Severe health effects from crack and a meth bomb and being ignored at the ER

[THE_REAL_OBLIVION]

I usually handle things rather well even when going at extremes but I don't know if my hedonism is catching up with me but here goes :

One night recently I smoked freebase that I made myself like usual and only half a gram, things went well then I got a case of beer (6) and got into a party where i only knew a handful of people but things went well and I consumed a meth bomb spread out over 3 hours orally and some snorted.

I go home and get really bored and can't stand myself(meth comedown I guess) so the next afternoon I smoked another half a gram of crack. After the 2nd puff a SEVERE pain came from my lower left back which I thought was related to my kidney so I put down the pipe and tried to calm down, I took 2mg of klonopin, 50mg of hydroxyzine and thrice the quantity of verapamil SR(heart medication) that I have to take usually and waited for it to stop.

Soon enough the pain turned into a complete back spasm, my neck and head terribly hurt and I felt pins and needles all over my body and inside of myself too. The local hospital is bullshit and I told the people working there my opinion before, but I really had to go as I was totally worried by my physical woes.

As I get to the hospital, THEY FUCKING HAD ME WAITING for the nurse to check on me for 20 mins while other patients were all over me worried that I was in worse condition than them obviously. I was stiff as a fucking titanium stick my fingers were stiff and cramping on the inside of the palms I could only move them at a very slow pace.

Pressure 127/86, temperature 36.4 and blood saturation at 99%...supposedly my heart wasn't in danger, I tell em DUH i took 360mg of verapamil.I wasn't considered in danger anymore but more like a danger to other people cos "i'm a dangerous druggie" so I was put in the loony room at least i wasn't strapped, no heart monitors, no Electrocardiogram no nothing just a fucking security guard watching over me instead of a nurse. My symptoms went away as the coke disappeared from my brain and I fell asleep. SIX hours later i wake up, no doctor, no nurse and a fucking security guard is still watching over me. I decide that I had enough even though my head and lower back still hurt but to a lesser degree and left.

I went to eat at some fast food took 3 aspirins, 300mg of gabapentin, 3mg of clonazepam and managed to sleep some more. I wake up the next morning feeling like I was beaten up by a truck, all and every of my muscles hurt so here comes 7 Robaxacets and I finally felt somewhat good and sleep some more 4 hours which felt like 12.

Now my kidneys hurt still, i doubt that it has anything to do with my spine because I felt that pain when smoking crack before and I know coke is bad for your kidneys (mostly bad for everything in your body but heh, i take a lot of medications and i think my kidneys are in bad shape. But apparently ER doctors don't care.

Anybody with insights on what happened to me or someone with a similar bad stimulant overdose.
Don't waste bandwidth saying it was a panic attack because I am on clonazepam 3mg per day and hydroxyzine 150mg, I doubt I'm having panic attacks.

 

[Pingu]

either the hospital is run very badly, or the doctors and nurses there are a bunch of cunts. as to your problem, im sorry i dont know enough about that kind of thing to help.

 

[socko]

Were you drinking enough water? And your electrolytes could have gone out of balance after all of the drugs and beer. This, and dehydration, combined with the muscle tension that stimulants can cause , could have triggered your reaction.
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[protovack]

To be honest that sounded extremely weird and I'm not surprised you got treated like that, especially if you've been in for the same "symptoms" before. Cocaine and amphetamines are known to cause vaso-spasm, muscle spasm, tremors, myalgias, etc. Smoking meth can put particulate matter into your lungs which can cause pain too. I don't know, seems like you need to take 7 days off drugs, eat right, get some exercise, not a downer cocktail or another meth binge. I mean put 2 and 2 together...

 

[THE_REAL_OBLIVION]

To be honest that sounded extremely weird and I'm not surprised you got treated like that, especially if you've been in for the same "symptoms" before. Cocaine and amphetamines are known to cause vaso-spasm, muscle spasm, tremors, myalgias, etc. Smoking meth can put particulate matter into your lungs which can cause pain too. I don't know, seems like you need to take 7 days off drugs, eat right, get some exercise, not a downer cocktail or another meth binge. I mean put 2 and 2 together...

Meth binge ? Smoking meth ? I'm sorry crystal meth isn't even available where I live, only meth pills and if you read correctly i didn't binge.

I'm pretty damn sure it has to do with my kidneys :

Chronic renal failure, which develops slowly, can have vague and sporadic symptoms. Typically, the syndrome begins with a feeling of weakness and a loss of appetite, followed by:
· Frequent urination, especially at night;
· Pale, itchy, and easily bruised skin;
· Shortness of breath;
· Persistent hiccups;
· Muscular twitching;
· A sensation of pins and needles in the hands, feet; or other areas and
· Leg cramps.

I got all of these except hiccups and easily bruised skin. Thanks for your condescendence, bye.

 

[GETYAGUN!!11]

i'm sorry dude i have to go with protovack....look at all the drugs ur doing man. You are like : "yeah i smoked meth and crack and took all these pills and they treated me lik ei was crazy....why???!!!" i think u answered ur own question buddy.

 

[THE_REAL_OBLIVION]

i'm sorry dude i have to go with protovack....look at all the drugs ur doing man. You are like : "yeah i smoked meth and crack and took all these pills and they treated me lik ei was crazy....why???!!!" i think u answered ur own question buddy.

I dare you to say I smoked meth again bastard.

Someone having a bad reaction to adderall (amphetamines) or ritalin (very similar to coke) would've had more respect and ACTUAL TREATMENT.

Bite me.

 

[GETYAGUN!!11]

hahahah omg im cracking up at work! Don't make me get into trouble oblivion!

 

[GETYAGUN!!11]

oh yeah...and... YOU SMOKED METH!!!!!

 

[Enlitx]

Well, what exactly did you expect? Doctors know if a patient is in real danger or a drug induced state of pain or anxiety. I am sure if you actually started to crash there would have been help. Right or wrong, doctors generally look down on people taking illicit medications and will only help them if they are in serious danger.

Lay off the rock.

 

[Busty St Clare]

Pressure 127/86, temperature 36.4 and blood saturation at 99%.

Seems like you were in no danger.

Hate to break it to you but pain does not kill you. If you are silly enough to take a cocktail and also self medicate, no one in ER are going to rush to your aid. Life is kinda tough like that. If you want to flaunt societies rules you have to accept that you have to be responsible for your welfare alone.

If you are working in a ER you make the call to helps those who need it, not those who think they need it. I would always help the 3 yr old with a temperture, whose parents are worried sick over some wigged out junkie any day. Doesn't matter how much "pain" he/she is in.

Pain in your kidney's is a good indicator of something wrong, clean yourself up and take a number for a donar kidney... you might be lucky enough to be offered one some day.

 

[Mariposa]

The other patients were likely fawning all over you because you were raising cane all over the ER. You are lucky you were seen as quickly as you were; your vitals were found within 20 minutes to be stable. Your emergency room should be commended if anything for seeing you in that time.

We have no idea how much meth you took orally. Meth is meth. If you are worried about renal failure, stop taking meth and smoking crack, maintain your hydration and nutrition and see a nephrologist. The ER is not your personal physician; you are not less entitled to timely care because you are a user of illegal drugs. Busty, I appreciate your viewpoint on this as I know you know of which you speak, but I must respectfully dissent that triage should be performed or treatments applied differentially due to any aversion to addiction or specific drugs on the part of a doctor. It may not, in fact, be ethically prudent to save a child with a fever first, but we can address medical ethics elsewhere (and since I'm now considering a career in the field, I'd like to).

You received timely care, Oblivion; more timely than I did when I was covered in hives and experiencing breathing difficulties due to (what was found to be) an allergic reaction that could have easily and quickly killed me. No one did you wrong by not seeing you sooner. You were not crashing.

Yep... lay off the rock.

Lastly, what you are identifying as "kidney pain" may in fact be of other cause. The kidneys are located to the lower back of a person. You won't know until your renal function is evaluated. It couldn't hurt to quit amphetamines and crack and drink at minimum 8 oz of water per hour, every hour you are awake, no alcohol.

 

[Mehm]

sounds like you're stressing out your kidneys. since you are smoking crack and eating meth on heart medication..i'm sure you know what to do.