Hello. I am a former IV opioid user who has been completely clean for 5 years. Back when I was in the depths of addiction, I was injecting heroin, roxicodone 30s and 15s, dilaudid, and very rarely cocaine. Since I have turned my life around, I have finally found a decent job with health insurance. I started visiting the doctor (after about 10 years of never seeing one), and discovered that I have high blood pressure (hypertension stage 2). The doctor recommended I try to correct this on my own, before giving me medication, by eating a healthier diet and exercising more. I have done this, but my blood pressure still remains pretty high. The doctor told me he was very surprised to see my blood pressure so high for a person of my age. I am also not overweight. I feel pretty fine otherwise.
It has been constantly nagging in my mind that this may be a result of all the shit that I've injected in the past, and I was wondering if anyone here has any knowledge about this subject. I was contemplating telling the doctor about my past, but am fearful about being looked at like a scumbag. I'm also wondering if there would even be any point in telling him. Like what could even be done about it anyways? Is there any way to clean out pill fillers/whatever the fuck else is in my veins? Does anyone have any experience with this? I've been trying to find information about this around the net but haven't had much luck.
It has been constantly nagging in my mind that this may be a result of all the shit that I've injected in the past, and I was wondering if anyone here has any knowledge about this subject. I was contemplating telling the doctor about my past, but am fearful about being looked at like a scumbag. I'm also wondering if there would even be any point in telling him. Like what could even be done about it anyways? Is there any way to clean out pill fillers/whatever the fuck else is in my veins? Does anyone have any experience with this? I've been trying to find information about this around the net but haven't had much luck.