European Elections

[Electrum1]

Bro, I saw pictures of her, she is a psychopath or demon possessed; just look at her eyes and try not puke at seeing the rest of her face.
It is always the ugliest left wingers who are the biggest loud mouth morons.

She pretty much became obsolete a few years ago right after she admitted her actions were due to being a communist

 

[Jnowhere]

She pretty much became obsolete a few years ago right after she admitted her actions were due to being a communist

Yep, she is trying to destroy the west with climate change bs. Destroy the capitalist economies so everyone can suffer and be enslaved under a communist dictatorship. I thought she was a psychopath or demon possessed, she is a commie so it is both. Get a straight jacket and exorcist. Commies are usually ugly, deranged and unwanted, I should have known.

 

[Deleted member 567457]

So many yet so little parties.
Now I'm wondering if I could still vote for German Bundeskanzler (not even sure if you vote for a person or for a party)

I asked and was told that in Germany you vote for the party a potential bundeskanzler belongs to instead of voting for that person directly.

 

[fairnymph]

Bro, I saw pictures of her, she is a psychopath or demon possessed; just look at her eyes and try not puke at seeing the rest of her face.
It is always the ugliest left wingers who are the biggest loud mouth morons.

Oh yeah, and the parents are even worse.

 

[Jnowhere]

I asked and was told that in Germany you vote for the party a potential bundeskanzler belongs to instead of voting for that person directly.

I studied the politics of the UK, France and Germany in college. Does this mean you would a coalition government of a bunch of little parties? I was always drunk in college but I know the Prime Minister is appointed in The UK by the majority party or coalition government.
How is der Führer, put into power in Germany?

 

[Jnowhere]

Oh yeah, and the parents are even worse.

Yeah people that ugly should be spayed and neutered. To ugly too breed. And of course they gave birth to a demon child, like in the movie, The Omen. She could be Damien's sister.

 

[alasdairm]

attacking somebody for being unattractive is childish and weak. wwjd? so much for loving one another...

why is that people who are at pains to tell you how christian they are act so unlike christ?

why not post some of your pics jnowhere so we can all see how gorgeous you are?

alasdair

 

[Nas47]

i don't think that in Europe got free elections...too much dirty secrets,too much invested money in conflicts,too much dead people to fulfill the pockets of these elites...thye would not allow to win anyone who is not in their inner circle...look how they banned far-right parties-in Austria...trying all they can do to not allow rights to suceed in Germany or in France.....may be these parties are fascists,may be not......but people voted for them and they will vote far more in the furure i guess.....Now they arrested romanian candidate for president,which alredy won the first elections......and people in this country are not comfortable for sure.....cause elites wants war...because war is the biggest busyness,but if something happens those closer-aborigens from eastern european countries-they will burn first...they would be the scapegoat ,while all these fat,old fuckers staying aside and making money

 

[tryptakid]

Yeah people that ugly should be spayed and neutered. To ugly too breed. And of course they gave birth to a demon child, like in the movie, The Omen. She could be Damien's sister.

I have found in my life that it isn't worth spending time resenting those who you dislike, disagree with, or (in this case) look down upon. In fact, I find that accepting the human race as a large and imperfect tapestry, with people that you admire as well as people you feel no kinship with, is what makes it beautiful.

If we were to start treating others as animals - to spay and neuter other people - to reduce the value of a human to their goodness for breeding - I believe that we would have lost our humanity fully and this would be a sign of the fall of man from goodness.

We've likely done this in previously cycles before, as it is an simple conclusion to come to for those with small minds. Don't let yourself be one of those people.

 

[tryptakid]

i don't think that in Europe got free elections...too much dirty secrets,too much invested money in conflicts,too much dead people to fulfill the pockets of these elites...thye would not allow to win anyone who is not in their inner circle...look how they banned far-right parties-in Austria...trying all they can do to not allow rights to suceed in Germany or in France.....may be these parties are fascists,may be not......but people voted for them and they will vote far more in the furure i guess.....Now they arrested romanian candidate for president,which alredy won the first elections......and people in this country are not comfortable for sure.....cause elites wants war...because war is the biggest busyness,but if something happens those closer-aborigens from eastern european countries-they will burn first...they would be the scapegoat ,while all these fat,old fuckers staying aside and making money

I agree - we live in an era of profound manipulation via social media. It's not hard to recognize the power interests most invested in manipulating the masses, taking notes or even aid from people like Putin. Those who have built a system of rule based around pitting interests against one another while maintaining control of/influence in opposing interests. Funding the communists AND the fascists, so they can duke it out below him. This is what is happening across the US, Europe and other democracies as they glide from liberal democracy into illiberal states.

 

[Jnowhere]

I have found in my life that it isn't worth spending time resenting those who you dislike, disagree with, or (in this case) look down upon. In fact, I find that accepting the human race as a large and imperfect tapestry, with people that you admire as well as people you feel no kinship with, is what makes it beautiful.

If we were to start treating others as animals - to spay and neuter other people - to reduce the value of a human to their goodness for breeding - I believe that we would have lost our humanity fully and this would be a sign of the fall of man from goodness.

We've likely done this in previously cycles before, as it is an simple conclusion to come to for those with small minds. Don't let yourself be one of those people.

Ok, Dude you obviously don't understand me or anyone joking around. It was a joke. This is a communist who desires a communist( dictatorship) global tyrannical nightmare. Her goal is to reduce us to an Animal Farm type society.

She is evil and trying to destroy The West financially to bring forth a USSR type of global communist dictatorship.
It is a joke and she is public figure with evil intentions.

I mean as serious as I can be; please lighten up. Also you never answered my question. What are your credentials as a therapist; I like to know vaguely who I am dealing with and how to better respond.

But please, lighten up, bro; This is a druggie web site and this would be funny but I am waiting for my pills at the pharmacy and have to wait till I get home take my meds; to fully appreciate the humor of this. But once again it is a joke and I used animals because of Animal Farm and the society she wants and she is evil. But honestly it is a joke on a druggie web site. Oh no, harm reduction, lol. Yeah if I ever start using illegal drugs, I can find multiple threads on how to properly manufacture crack from base powder cocaine, lol. Just chill out and let this painfilled friendless, older guy have a little fun and realize a joke is just that; a joke. OK comrade?

 

[tryptakid]

Ok, Dude you obviously don't understand me or anyone joking around. It was a joke. This is a communist who desires a communist( dictatorship) global tyrannical nightmare. Her goal is to reduce us to an Animal Farm type society.

That's not my read on her work as an activist, agree to disagree I suppose? Re: it being a joke - pretty harsh sense of humor I suppose. I have a sense of humor but I find that joking around about forced sterilization of ugly people to be in poor taste I suppose. I had an aunt who grew up in the care of the state during the 60s/70s - tail end of those types of programs. There are a lot of dystopian ways in which this stuff has been forced upon people within our recent past. Many of the people I have worked with and cared for over the years are the kind of folks that you'd (jokingly) force sterilize.

Just not my cup of tea I guess!

She is evil and trying to destroy The West financially to bring forth a USSR type of global communist dictatorship.
It is a joke and she is public figure with evil intentions.

Not sure I've ever gotten that impression from her. I think she's courageous for standing up to greed and in trying to be a voice of opposition against turning our world into a decaying planet. We need people who call out stuff like this.

I mean as serious as I can be; please lighten up. Also you never answered my question. What are your credentials as a therapist; I like to know vaguely who I am dealing with and how to better respond.

I have a master's in public health and a master's in social work. I'm independently licensed (I can work without supervision from another clinician) and I can also supervise other clinicians as well as clinical trainees (social workers, LMHCs, psychologists etc.) Most of my work has been with people dealing with opioid use (both illicit and for chronic pain, as well as those who had to turn to the illict due to the DEA's heavy-handed response to opioids over the last 15 years).

But please, lighten up, bro; This is a druggie web site and this would be funny but I am waiting for my pills at the pharmacy and have to wait till I get home take my meds; to fully appreciate the humor of this. But once again it is a joke and I used animals because of Animal Farm and the society she wants and she is evil. But honestly it is a joke on a druggie web site. Oh no, harm reduction, lol.

I'd say all of the above (druggies, harm reduction and everything in between!)

Yeah if I ever start using illegal drugs, I can find multiple threads on how to properly manufacture crack from base powder cocaine, lol. Just chill out and let this painfilled friendless, older guy have a little fun and realize a joke is just that; a joke. OK comrade?

Hey, you're allowed to joke about whatever you want and I would imagine I can be also allowed to respond if I want to? Free speech should allow for both things to be true, shouldn't it?

 

[Kellsee]

Yall are both making so much sense. I can’t imagine what could happen if both of y’all’s brains collaborated. I believe a lot of potential gets destroyed by how our egos surface once we feel compelled to debate.

I just love the kind of people that end up on this web site lol.

 

[Jnowhere]

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I have found in my life that it isn't worth spending time resenting those who you dislike, disagree with, or (in this case) look down upon. In fact, I find that accepting the human race as a large and imperfect tapestry, with people that you admire as well as people you feel no kinship with, is what makes it beautiful.

If we were to start treating others as animals - to spay and neuter other people - to reduce the value of a human to their goodness for breeding - I believe that we would have lost our humanity fully and this would be a sign of the fall of man from goodness.

We've likely done this in previously cycles before, as it is an simple conclusion to come to for those with small minds. Don't let yourself be one of those people.

Is that a picture of you wearing goggles while sitting down and playing air guitar at a skate park or an empty swimming pool converted into a skate park? Or are you meditating; just curious because I zoomed in on your picture or whatever they call it, and I am baffled.

Also what psychedelics are you using or recommend for me trip on, I mean meditate and become one with God's great Universe? Also do I need trip goggles, special lighting and what music do you recommend? Does wearing any special outfits help?

Also do I need some special guided imagery type of cd playing or do have to hire a hippie self appointed therapist/ specialist to guide me while tripping my balls off; I mean a trained guided imagery therapist to become one with the empty swimming pool/ I mean swimming converted to a skate park. No I mean the universe.

Also can I use my back porch/ deck that over looks a pond. Also since I am paranoid about skunks, raccoons, Opossums, wood chucks and The Boggie Man; can I have loaded gun on me while tripping and meditating. Actually that would be a bad idea, I might start hallucinating badly and see cobras or worse robots.

Better yet two of my good home defense semiauto shotguns loaded with high velocity 1 ounce deer slugs. That will be for robots and second one loaded with , what size shot, number 4 or maybe a 3inch magnum load of bb shot? Buckshot really isn't good for imaginary cobras.

Actually because I don't have 5 acres and don't live in hillbilly land; it would be best not to have loaded guns.
But, my trusty Daisy Red Ryder bb gun, would not cause a problem and since I am imagining the cobras and robots( I am tellin' ya, robots are evil, even imaginary ones. They can ruin a great nightmare, and once robots get into your dreams bed time will be ruined).

But if I image that my trusty lever action Daisy Red Ryder bb gun is a lever action Winchester 1894; that is chambered in 44 magnum or 45 long colt with 330 grain bullets, the p+ ones for maximum power. Perfect.

So can I trip and meditate on my back porch with goggles and a guided imagery cd or YouTube probably has some. Or do I need to hire a hippie ( hopefully they won't reek of b.o., patchouli oil, weed, and sour milk)
Also what about lights, will my flood lights out there work? Also what psychedelic drug(s) do you recommend? Most importantly can I have my trusty Daisy Red Ryder bb gun with me in case of imaginary cobra or worse robots? Or will this interfere with me becoming one with the Universe? I wonder if I hired a hippie therapist; they would be scared of a bb gun?

Oh well what do recommend for meditation and you said people who use opiods for pain, does that affect the choice of what I would use? What should I do as I am confused and completely ignorant, about meditation?

Yall are both making so much sense. I can’t imagine what could happen if both of y’all’s brains collaborated. I believe a lot of potential gets destroyed by how our egos surface once we feel compelled to debate.

I just love the kind of people that end up on this web site lol.

You truley are a bright ray of sunshine on sometimes or rather often a bleak and sad place. But you brighten it up, . Thank you.

 

[Jnowhere]

That's not my read on her work as an activist, agree to disagree I suppose? Re: it being a joke - pretty harsh sense of humor I suppose. I have a sense of humor but I find that joking around about forced sterilization of ugly people to be in poor taste I suppose. I had an aunt who grew up in the care of the state during the 60s/70s - tail end of those types of programs. There are a lot of dystopian ways in which this stuff has been forced upon people within our recent past. Many of the people I have worked with and cared for over the years are the kind of folks that you'd (jokingly) force sterilize.

Just not my cup of tea I guess!

Not sure I've ever gotten that impression from her. I think she's courageous for standing up to greed and in trying to be a voice of opposition against turning our world into a decaying planet. We need people who call out stuff like this.

I have a master's in public health and a master's in social work. I'm independently licensed (I can work without supervision from another clinician) and I can also supervise other clinicians as well as clinical trainees (social workers, LMHCs, psychologists etc.) Most of my work has been with people dealing with opioid use (both illicit and for chronic pain, as well as those who had to turn to the illict due to the DEA's heavy-handed response to opioids over the last 15 years).

I'd say all of the above (druggies, harm reduction and everything in between!)

Hey, you're allowed to joke about whatever you want and I would imagine I can be also allowed to respond if I want to? Free speech should allow for both things to be true, shouldn't it?

She is communist and that's how they work. Deceit and lies and try to ruin countries and for their opinions and political systems of tyranny. Read up on all the communist leaders, I have studied it and it is terrible.
No free speech, no private anything and gulag type concentration camps to anyone who disagrees if they don't shoot you after weeks of horrific torture then off to work and starve till you die.
No freedom of religion speech, press, or anything. She is evil and communism is too. Then is always turns into a dictatorship. Then the real brutality and oppression start.

That is why the international puppet masters are causing havoc and caos in Europe and destroying their society.

However, that was very kind of you to give your credentials and ok you are not a community college educated 'therapist'. Or some self appointed hippie drug guru type like in Northern California.

The opiod laws suck. People dying of cancer can't get relief in some cases. After years on the same dose I need a slight increase of a fairly low dose to control my pain so I can eat. Over 8 years past when doctors said I would die of liver failure but my pancreas is screwed up.
I voluntarily gave up my morphine script, I was on it 24/7 for 6+ years and it worked, despite my liver. And when I was sure no pancreatitus then I tappered and got off and my doctor was happy and gave me a 10mg bump of oxycodone along with comfort meds.

I have no psychological addiction to anything but cigarettes. But I can't get relief because so many years and a low dose and it doesn't work as well as it did and I always have extras each month.

I don't like opiods but I hate pain and 8 years of careful use and I can't get a small increase. It sucks. Obama started it but I would be mad at anyone from any party who started this war on pain patients. Also after it 100,000 plus deaths a year from illegal fentanyl and the answer for 4 years; open up the boarder and let that fentanyl flow.

Now a Kennedy, but I can't make a joke other then say his ideas are even worse than his voice. Your in agony have some parsley and dried ground up deer penis. Ah no.

There needs to a law to protect doctors and stop letting these fucking politicians make medical decisions.
I bet you they can get whatever they want. This is bullshit, making people suffer and about 5 times the opiod deaths and we can have Narcam and good Samaritan Laws to protect people who od and help the person from the police. Who are becoming more and more aggressive and violating the law and constitution with impunity.

 

[Bagseed]

just for context, this guy is a leader of a neo-fascist movement called "Identitäre Bewegung" operating in Germany and Austria.

.look how they banned far-right parties-in Austria..

what? maybe stop drinking the disinformation kool aid? the far right FPÖ is still the strongest party in parliament, they just didn't find anyone to form a coalition with because they are too extremist even for the conservatives.

 

[daturetard]

Viktor Orban is awesome

Great example of what a leader should be like

Don't know much about him but some of the first stuff that comes up on Google: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67832416

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?

theconversation.com

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www.washingtonpost.com

Hungary’s Descent Into Dictatorship

How Viktor Orban pulled off the unthinkable.

foreignpolicy.com

 

[tryptakid]

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Is that a picture of you wearing goggles while sitting down and playing air guitar at a skate park or an empty swimming pool converted into a skate park? Or are you meditating; just curious because I zoomed in on your picture or whatever they call it, and I am baffled.

I was telling a story after riding around on an abandoned parking garage with my friend. He shot that with expired film and happened to get that strange artifact over me. I wasn't meditating, just shooting the breeze with an old friend and getting into some story or another. So - not far off for sure!

Also what psychedelics are you using or recommend for me trip on, I mean meditate and become one with God's great Universe? Also do I need trip goggles, special lighting and what music do you recommend? Does wearing any special outfits help?

I don't recommend any specific substances to anyone as I'm not the expert of you/don't know your background or what things you might be sensitive to.

That said - the things that I have had positive experiences with:

1) Mescaline - san pedro (preferably t. bridgesii) has been the entheogen that connects me with the divine more than any other in my experience. I've grown cacti since I was 17, though only first tried an active dose of mescaline in my mid-to-late 30s. I was in a pretty dark place in my life at the time and while it didn't instantly 'cure' me - the lessons I took from that (and subsequent) experiences have been a big part in who I have become in the years since. I find mescaline to be very easy on the mind, while still allowing for difficult lessons to be faced.

8-12hr with some residual stimulation given that it's a phenethylamine (related to amphetamine/dopamine)

2) Psilocybin - pretty widely agreed to be one of the safest drugs out there. Easy to grow, forgiving as far as dosing to a degree. I find the trips to be magical and thought provoking, though it can be difficult on the come-up. Ginger tea can be helpful with this. 4-6 hours, can be sleepy at times. Higher doses have some residual stimulation but much less than mescaline. This is a tryptamine which is similar to serotonin in structure.

3) If you wanted to go the chemical route - 4-aco (or -ho)- MET and 2cb Ghost Potion - a visual and emotionally provocative trip with good body high and very little mental confusion. Excellent for social trips among friends. 4-6 hours - I usually dose 1:1 on the 4acoMET and 2cb (10-20mg of each) - contains both a tryptamine and a phenethylamine

Also do I need some special guided imagery type of cd playing or do have to hire a hippie self appointed therapist/ specialist to guide me while tripping my balls off; I mean a trained guided imagery therapist to become one with the empty swimming pool/ I mean swimming converted to a skate park. No I mean the universe.

I like electronic music - DJ sets by Four Tet or Jamie XX are favorites. I also like Jazz - Miles Davis - In a Silent Way is an all time psychedelic favorite for me
Boards of Canada if you want to get into a strange headspace
Brian Eno has done some interesting work on music for psychedelics as part of the psychedelic therapy movement - might be worth looking into

Others may recommend Sphongle or Grateful Dead - but that's less my lane

Also can I use my back porch/ deck that over looks a pond. Also since I am paranoid about skunks, raccoons, Opossums, wood chucks and The Boggie Man; can I have loaded gun on me while tripping and meditating. Actually that would be a bad idea, I might start hallucinating badly and see cobras or worse robots.

I would avoid loaded weapons of any kind while tripping. All it takes is one misread of a situation to make a mistake that can have grave consequences. No one wants to explain to the police why you were firing a gun while their faces are melting.

Better yet two of my good home defense semiauto shotguns loaded with high velocity 1 ounce deer slugs. That will be for robots and second one loaded with , what size shot, number 4 or maybe a 3inch magnum load of bb shot? Buckshot really isn't good for imaginary cobras.

Maybe a fence or some citronella candles? lol

Actually because I don't have 5 acres and don't live in hillbilly land; it would be best not to have loaded guns.

Agreed

But, my trusty Daisy Red Ryder bb gun, would not cause a problem and since I am imagining the cobras and robots( I am tellin' ya, robots are evil, even imaginary ones. They can ruin a great nightmare, and once robots get into your dreams bed time will be ruined).

Maybe get a big cat to be your psychedelic guardian

But if I image that my trusty lever action Daisy Red Ryder bb gun is a lever action Winchester 1894; that is chambered in 44 magnum or 45 long colt with 330 grain bullets, the p+ ones for maximum power. Perfect.

So can I trip and meditate on my back porch with goggles and a guided imagery cd or YouTube probably has some. Or do I need to hire a hippie ( hopefully they won't reek of b.o., patchouli oil, weed, and sour milk)

I am wary of hippies - YMMV

Also what about lights, will my flood lights out there work?

I like colorful lights/christmas lights/LEDs...depends on what makes you feel comfortable

Also what psychedelic drug(s) do you recommend?

See above

Most importantly can I have my trusty Daisy Red Ryder bb gun with me in case of imaginary cobra or worse robots? Or will this interfere with me becoming one with the Universe? I wonder if I hired a hippie therapist; they would be scared of a bb gun?

Oh well what do recommend for meditation and you said people who use opiods for pain, does that affect the choice of what I would use? What should I do as I am confused and completely ignorant, about meditation?

Start without psychedelics for sure. If you're in an area with meditation meet-ups, take advantage of those. Youtube has a plethora of guided meditations for various purposes if you're more interested in doing it on your own. I do strongly suggest guided in-person meditation even if only a few times. It's a good way to get a feel for it and have someone else take the wheel so you can focus on the experience.

One of my favorite simple meditations that I use for folks in therapy is: 5/7/8 breathing - Start by finding your breath, breath normally for a moment, and then do a few rounds of 5 second inhale, 7 second hold, 8 second exhale (slow exhale!) - adjust if you have diminished lung capacity. Can be helpful for improving your breathing as well.

Then switch to a body scan: Start at the top of your head and slowly scan down to your jaw, front of your face, look for tension you're holding, relax. Scan to neck, shoulders, down arms to hands (relax), then to chest/upper back, follow your spine into your torso/abdomen (relax), into your hips and waist, to your thighs, (relax), then down your legs past your knees, to your shins/calves, ankles, feet (relax). Do a scan back up your body, looking for any tension you may have missed.

Final step is a sensory check-in - you can do this either in your mind's eye (picture a place you like being that makes you happy/feel relaxed - sometimes people with use the beach or the forest) - check in with what you'd see, then what you'd hear, then smell, then taste, and then physical sensations. After that, let all senses become active in your mind, and just let yourself be there.

Alternately, you can simply check in with each sense in the same way, but in your current environment (so sitting on your porch, take in what you see and just observe, sounds around you, then notice the smell of the air around you, trees, rain whatever, then any tastes you can detect, and then finally how your body feels there).

Hope some of this is helpful

 

[tryptakid]

She is communist and that's how they work. Deceit and lies and try to ruin countries and for their opinions and political systems of tyranny. Read up on all the communist leaders, I have studied it and it is terrible.
No free speech, no private anything and gulag type concentration camps to anyone who disagrees if they don't shoot you after weeks of horrific torture then off to work and starve till you die.
No freedom of religion speech, press, or anything. She is evil and communism is too. Then is always turns into a dictatorship. Then the real brutality and oppression start.

There has never been a communist government (aside from maybe vietnam) that has not devolved into authoritarianism and brutality. Same can be said for extreme conservative governments as well fwiw

That is why the international puppet masters are causing havoc and caos in Europe and destroying their society.

Have you been to Europe? There is a lot of good there. I spend a few weeks in Portugal every year helping to run a harm reduction service at a music festival. Have a lot of friends/colleagues over there. It isn't perfect, but I haven't seen societal decay in the same way that I see it every day in the US. We all have our problems, but we're often made to believe that our problems are less bad than the problems of others, as this allows those in charge to manipulate us into compliance.

However, that was very kind of you to give your credentials and ok you are not a community college educated 'therapist'. Or some self appointed hippie drug guru type like in Northern California.

For sure - I've put in my work. I was a dopefiend from 2004-2008, and going through inpatient/residential/halfway-house 2008-2009 was what made me interested in service work. I had a bachelor's in psychology already so I was fortunate to be able to apply to go back to school and did a dual degree MSW/MPH program 2010-2012/2011-2014. I've worked primarily in suboxone-adjascent programs (because that's where the jobs were in the 10s). Ironically, I found buprenorphine to be not helpful for me at all when I was using - just kept me part way between sick and well, kind of an addict and also not able to be an addict at the same time. I've heard it described as 'the gray world of suboxone' and I would agree with that.

The opiod laws suck. People dying of cancer can't get relief in some cases. After years on the same dose I need a slight increase of a fairly low dose to control my pain so I can eat. Over 8 years past when doctors said I would die of liver failure but my pancreas is screwed up.

The laws are ridiculous. The number of people I'd see come in for suboxone because their legitimate pain management was cut off was astounding. They were forced to chose between fentanyl from the street, or buprenorphine which is pretty shitty at pain management. The worst part is that on any maintenance program, you're treated as an addict - from the urine screens to the weekly visits, having your script held over your head. I'd like to believe I was able to influence a small number of providers in a positive way, avoiding some of the worst ways that people can be treated in this system.

I voluntarily gave up my morphine script, I was on it 24/7 for 6+ years and it worked, despite my liver. And when I was sure no pancreatitus then I tappered and got off and my doctor was happy and gave me a 10mg bump of oxycodone along with comfort meds.

Have you tried combining your dose with a low dose of a dissociative? Ketamine has pain killing effects and also potentiates opioid analgesia. It can also help with keeping tolerance more well controlled.

An alternative NMDA receptor antagonist that has been looked into as an opioid add-on is called memantine. It's unscheduled in the US (used primarily for cognitive decline) but it may also provide some help when taking along with an opioid.

I have no psychological addiction to anything but cigarettes. But I can't get relief because so many years and a low dose and it doesn't work as well as it did and I always have extras each month.

I don't like opiods but I hate pain and 8 years of careful use and I can't get a small increase. It sucks. Obama started it but I would be mad at anyone from any party who started this war on pain patients. Also after it 100,000 plus deaths a year from illegal fentanyl and the answer for 4 years; open up the boarder and let that fentanyl flow.

Now a Kennedy, but I can't make a joke other then say his ideas are even worse than his voice. Your in agony have some parsley and dried ground up deer penis. Ah no.

There needs to a law to protect doctors and stop letting these fucking politicians make medical decisions.
I bet you they can get whatever they want. This is bullshit, making people suffer and about 5 times the opiod deaths and we can have Narcam and good Samaritan Laws to protect people who od and help the person from the police. Who are becoming more and more aggressive and violating the law and constitution with impunity.

The situation is incredibly complicated. The war on drugs benefits the beligerants (the cartels which get to stay in business, and the government and medical-industrial complex that profit off of all of it). Think about anyone taking opioids - they're having to go in for MD visits (billable encounters) they fill RXs (pharmacy fill) they have to provide urine screens (billable service) and are often asked to meet with other providers as well (people like me who also bill for the encounter). Mind you, the individual MDs and therapists aren't profiting in the way that the health system as a whole is. I didn't see extra income for more visits while working in a health center (this is different now that I've moved to private practice, though I'm not part of the treatment system in the same way). The docs are pretty hamstrung by systemic regulations, organizational policies, and the fear of DEA crackdowns which can come at any time and may lead to someone's career being taken away from them. It's a culture of fear that also focuses very little on solving the problems that lead to addiction - the suffering that many who use opioids are often trying to deal with. We have very few solutions - we're great at getting people onto medication and very bad at getting them off of it.

 

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just for context, this guy is a leader of a neo-fascist movement called "Identitäre Bewegung" operating in Germany and Austria.

Except, he's not entirely wrong.

This is what people like Christopher Hitchens and others were trying to warn about years ago, recognizing Islam for what it is (a political ideology). First they'll vote for whomever tolerates them the most, then once they achieve a demographic stronghold they'll start creating their own political parties for the express purpose of advancing Islamic ideology. We're well on that path in the UK. We can argue whether that is the fault of Islam itself or a social contagion effect or whatever, but it is happening.