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sinius problems from snorting
ive been using drugs for 11 yrs. i use heroin and roxycontin and i always snort it up the same nostril. ive been to rehab dozens of times and the withdrawl was too bad long term. im weening down by a lot and then going to take subutex and clonidine for withdrawl. my problem is that i have to either snort the drug or shoot it and im scared of shooting cause i dont want to overdose. when i snorted my small dose this morning my whole head started to shake and i got very dizzy. ive been getting very bad headaches for a wk now as well. i know i have to quit so please dont tell me that i am. but i want to know if this is some sinus problem from snorting or somthing else. please help, life and death ive been to the er recently and had mri, ekg, chest xray, blood work looking for clots and nothing has come up.thank you for your help. i also have this problem where when i wake up i throw up bile and dry heave until blood comes up in small doses i cant hold down even sips of liquid for a wk or so if i could i wouldnt ween down id just take the subutex and other drugs now
I used them orally for a couple days, I felt okay, my sinuses took awhile to heal, but I kept saying, "It's all in my head." That was my experience. I used to snort my methadone, which is time released, It was a desperate act for that feel good I used to get. You have seen a doctor, no physical reason to need to snort, try to ride it out a few weeks. It will get better.
I thought I had to snort things for them to work, it only changes the delivery time, not potency. If you can handle ingesting them for a couple days, your blood level will be the same as it is snorting. The act of snorting is part of the mental addiction. The blood is from yor sinuses leaking down your throat. The pain is part psychological and possibly an infection forming. When I first decided to use subs from methadone, I scored some morphine. I snorted it the first day, then I realized I waned a buzz and to feel good in minutes. I used them orally for a cou
Hello and welcome!
Let me try to clear some things up for you if I can, and offer you some helpful tips.
For one, you don't "have to" snort or inject the subutex. Actually, doing so DECREASES its effectiveness. You will not experience worse w/ds if you take the medication the correct way. Actually, you will have more problems being maintained if you take it any way but how it's made to be taken. In addiction, the addict becomes just as addicted to the process of getting high (snoring, shooting up) as they do to the drug itself, so you definitely need to address those issues.
You've tried many times to get clean, yet keep relapsing. That means there's something you're not doing or addressing to help you STAY clean.
No matter HOW you actually detox off your drug of choice (cold turkey, taper, subutex), you still have to put a recovery plan in place for long term sobriety. Getting clean is actually the easy part, compared to staying clean.
You need to reassess what you've been doing and make the necessary changes, so that this will be your last time. For one, you need to eliminate all of your sources...dealers, doctors, however you get your drugs, you need to eliminate those avenues. If you don't do that, and you continue to have access, staying clean will be a big challenge.
You also need to increase your accountability. You can do this by telling some trusted people in your life that you're an addict trying to get clean. If you keep your secret, it's much easier to keep using. You would essentially be putting roadblocks up to relapse. Another way you can ensure accountability is by being compliant with your sub program. If you're just getting the sub, but not being honest about your snorting or shooting, then you're not really helping yourself. Same with if you plan on cheating on your tox screens. All of those things are in place to keep you accountable. Cheating the system only hurts yourself. Go into this with the intentions of doing whatever it takes to help yourself...that means working the program and all it entails. If it's a good program, it will require therapy and recommendations for AA/NA meetings and the like.
Lastly, you must have an aftercare plan in place. This involves things like addiction counseling, NA/AA meetings. Those kinds of things will give you the TOOLS you need to stay clean. If you're not planning on staying on the Sub forever, then you will eventually have to face coming off that as well, and if you haven't put the "work" in to really WANT sobriety, you will likely relapse again. If you're main focus is only the w/ds, then you're skipping a vital part of recovery. Of course the w/ds stink, but they don't last forever...addiction does.
It goes without saying (as you know) that snorting and injecting things that weren't designed for injection is dangerous. So, that's an even bigger reason to really give this your all. Every time you snort or inject, you're taking a gamble, and doing more damage to yourself.
I wish you the very best...you're in the right place, you will get loads of info and support here.
Let me try to clear some things up for you if I can, and offer you some helpful tips.
For one, you don't "have to" snort or inject the subutex. Actually, doing so DECREASES its effectiveness. You will not experience worse w/ds if you take the medication the correct way. Actually, you will have more problems being maintained if you take it any way but how it's made to be taken. In addiction, the addict becomes just as addicted to the process of getting high (snoring, shooting up) as they do to the drug itself, so you definitely need to address those issues.
You've tried many times to get clean, yet keep relapsing. That means there's something you're not doing or addressing to help you STAY clean.
No matter HOW you actually detox off your drug of choice (cold turkey, taper, subutex), you still have to put a recovery plan in place for long term sobriety. Getting clean is actually the easy part, compared to staying clean.
You need to reassess what you've been doing and make the necessary changes, so that this will be your last time. For one, you need to eliminate all of your sources...dealers, doctors, however you get your drugs, you need to eliminate those avenues. If you don't do that, and you continue to have access, staying clean will be a big challenge.
You also need to increase your accountability. You can do this by telling some trusted people in your life that you're an addict trying to get clean. If you keep your secret, it's much easier to keep using. You would essentially be putting roadblocks up to relapse. Another way you can ensure accountability is by being compliant with your sub program. If you're just getting the sub, but not being honest about your snorting or shooting, then you're not really helping yourself. Same with if you plan on cheating on your tox screens. All of those things are in place to keep you accountable. Cheating the system only hurts yourself. Go into this with the intentions of doing whatever it takes to help yourself...that means working the program and all it entails. If it's a good program, it will require therapy and recommendations for AA/NA meetings and the like.
Lastly, you must have an aftercare plan in place. This involves things like addiction counseling, NA/AA meetings. Those kinds of things will give you the TOOLS you need to stay clean. If you're not planning on staying on the Sub forever, then you will eventually have to face coming off that as well, and if you haven't put the "work" in to really WANT sobriety, you will likely relapse again. If you're main focus is only the w/ds, then you're skipping a vital part of recovery. Of course the w/ds stink, but they don't last forever...addiction does.
It goes without saying (as you know) that snorting and injecting things that weren't designed for injection is dangerous. So, that's an even bigger reason to really give this your all. Every time you snort or inject, you're taking a gamble, and doing more damage to yourself.
I wish you the very best...you're in the right place, you will get loads of info and support here.
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