Hi all! I am having the second episode of incredibly strange back pain immediately following an injection. The pain is difficult to describe and I've never experienced anything like it. It's like spasms in the thoracic region that are kind of like shocks of pain so intense I can't breath. If I bend over at the waist and lean on something to take the weight off it gets a bit better. When I lay down it takes a bit for it to calm down but when it does I have no pain at all. That is as long as I don't move.
I am not a habitual user of the needle. I shot my pain pills for maybe 2 months a little over 2 years ago. My Dr. found out so no more pain pills and no more needle. After that I have occasionally picked one up when I got a hold of something. I started using meth about 2 months ago and have used with the needle for maybe a month but not everyday. My reason for telling you all this is to demonstrate that I am not an experienced injector and actually seem to be getting worse at it as I am now afraid of missing the vein after a few missed shots of meth.
It wasn't the same drug used on both occasions so it's not that. What's really odd is the first time the pain started within minutes of completing the injection. This time the spasms started BEFORE I even injected any drug, though I had made several attempts to find a vein and register. Last time (which was last Nov.) I went to the ER as the pain grew in intensity. I did not tell them I had just injected and they had no idea as I show no scars or signs of this behavior due to the sporadic use. My blood pressure was very low, heart rate high and I began shivering uncontrollably about 30-45 minutes after I arrived. I kind of thought it might be cotton fever but the said I was in septic shock. I was hospitalized for 6 days and they eventually found an infection in my kidneys. The back pain got better after just a couple of days (I DID NOT tell them and lose my lovely Morphine 4mg every 1-2 hours via the IV in my NECK!! ) Anyway, I was never fully convinced with their diagnosis. It sometimes seems that Dr. NEED to have a diagnosis for everything and in an absence of one I find they might jump to conclusions or just grasp at straws. So this time when it started I pulled the needle out and did not continue. As the pain got worse a friend brought me some Baclofen 10mg of which I took 3 and Lorazepam 1mg. I crushed up 3 and snorted maybe 1 1/2 because I was so desperate to stop the pain. It seemed to work but upon standing the pain returns. This morning after a long restful night I helped myself to a celebratory shot. And the pain returned full force to rain on my parade!
My biggest addiction by far is information so I am accomplished at Goggling something until I've beaten that horse to a slow bloody death. I have been unable to find anything anywhere with an accurate description of my experience which is making me insane. Oh and the whole deadly infection from drug injection thing is somewhat disturbing as well. When I was given home antibiotics after release from the hospital with the first episode which I did not take as drug addicts seem to have little interest in pills that do NOTHING for them. Except make them healthy. BORING!! I started taking them last night to be on the safe side. I do not want to go to the hospital because of testing positive for meth and because of the whole fear of missed shots thing I have, oh just a few needle punctures here and there. They might just feel a bit judgmental about me and I'm not ready to have the label of IV DRUG USER stamped on my chart, forehead and anywhere else they fancy like my ass.
I do apologize for my lengthy post but due to the unusually circumstances and my failure to find anything fitting during all my searching, I wanted to make sure that I gave as much info as possible in hopes of an answer. Thank you very much for your time and attention as well as any info you might have. No scrap is too small or insignificant for me and will be much appriciated as I run happily back to Goggle with a fresh horse to massacre!
Blessings to all!!
I am not a habitual user of the needle. I shot my pain pills for maybe 2 months a little over 2 years ago. My Dr. found out so no more pain pills and no more needle. After that I have occasionally picked one up when I got a hold of something. I started using meth about 2 months ago and have used with the needle for maybe a month but not everyday. My reason for telling you all this is to demonstrate that I am not an experienced injector and actually seem to be getting worse at it as I am now afraid of missing the vein after a few missed shots of meth.
It wasn't the same drug used on both occasions so it's not that. What's really odd is the first time the pain started within minutes of completing the injection. This time the spasms started BEFORE I even injected any drug, though I had made several attempts to find a vein and register. Last time (which was last Nov.) I went to the ER as the pain grew in intensity. I did not tell them I had just injected and they had no idea as I show no scars or signs of this behavior due to the sporadic use. My blood pressure was very low, heart rate high and I began shivering uncontrollably about 30-45 minutes after I arrived. I kind of thought it might be cotton fever but the said I was in septic shock. I was hospitalized for 6 days and they eventually found an infection in my kidneys. The back pain got better after just a couple of days (I DID NOT tell them and lose my lovely Morphine 4mg every 1-2 hours via the IV in my NECK!! ) Anyway, I was never fully convinced with their diagnosis. It sometimes seems that Dr. NEED to have a diagnosis for everything and in an absence of one I find they might jump to conclusions or just grasp at straws. So this time when it started I pulled the needle out and did not continue. As the pain got worse a friend brought me some Baclofen 10mg of which I took 3 and Lorazepam 1mg. I crushed up 3 and snorted maybe 1 1/2 because I was so desperate to stop the pain. It seemed to work but upon standing the pain returns. This morning after a long restful night I helped myself to a celebratory shot. And the pain returned full force to rain on my parade!
My biggest addiction by far is information so I am accomplished at Goggling something until I've beaten that horse to a slow bloody death. I have been unable to find anything anywhere with an accurate description of my experience which is making me insane. Oh and the whole deadly infection from drug injection thing is somewhat disturbing as well. When I was given home antibiotics after release from the hospital with the first episode which I did not take as drug addicts seem to have little interest in pills that do NOTHING for them. Except make them healthy. BORING!! I started taking them last night to be on the safe side. I do not want to go to the hospital because of testing positive for meth and because of the whole fear of missed shots thing I have, oh just a few needle punctures here and there. They might just feel a bit judgmental about me and I'm not ready to have the label of IV DRUG USER stamped on my chart, forehead and anywhere else they fancy like my ass.
I do apologize for my lengthy post but due to the unusually circumstances and my failure to find anything fitting during all my searching, I wanted to make sure that I gave as much info as possible in hopes of an answer. Thank you very much for your time and attention as well as any info you might have. No scrap is too small or insignificant for me and will be much appriciated as I run happily back to Goggle with a fresh horse to massacre!
Blessings to all!!
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