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Nose damage from snorting pills...
OK guys, I need a lil help here. I'm very concerned.. I just want to solve this crazy problem and continue on with doing good things in life.
I never got hooked on powder until I started snorting pills. I tried cocaine, MDMA, and ketamine and never got hooked. But the pills. I never knew how bad it was for me until now, and I can't really talk about this problem with anyone. I need help. First I was hooked on snorting adderol, stopped that, then became hooked on snorting hydrocodone. Stopped, then started again...then stopped. Life got tough (not an excuse I know) and I had a bit of a relapse last week . My nose has always been a tad crooked, but felt fine. I always snorted through my left nostril (which is still fine) but last week in my terrible mood I didn't care and I snorted half of one vicodin pill through my right nostril. I got high, stayed high, and woke up in pain. Ever since that day I have had terrible pain in my nose that lasts 24/7. It was about a week ago and I am totally done with drugs now. I felt inside my right nostril and there is a big chunk of cartlidge missing, there is not a hole leading to my other nostril, but it is a deep hole and it is very painful. I'm done, and I just want to know what happens to me next.
This sad background leads me to my main questions:
is the pain from me damaging my cartlidge or could it possibly be an infection?
will said cartlidge grow back if i go easy on my nose from now on? (I thought it took more use to damage one's septum...)
will my nose heal and correct itself in time, or is it destined to become more and more crooked?
are surgeries for fixing these problems sometimes covered by one's insurance, or are they generally very costly procedure?
Let's say I am full of regret, I want to fix the problem and leave this part of my life behind. I am of the lower middle class with not a lot of income right now... but I'm defintely done with the drugs. Is a possible surgery in the cards? Will I be OK after a while without it? Please help....... sorry guys, it's such a big concern I can't really talk about....
I never got hooked on powder until I started snorting pills. I tried cocaine, MDMA, and ketamine and never got hooked. But the pills. I never knew how bad it was for me until now, and I can't really talk about this problem with anyone. I need help. First I was hooked on snorting adderol, stopped that, then became hooked on snorting hydrocodone. Stopped, then started again...then stopped. Life got tough (not an excuse I know) and I had a bit of a relapse last week . My nose has always been a tad crooked, but felt fine. I always snorted through my left nostril (which is still fine) but last week in my terrible mood I didn't care and I snorted half of one vicodin pill through my right nostril. I got high, stayed high, and woke up in pain. Ever since that day I have had terrible pain in my nose that lasts 24/7. It was about a week ago and I am totally done with drugs now. I felt inside my right nostril and there is a big chunk of cartlidge missing, there is not a hole leading to my other nostril, but it is a deep hole and it is very painful. I'm done, and I just want to know what happens to me next.
This sad background leads me to my main questions:
is the pain from me damaging my cartlidge or could it possibly be an infection?
will said cartlidge grow back if i go easy on my nose from now on? (I thought it took more use to damage one's septum...)
will my nose heal and correct itself in time, or is it destined to become more and more crooked?
are surgeries for fixing these problems sometimes covered by one's insurance, or are they generally very costly procedure?
Let's say I am full of regret, I want to fix the problem and leave this part of my life behind. I am of the lower middle class with not a lot of income right now... but I'm defintely done with the drugs. Is a possible surgery in the cards? Will I be OK after a while without it? Please help....... sorry guys, it's such a big concern I can't really talk about....
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If it continues to get worse make sure you get into the doctor. He/she may be able to get you in to the ENT even sooner.
If you can't get in to see your regular doc, go to the ER, or a free walk in clinic. You shouldn't let this wait for two weeks. But do use the neti-pot. You'll be amazed at how much crap you've been hiding in your sinuses. You may even find some jewellery, LoL
Snorting all pills is terrible. I didn't know or care when I should have. It wasn't my initial idea, but it sure became my addiction.
Thanks everyone for the fast responses. It's a pretty new problem, and most people I've seen on here have done drugs for far longer before noticing a change. I was on and off for about 2 years, in total, probably about 10-12 months of abuse total. Again, on and off. My idiot friends introduced me to snorting, I never would have thought "hey I'll crush this up and put it in my nose". Just following the next high. And what a rush it was. I'm mostly paranoid because this problem is happening as I begin to put my drug use behind me. It would be great just to get..another nasal chance..ha. yea. I would do things right for good. Which is...not doing them. Hell I'm even putting the reefer down. It's all got to go ASAP. I just really hope I can get this sorted out real soon. I also hope it doesn't get worse within the next couple weeks. I can't actually have an appointment with an ENT doctor for about 2 weeks. I'm going real easy trying not to blow my nose or inhale too rough.
Also, I'll look into that Neti Pot. Thanks.
Thanks everyone for the fast responses. It's a pretty new problem, and most people I've seen on here have done drugs for far longer before noticing a change. I was on and off for about 2 years, in total, probably about 10-12 months of abuse total. Again, on and off. My idiot friends introduced me to snorting, I never would have thought "hey I'll crush this up and put it in my nose". Just following the next high. And what a rush it was. I'm mostly paranoid because this problem is happening as I begin to put my drug use behind me. It would be great just to get..another nasal chance..ha. yea. I would do things right for good. Which is...not doing them. Hell I'm even putting the reefer down. It's all got to go ASAP. I just really hope I can get this sorted out real soon. I also hope it doesn't get worse within the next couple weeks. I can't actually have an appointment with an ENT doctor for about 2 weeks. I'm going real easy trying not to blow my nose or inhale too rough.
Also, I'll look into that Neti Pot. Thanks.
You most likely have an infection caused by that pill power stuff you snorted getting stuck in that pre-existing 'hole' as you call it, and festering and becoming infected. What this deformity could be is a deviated septum, which you could have been born with and just not really noticed. You say you always favoured your right nostril, preferring using the left.
It could also have been caused by a previous palyp that got infected then healed on it's own, leaving a crator. What ever it is, you still need to go see a doctor and have that infection looked at and treated. At the same time he can tell you what is going on with your septum.
There is also this thing called a Neti pot, which looks like a tiny blue plastic tea pot. It comes with about 50 little packets of a solution that you mix with warm distilled water to rinse your nose and sinus cavities out. It works wonders for anyone with sinus and palyps annd stuffy nose problems.
Read the directions carefully if you decide to use it so that you use it properly.
See a doctor first however. Years of snorting can cause some nasty problems, and if you have an infection there that goes untreated, it can easily spread across the membrane and into the brain.
This is why they (Docs) advise you not to pluck nose hairs. There is all kinds of bacteria in your nasel cavity, which is why there are hairs ansd mucous there in the first place- to filter them out. If you pluck hairs, you can very easily get an infection through the exposed hair follicle root that can then spread into the brain.
Not only can you get very sick and spend months getting treatment to try stop the infection, you can also just as quickly die from a brain infection.
My brother had that happen. He was deathly ill for almost a year. So see a doctor, don't fool around with problems in that area.
It could also have been caused by a previous palyp that got infected then healed on it's own, leaving a crator. What ever it is, you still need to go see a doctor and have that infection looked at and treated. At the same time he can tell you what is going on with your septum.
There is also this thing called a Neti pot, which looks like a tiny blue plastic tea pot. It comes with about 50 little packets of a solution that you mix with warm distilled water to rinse your nose and sinus cavities out. It works wonders for anyone with sinus and palyps annd stuffy nose problems.
Read the directions carefully if you decide to use it so that you use it properly.
See a doctor first however. Years of snorting can cause some nasty problems, and if you have an infection there that goes untreated, it can easily spread across the membrane and into the brain.
This is why they (Docs) advise you not to pluck nose hairs. There is all kinds of bacteria in your nasel cavity, which is why there are hairs ansd mucous there in the first place- to filter them out. If you pluck hairs, you can very easily get an infection through the exposed hair follicle root that can then spread into the brain.
Not only can you get very sick and spend months getting treatment to try stop the infection, you can also just as quickly die from a brain infection.
My brother had that happen. He was deathly ill for almost a year. So see a doctor, don't fool around with problems in that area.
Hydrocodone or any pill w/that much buffer is crazy u can get abcesses from all the buffer that would require much more extensive help.Point is we can't diagnose u so get to the Dr ASAP b4whatever it is gets worse.
Um I really think that the only way2know what's going on is to go c a Dr2find out the extent of what's going on.U said a big chunk of cartildge is gone.It could b an infection that can b easily cleared up w/antibiotics but the longer u wait the worse the situation will b.BTW snorting
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