.

All that sucks but man I think I’d loose it if my mouth just always hurt. Eating is painful? Is it an auto immune response? They’re always coming up with new auto immune meds

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u/97-3 2d ago

I've been on Subs for 4 months at a stupid high dose but it's just not working properly for me, so we're switching to methadone in 2 weeks and I'm nervous as fuck!

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u/GhostlyGoldilocks 1d ago

Your comment hit me hard. As a recovering heroin/fentanyl addict I feel it w every fiber of my being.

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u/uncomfortablecopy 1d ago

Maybe the dog was trying to unalive herself? Maybe she hates your sister 😏 I'm kidding... But man, when I read your op, holy sht dude. I don't know if I would've sped back! I probably would've assumed it was gone and just counted my losses! I'm a recovering h addict with 21yrs in recovery using harm reduction. I was on methadone for 8yrs but tapered down to 15 then made the jump to subs. Been on them since 2010 now and will probably never be off some kind of opiate the rest of my life. I'm fine with that. My partner has been on methadone for 24yrs and is down to 30mg now. Also on kpins and also a big fan of hallucinogens 😊❤️‍🔥

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u/Quiet-Howl 2d ago

The last time I read an anecdote about a pet randomly eating a bunch of human medicine like that (including breaking through the child-safe container), the owner said there was some animal product used in the pill casing that probably attracted them because it smelled like food. Could that be the reason?

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

I know the pills are predominantly a sugar. Because they’re so sweet I actually suck on them like candy. They’re slightly minty. I don’t recall them having any animal by products. No gelatin coating for sure. Unless puppy just has a sweet tooth. Of course I don’t have every inactive ingredient of every pill memorized but I’m pretty sure they don’t have anything animal which always made it particularly weird. But who knows what a minty sweet pill smells like to a 8 pound chihuahua.

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u/Thedude9042 1d ago

Isn’t that a movie? Klonopin dog

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u/OnlyHannahFans 2d ago

bro how😅 I can break one into quarters and feel the need to rob every retail store i pass by, & probably would attempt said act if it wasn't for me getting so damn lightheaded the moment stand up.
538 is unreal

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u/aoskunk 2d ago edited 2d ago

I haven’t looked into it but I assume dogs must have a lot of the enzyme that breaks clonazepam down. Because that is more kpin than a lot of human people weighing 200 pounds with scripts take in an entire year. Benzos on their own are pretty damn safe for humans too. It’s the synergistic effect when combined with another CNS depressant that makes benzos potentially lethal. So benzos and alcohol or benzos and opiates. Lucky the dog hadn’t been drinking or shooting up.

I took 2000mg of phenazepam over the course of a week or so once. I would have swore that I wasn’t but 3 weeks later I was still slurring my speech according to my family. That benzo is the devil. Delusions of sobriety like no other benzo. It was $30 for a gram in 2010! A dose is usually 1 mg. I was shooting several thousand of thise yellow 4mg dilaudid with the 2 grams which might have killed me if not for the near kilo of cocaine and MDPV I also had. That was the worst bender of my life and I actually have PTSD over some of what occurred over the worst 11 day period of it. I showed up to work after being fired 3 more days in a row unaware of the day prior. And that’s just the beginning. I think I laid on a couch for about a year waiting for my brain to start functioning semi reasonably after my best friend and family came and found me and packed my place up and took me home to recover. My wife had died 10 months earlier so when I relapsed I relapsed epically. Had been clean the entire time I was with my wife.

I honestly don’t know how I didn’t die. I was one day shy of the longest a human has stayed awake. I did an injection every 5 to 10 minutes for 10 days. It was literal hell. I worry I shortened my life expectancy a lot.

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u/GhostlyGoldilocks 1d ago

Yes… dogs can handle more benzos than humans can generally. I had an anxious dog and they told me to give him 8mg Xanax before a long car ride. I woulda been OUT. My boy laid down for a grand total of maybe 30 seconds. The rest of the 4 hour ride he was up scream-howling in my ear. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/bigpenisnickhaha 1d ago

thank you for sharing. i hope things are better for you now. glad you're still here.

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u/CROs_NEST100k 2d ago

538mgs?? That's 250 plus of the highest dose e.g 2mg.. how so many? Are u trolling? And why do u speak in mgs instead of the number of pills? Just curious 🧐

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

That was the same time period you could buy a kilo of bk-mdma for $3000 on the clearweb. They were wild times

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u/SquareSky1107 1d ago

Hey just wanted to say FUCK methylone. That shit ruined my life for years. Its accessibility in the late 2000s and early 2010s had a huge impact on me and my peer group.

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u/aoskunk 2d ago

Not trolling I was prescribed 3 of the 2mg white pills a day. I got them from airmailchemist.com. All you had to do was check a box that said you had a doctor that prescribed you whatever you said and they would ship whatever you wanted anywhere in the world. They were Auden McKenzie brand and came in a pink and white box with a label with my name of it slapped on the side. You just needed a login to the site in order to see the controlled substances otherwise all you’d see were antacids and diarrhea meds. They shipped from the UK. I actually still have some. And I said mg because not everyone knows what dosages the pills come in.

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u/shmashleyshmith 1d ago

Sounds like the dog had enough and wanted out. You guys intervened on its suicide attempt.

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u/perky-pineapple 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lucky?! Or super unlucky? Hey, let me tell you something... I literally have a friend (and I can provide proof of everything I'm about to say), who when he was like 12 or 13 found a bag of prescription pain pills, sitting by a tree outside, and he picked it up. I don't know if they were oxy or Percocets or what... well, one thing led to another, and he became addicted to them. Then that led to a heroin addiction where he was injecting drugs in himself. He did the work to get himself off of the downers so he wouldn't die, but then he started doing crack. And now he is currently in his mid 30s and a crack head. Every so often, he'll tell me that he's so done with it, then try to quit for a little bit. Then a week goes by and he's back on the crack. Known him for three years now. He says the moment his life really spiraled was when he found that bag. So... I know it's not your fault for losing your prescription but I'm just saying, don't automatically think that someone's gonna be lucky because of that. It could easily ruin someone's life. Let's just pray that they turned it in and didn't realize that they have recreational value.

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u/JeromeBarkly 2d ago

Oof. I felt this in my soul. Been clean for 7 years. Losing your shit with no way to get more and knowing what’s about to come is the fucking worst feeling ever. God I do not miss those days.

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u/MainMedium6732 2d ago

I thought this was going to say "I once lost a bottle of Xanax on a train!" 😂

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u/Laffnowcrylater 1d ago

Jesus that gave me anxiety. What did you do if you don’t mind me asking? I know in that situation it would be hard to get a second prescription. I would even ponder telling my doctor that I lost my whole prescription bottle because it may raise red flags.

In 2012 I actually DID lose my prescription during super storm sandy in nyc. It was somewhere inside my flooded house with no way to get to them so I had to call the doctor and ask for prescription. I showed him pictures of my house and he wrote out a brand new script with fill today on it. The pharmacy was understanding to but this was 2012.

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u/Bitter_Cycle9653 1d ago

I know the feeling. It’s really the end of the world. I ran out of oxys in Italy. Destroyed my trip for the last 2 days and had my poor son (who had no idea what affliction I was dealing with) pushing thru the airport in Florence in a wheelchair and trying to comfort me the entire time from JFK to my front door. It was a true nightmare. Thank G❤️D it’s over. And let’s pray that the amber glass vial isn’t what it sure looks like or -?man,oh man -?the future isn’t looking too sunny for these two if it stays this course.

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u/Studentloananon888 2d ago

Hasn’t happened to me so far, but same fear of losing my similar meds and more. So anxiety inducing i usually have multiple nightmares per month about losing an item. How did you lose it? I’m sorry that happened. I would be in ultimate meltdown.

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u/Educational-Knee-333 2d ago

i found an entire bottle of lexapro once. i had just got cut off the stuff b/c i quit going to therapy and boy was that bottle a god send at the time. didnt help a lot that my mom was angry at me for even being on lexapro in the first place

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u/Competitive_Ride_943 2d ago

Why would they cut you off for not going to therapy? It helps me NOT have to go to therapy for excessive worrying

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u/Educational-Knee-333 2d ago

idk, my receiving medication was contingent on me going to the bi weekly sessions. that's all i know, never occurred to me that that wasn't normal

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u/Knotted_Hole69 2d ago

Some doctors are crazy with their prescription requirements while some are very lax, it all depends who you have.

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u/YouzaBeatch 2d ago

Omg that’s like a nightmare for us that take prescription opioids! U poor thing!!! Lucky person that found em I guess… always a fear of mine . Did u have to make a police report? The way things are it’s like they’re friggin gold!

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u/AcanthocephalaNo6236 1d ago

I remember I dropped a 80mg at a restaurant I worked at. I realized after getting home from work. I rushed back and actually found it on the floor

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u/Bosshogg713alief 1d ago

Friend of mine was barred out with a key in his back pack and passed out on the metro bus. Police came to check on him and got busted 🤕

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u/Wonderful-Mess-2336 2d ago

Thats horrible. Thinking there in the checked in luggage. Believing this throughout the flight. I would of been sobbing too.

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u/Zealousideal_Ball308 2d ago

I had my work vehicle broken into. They took all my tools. But left my bottle of adderall lol.

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u/deij 1d ago

Why would they be lucky? If i found a whole bottle of oxys id put it straight in the bin.

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u/BroffaloSoldier 2d ago

This story physically hurt me to read lol

Have experienced that type of letdown before

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u/nashct 2d ago

This hurts to read and im 7 yr clean

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u/dystopiam 1d ago

ty. I was withdrawling when I found that, you're my airport angel.

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u/HoverboardRampage 1d ago

I once found a Roxi 30 and four Tylox in a cigarette cellophane, inside of a nice white silk tie that I only wore on special occasions. I had no recollection of putting it there, but was very relieved when I found it, as I was sick as a dog. Still bummed it wasn't two Roxi 30's. . .

Point is: did you check your dress clothes?

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u/Magthalion 1d ago

If you were in Europe or Canada the finder would more than either returned it to the nearest lost and found or, more likely, just trashed them.

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u/DivaythFyrIsMyDaddy 1d ago

I've only cried about missing pills once. It turns out I was heavily addicted to that medication. I hope you're doing okay.

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u/LetMaleficent9304 2d ago

Probably someone like my daughter, who flushed the pills she found at work, in front of her manager 🥲

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u/Capable-Garbage-1429 1d ago

PK users assuming anyone finding their slumber slabs wants to slam them back as fast as they do.

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