severe facial pain from snorting pills... please help!!

[almosthopeless17]

Hi, sorry its a long story, but i want to start at the beginning... I've been snorting pain pills for around 6 years. It was occasional until the last 3 years. I have a few health problems that caused pain and I had bad teeth so the pill use got pretty out of hand. I finally got my pain under control and had my teeth pulled last year and I promised myself that I was done with the pills. About a week after I got my teeth pulled I started noticing pain in my gums which I thought was dry socket so I continued to snort pills for 3 months and the pain spread to my sinuse. I went to the Dr twice and was given antibiotics for a sinus infection. A few more months went by and the pain gradually got worse and I just used that as my excuse to keep snorting the pills January 1st of this year I made my new years resolution to get my life back on track. I have been to a Dr and I am on subutex and I have only been snorting pills when I am in pain. The pain has gotten completely unbearable! I have recently been researching and I realize that this pain is because of the pills. I want sooooo badly to be done with them!!! I have pain in my upper and lower gums, my jaw, my ear, my temple, the roof of my mouth, and my throat. I can see that the flesh inside of my nostril looks white(necrosis) but I don't think I have a hole.  The pain is absolutely unbearable unless I snort another pill! I have tried saline sprays, I eat ibuprofen like pez, I even have a netty pot (sp?) I was just wondering if anyone has any advise. I am 22 and I have been accepted to nursing school and I'm really scared that I'm not going to be able to get this to go away. I should have never let it get this bad, but it was kinda one of those things where I was in denial for so long then one day I woke up and enough was enough. I am confident that my addiction is under control, just looking at the pills makes me hate myself. I work full time and have a busy schedule the only way for me to even be able to go to work is to snort a pill to get the pain under control. Someone please help!! ANY advice is welcome!!! I am willing to try anything (p.s I would go to an ent but I'm scared that that will effect my nursing career... The Dr I go to for subutex is in another state and its cash only/ its kinda shady. I would tell that Dr about my problem but then he will know that I have still been abusing pills and he may kick me out.)  

[KayKaay2]

I need some advice. I have been snorting norcos for about a year now. It is getting so bad that if I don't snort, it burns. I want to quit completely and not take them orally either. I have tried to stop 3-4x but the longest I have lasted was 2 days. My nose burns if I don't do it, I feel sick when I don't, I'll be on the toilet if I don't take them. What do I do!!!!??  Please someone give me advice. Also I'd like positive feedback :)
Sincerely,
              KayKaay

[simplekittie]

you will eat holes in your nose if you snort OTC meds. My ex fiance is worse on em than you and full of excuses. I learned if you don't do em you have phantom pain that's your body cravin them not real pain from injury or trauma. You need to see a doctor. They have a thing called patient privacy and they're not obligated to ruin your life, they're there to help you!!! I am also trying to quit and it's not easy by no means. My exfiance's messed up nose was my wakeup. I don't even wanna see a damn pill anymore. Which rlly helps.

[Teresa1717]

Yeah, WTH?? SMH, whats wrong with people!

Icandothis819, why would you post as if you were someone else when its clear your the same person? Nevermind, It doesnt matter to me why.

[Jade59]

I am sure you understand EXACTLY since you and the OP of this thread are one and the same.  You are here for help, so let's not play games...

[icandothis819]

I understand EXACTLY what u are going thru as i too have the same problem & like u i even snort Tylenol to get pain to stop. The only thing ive found other than snorting pills to make nose & throat pain stop is try using some ambesol or oragel on qtip & swab back of throat to numb it, ive been doing this for couple days & so far working. Best of luck hun & let me kno how it works out 4 u or if u find something else that'll help. Thanks

[QB80]

Hey there! If it's not too intrusive I really would like to talk to you privately via email! You are definitely going about getting better in the wrong way and you seem pretty uncertain and scared of others finding out, which is understandable! So if you still want help or just someone who understands what you're going through and to ask questions too I'd love to be here for you :) Please don't hesitate to get at me, even if you're doing better or think you've got things figured out, it's never good to recover alone!! email me at ***@****