Recognizing Withdrawal in the Waiting Room
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2022
- Harm reduction is an evidence-based, practical approach to reducing the negative personal and public health consequences of drug use. However, staff in healthcare settings often struggle to openly discuss drug use with patients. The Introduction to Harm Reduction in Healthcare Video Series demonstrates practical strategies to support the health of people who use drugs. This video presents an approach to identifying and supporting people going through withdrawal with your waiting room.
Additional Takeaways:
-Prepare your staff to recognize the basic signs of withdrawal and provide them with basic techniques to support patients
-Remember that while a patient is actively experiencing opioid withdrawal symptoms they have limited ability to concentrate, follow directions, or modulate emotional reactions
- A successful interaction with the patient means attending to basic physical and relational needs such as offering a glass of water, and acknowledging that the person looks uncomfortable
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Lol it’s funny the way withdrawal is portrayed by people who have never actually survived it. If that guy was in full blown WD, he wouldn’t have been able to leave his house. When I went through it, I’d be soaked from head to toe in sweat, as though someone poured a bucket of water over me, but I’d also be simultaneously freezing. Beads of sweat would literally drip off my face, chest, etc. My nose would be runny, my eyes would be watery, I’d keep yawning, my stomach would be a mess, and all I’d want to do is lay down and sleep but I’d be too restless and unable to get comfortable, so I’d just thrash around in my bed. I’d be cold, so I’d pull a blanket over myself, but that would make me sweat more, so I’d take the blanket off, but then I’d be freezing again. I’d want to curl up, but I’d be too restless. Restless legs were horrible during WD. It’s why I actually hated being in bed during that time and could never stay there long. I couldn’t even have a light or the TV on. I’d go days without eating and be barely able to keep water down. The only thing that made me feel better was a hot shower or bath but as soon as I eventually got out, I’d be back to square one.
Withdrawal isn’t like a “bad flu.” I’ve had a bad flu before and was still able to sleep and hold down water. Withdrawal feels like you’re dying but you don’t actually die (unless you’re coming off benzos or alcohol and then you could seize out). I understand for the purpose of this video, they want to show someone whose withdrawal is just kicking off bc showing the later stages would probably be too messy, but WD doesn’t cause stuttering/stammering, itching, and grabbing at your neck. The guy looked more like a tweaker than someone in WD. I’ve literally wanted to go to the hospital before bc of WD. I’ve read things that suggest exercising, going for walks, eating your favorite meal, participating in your favorite hobby, etc. as ways to get through WD. Those are literally the last things you’re able to do. Sometimes I wish people could experience just 10 minutes of WD to know how bad it is so they’d stop downplaying it and giving stupid suggestions to get through it. Oh and those are just the physical symptoms, mentally you’re at war too. I’ve never been someone who’d ever consider taking my own life but during WD, you feel so hopeless that you actually have thoughts like that. And as soon as you make it through the WD, you can’t believe those were really thoughts that went through your mind.
I know this is long af but I wanted to make it very detailed to give people a better idea of what it’s really like. There’s a reason people are scared sh*tless of getting sick and do crazy things to avoid it. Not saying the things they do are excusable but they are explainable
Your description of WD is 💯 percent accurate
You should do a Ted Talks on WD.
Well said
You're right 👍🏻
Hit it on the nose
I'm surprised, they don't have a sign that says: "If you die, while waiting, please, call & cancel your appointment."
Mr John doe? Ow he just sleeps ,NEXT patient
Cancel within 24 hours to avoid fee 😀
That’s America… we’ll it’s all privatized, profit driven, cruel capitalist systems. Most of us struggling with addiction don’t have insurance and so we’re SOL. But those in power don’t care..with their pockets lined and position maintained. FTW
It's triage and yeah. Imagine literally pissing blood and it takes over a month to be seen and set up appointments. You might as well go to urgent care, get told to go find a doctor, then wait to go to the ER. On some fundamental level ER staff are there to do cleanup work for all the laziness of the rest of the medical and psychiatric (and legal) systems.
Even the smallest action feels like a monumental task.
True
Going to get basic things like water and food feels like a journey up mount Everest
@corvettedm1 SO TRUE. Your comment reminds me of the line in William S. Burroughs first novel "JUNKY", about his experiences with h just after WWII and into the early '50's. He writes; "In junk sickness, any conceivable line of action or inaction seems intolerable. A man might die simply because he could not stand to stay in his body." (JUNKY by William S. Burroughs p.97, 1953. (this is from restored definitive text 2003, introduction Oliver Harris. Note: the page number cited is from the latest printing)
I have found this statement to be one hundred percent factual. There is a point in the withdrawal (what day/when differs from addict to addict) where you've gone through so much pain/discomfort and even some disassociation that there is a narrowing of reality. I found myself with no escape via watching a movie, listening to music, reading...there was only myself, my arms wrapped around my legs, and the humming of the nerve endings on the whole of my skin, the crying out of every cell in my body for dope. It was what I would call (incorrectly or not) a singularity of suffering. It was as though at any second I would start to implode like a human black hole.
If all of that wasn't bad enough for we who suffer...now we have NO real heroin, not even cocaine (unless you have the key of dope or coke in your hand), it is all now laced with Xylazine, and, like Fentanyl will soon be a drug unto itself. Only thing is, this Xylazine (most often known as TRANQ DOPE) a large animal tranquilizer much more powerful than Carafentanyl, rots the addict from the inside out. From the BONE.
This is probably a CIA op, like Crack was introduced by the CIA into South Central L.A.
Be Careful...the avenues to get sorted and not zombified are being systematically shut down. Heaven Help us!
@@malazan6004 love u bro ..so true 😂😂😂😂
The receptionist is qualified to work any medical office anywhere - the right mix of aloof, resent and disdain.
i loled hard
Yeeep. Legit she is the definition of EVERY Kaiser receptionist I’ve come across….
Holy shit this is 1000% how my GP's receptionist (and wife) behaves when it's my turn. I wasn't imagining things. Obviously I would never "protest" like this guy.
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Be glad. Here in England they are TRAINED to be like that. If the receptionist can get you to eff off, it's one less set of paperwork. Also the waiting times here are around 6 - 12 hours in a clinic, E.R or any other medical facility.
In Australia I was turned away from over 10 doctors who were partly responsible for getting me heavily into oxy contin for a back injury. I had done my own research and none wanted to even give me 5 minutes to talk about getting on suboxone and fixing my life. I ended up spiraling further into addiction in the following year until every pole i drove past in my car I had the compulsion to swerve off the road and drive into. Eventually one day I was running at a cliff in the blue mountains NSW but kept chickening out so i went to get a bottle of vodka to finish it. Thankfully when driving to get it i had a severe mental breakdown and ended up at katoomba emergency beyond suicidal. I was put in a basically locked down mental health ward for almost 2 months but I was treated and got clean and this was 2015 so im grateful i found some solution. I never want to go through those horrors again and even if not religious i pray for those going through it to get clean.
There's a certain irony to the fact US doctors might legitimately give you that shit for kratom. But then, this is a money making country, and Suboxone makes some people money. Why didn't you check into detox? It's funny actually, had you simply gone on meth or fentanyl they'd have asked you any other things, then you can tell them about the pill addiction and they'd have put you on Suboxone. Of course you'd then have meth addiction on your record but whatever.
It's called being a decent compassionate human being
right? i was like so the point of this video was to try not being a complete bitch, and thats how you do your job?
The ER I worked for didn't give 2 craps if you were detoxing and treated those people like crap.....I felt sorry for them because I knew what they were going through
Yes they suggested dillaudid. morphine or Percocet
@@stephaniejordan9066good. Do t let ‘em suffer the h or Fent wd
I wish I met someone like you during my hospital visits. It’s kind of weird, but I always wished I could see a doctor, nurse, or even a receptionist (someone in a better part of life with a career) who had been in my shoes. The idea of seeing someone at my worst times who had made it through just would’ve given me so much hope.
@@stephaniejordan9066 With opiates I would l tell them to just go get some red kratom. With benzos its tricky, amanitas and gabapentin can do wonders. In my experience you should just be honest with them, tell them you don't wanna have seizures and that you're showing early signs. Just tell them the truth. I've always walked out with a script (of the three times I went to the er for wd). They don't always know what to do so make sure you know what you're talking about. I hate to say it, but you may need to exaggerate the dosages, but just tell them that you're in great danger of seizures and that you want something very long lasting to taper off of or to help you meanwhile you get into a rehab. It saved me from clonazolam withdrawal, I had been taken it for months and didn't realize because I was on ketamine daily I just kind of ran out one day. Went to the er, explained to them as calmly as I could, but I was shaking like a leaf. They gave me 2 weeks worth of clonopin. I explained to them exactly why that would be a good choice. I gave them the empty bottles and showed them the website to.
Yes it is so sad the way they are treated..
I see it alot..
I work ER every other day..
They have no compation at all..
Someone who has zero experience with opiate withdrawal directed this
Lmao truth
All so he can get back there and then tell him there’s nothing they can do for him . And that is not what withdrawals look like
Lmfao exactly, don't forget to bill his insurance for the wasted time
I agree
Seriously this video is so dumb😆
I swear people who make these videos and actors who always play the addict have zero clue what they’re portraying because it’s never accurate to what an addict is going through and is like lol
We're u hooked? Jw no not all withdrawals just depends on drugs, but yea, he'd b pacing, thrashing gagging etc
I have been that patient before. Believe me he was being as nice as possible under the circumstance. When you’re in withdrawal every second is a lifetime, you look at your clock and it’s like its stopped. Time becomes your enemy because you have borrowed so much time with opiates you now have to pay back in misery and pain. I have literally wanted to cut my arms and legs off. My body feels like its on backwards and my spine feels so weird that I try to lay with the top half of my body face down and the bottom half face up; its like you try to twist yourself like you are wringing out a wet washcloth, (which you are, because you are covered with a cold sweat). Your back, spine, and pelvis hurt so bad you can’t imagine, (to me it was way worse than passing a kidney stone). You have this kind of panic that swirls into such a fear and dread that you can’t imagine anything worse. My eyes watering, skin feeling like its being pricked all over with electrified hot needles, one goes in twists around to hit as many nerves as it can. Randomly, all over. The constant diarrhea, its like you took a colonoscopy prep laxative, you just poop your brains out until there is nothing left. Most all opiate addicts say they vomit alot; I never did, I dont know why. But they also sat they get the dry heaves once all the food is out. I get the other version, I have diarrhea until there’s nothing left, but then I keep feeling like my colon is coming out; like the pooping version of the dry heaves. (Now that I think about it; some of these symptoms may be related to being dehydrated from all that; the muscle twitching; etc. There are actually what they call “comfort meds” for people going through opiate withdrawals; like a whole list. One of the main ones is Clonidine. It is a blood pressure medicine. I remember scoffing at that, and thinking “how can a blood pressure pill help opiate withdrawals”. But the last time I went through it I decided to read up on it. The way it helps is through your autonomic nervous system. I remember an article that said when opiate addicts are in withdrawls; their bodily systems are basically deranged; all your hormones, all your neurotransmitters everything is out of whack. (Methadone maintenance allows for regulating all those systems, so does suboxone but you have to go through pretty bad withdrawals before you can even start that; and I could never go that long, so I did Methadone). But I read up on the clonidine. It has to be dosed based on your body weight. I’m big, so I had to take 5 pills. Because it works on your autonomic nervous system; it stops the cold sweats; which makes your skin feel better; it works on your digestive processes which slows down the nausea and vomiting; but the MOST IMPORTANT thing is it literally knocks you out. It was like going under anesthesia; you take it, you pass out and sleep, you wake several hours later. This helps you get through some more time; and lets you sleep through parts of your withdrawals.
I've been that pt as well but I keep my shit together cause I'm not leaving
Man I having 💩 in 2 weeks my stomach feels like a brick I've drink the laxative it's not working u really just want to poop but I'm scared of the withdrawal
Taking 5 pills of clonidine is crazy. You're not sleeping. You're literally passing out from low blood pressure. That's not good for your body in the long run
Dude, I can so relate to your experiences…..the diarrhea is totally relatable. I almost thought I was going to have a prolapse colon because I was going so often after any liquid I drank it would come back out in like 20 minutes and if I could manage to eat a small meal the same thing would happen it was in and out in 20 minutes tops…….god the terrible memories!!!
This is 1000% true!!!
Director: “act like you’re in withdrawal”
Actor: “IM TWEAKIN!!!!”
Lmaoo
I'd be laying on the floor writhing in agony
@@matthewjdouglas6471 me too... And ide be crying knowing there's like 99% chance the doctor ain't gunna do shit for me... I actually had a guy on a RUclips comment similar to this tell me caffiene and nicotine withdrawal is WAY worse than opiate withdrawals... I couldn't believe it lol I didn't even bother with the guy
@@fullofbullets58 😭😭😭 yeah fucking right.
Lol 😂
He’s not going to like the part where the exam room nurse leaves you there for even longer after saying the doctor will be right in to judge hi, I mean see him and probably will order labs etc.
While they didn’t get the guy to act like he was in withdrawals completely they still captured everything else that happens during opiate withdrawals especially when they call someone else and 1min feels like 10mins and you feel like you’ll die from anxiety and pain.
One of the worst things of detoxing is going to the doctors and having to sit in the damn FREEZING lobby waiting for the doctor or nurse which is hours to us but it’s really only been minutes And it seems like nobody cares and literally all you can do is try to keep your emotions in lines so the people around you don’t think you’re a lunatic
@@jacobbrill3620 very well said
Also, what's the point in going to the er for withdraws? The ER's around me would laugh at you.
Bro the time being too slow
@@jacobbrill3620 The worst part about gone to the ER my first time, was that they didn't help me at all. they slapped a clonidine patch on my arm and sent me on my way
Doctors should be held responsible when a patient gets denied the right level of care and they go home and end up killing themselves because of it.
DEFINITELY AGREE
What? Very 13-year-old view. Doctors already work up to 100 hours a week…,that’s not an exaggeration. Docs aren’t sitting in the back smoking…most don’t take lunch breaks, work as fast as they can’t have overnight call every 4 th night, etc.
If the docs arent instantly appearing…..they are WITH another patient, who is also in need or in danger if not cared for correctly. Should a doc have to leave a heart attack to treat a non-fatal withdrawal?
@@Itried20takennames nowhere in my comment did I say anything about withdrawal patients taking priority. I should have specified their bedside manner and medications. It's a law doctors cannot work over a certain amount of hours straight so that shouldn't be on me or any other addict if they're overworked they need to get their staffing better they are overworked and mistreating everybody not just drug addicts. And clearly you've got the one sided non addict opinion. Spend a day in one of our shoes. Where the doctor gets you started on pain killers and you take them how you're supposed to for a couple years and the just stop giving them all the sudden. Not everyone is a worthless junkie just because. And even if they were what makes anyone but themselves to have any opinion on the matter? You don't.
@@Itried20takennames can't tell you how many times I've been discharged way prematurely from a hospital as I'm puking my guts out in a wheelchair while they roll me out the main door. And got ZERO level of care. Doctors are manipulative and they know they're word is law in their hospital so the doctor comes up gas lightih me while I'm puking my guts out and he tells me I look fine. Literally what the actual fuck.
@@Itried20takennames a doctor's work conditions are total shit why should I have to pay with my health because of it.
I was always in sweat pants & a t shirt aggravated & anxious , my skin crawled , I was clammy , & my bones hurt , I couldn’t sit still , but people never give this kind of help they just tell you you’ll have to wait
How long it takes to stop sweating?
What's even worse is even when you get clean it can be 10 years later and they will still treat you like an addict the moment they see your chart.
Its foul isn't it? Many of us are good people with trauma from the past or other reasons for addiction. I hate how addicts or past addicts are treated like degenerates.
@@malazan6004 hang in there, I know sobriety can really suck. Hopefully one day we can be seen as normal people again.
Once you are an addict you are ALWAYS an addict. You are either in active addiction, recovery, or clean. But you are always an addict. I'm an addict in recovery.
SOOOOO. True!!!!
I hate that people look down on people with drug or alcohol problems, no one knows what has gone in there life, I hate the saying they choose to take it, 90% of the time it was prescribed for them and it got a hold of them either because it number stressful situations or relieved chronic pain and it all spirals, I have been there myself, horrible lonely place to be. We are human, I don’t agree with robbing and stealing to fund a habit I never did, however it is so easy to understand why, they did wrong, they regret everything they ever done, which in effect keeps them in addiction, please don’t judge unless you have walked a mile in their shoes, love and recovery to all addicts. Love to all people too. 😊
All doctors should be required to have more empathy.
After all that he's gonna talk to Dr just to be told tough shit
Haha shit made me laugh out loud man my doc is a demon spawn
Not if you're withdrawing from benzodiazepines or alcohol or even opiates for that matter if it's long enough those will kill you, Then when the doctor gets soothed and loses his business everyone will say "well...tough shit".. They have to have some kind of medication in the works that helps you get through withdrawals or eliminates withdrawls altogether. I think that would be a great start. They can invent these medications that make you get withdrawals when you stop taking them but they don't have anything to reverse that? Weird
tough shit and then if he's really lucky, he will get 3 tablets of clonidine, told to hydrate, and then shown the door .
Bro didn't even yawn a single time 😂
Or sneeze! I knew withdrawal was coming when I started sneezing.
Don’t forget diaghrea that’s burns it’s green and black double vision but barely, pains all over pain in your legs so u keep moving them, u tell people u are in withdrawal and all they say is u put yourself there give it a couple days the only that helped me was drinking a couple days in the worst parts and trying to take zanax to sleep it’s a nightmare for people I feel sorry for people it happens to and searching your house inside and out for a pill that might have gotten dropped some one
@@jasontrojanowski2139 Ugh the leg kicking, screaming and spasming stomach muscles feeling unbearable were the worst! I remember trying to use Xanax to help, it didn't.
What's weird is that I still get those unbearable stomach muscles, and I quit in December 2017 and I STILL get the stomach muscle withdrawal feeling. And it is always near midnight, no other time of the day. I can set my clock for it. Everyone I've asked has said they've never heard of such a thing and that's impossible, but it's true! It is so weird.
This is just sensitivity training, and proper customer control. Why would this not be the standard.
This is very misleading. When I had heavy opiate addiction, I was NOTHING like this in withdrawal. I would still force myself to shower, put on clean clothes, and make sure I looked presentable. I wasn’t doing fancy hair and makeup, but I wasn’t wearing dirty shirts with holes in my shoes. Not every addict looks like a street bum and itching from withdrawal. (The itches come when you’re actually really high because your skin is tingling, not from withdrawal) I might sit in a corner and try to look as normal as possible. I’d be yawning and tearing and screaming on the inside and my heart would be racing, but I’d never react like this in public. And if it got to the point where I was in so much pain, I wouldn’t be able to leave the house. You have to remain close to a bathroom. I thought this was going to cover like subtitle signs or something. This actor is performing all the stereotypical Hollywood symptoms. How is this informational video helping anyone?
Good point. A lot of this is propaganda and sensationalism. And it's leading medical professionals to discriminate by looking for "clues" the person is drug seeking. It becomes a game where they try to nail you instead of listening to you. Maybe this individual, is, I don't know, IN PAIN!? Yes, opioid withdrawal is horrible. The fight or flight response, restless leg all that is unbearable at home. But I've gone to a doctor in wheelchair with my Achilles tendon in a cast and 40 staples underneath it, after running out of meds, and not acted like a fool. This reaction in the video is more like heroin withdrawal, not prescription opiates. These things vary and it is a spectrum. Opioid withdrawal is a mix between the flu and a 1-2 week anxiety attack, but it's not life and death like heroin unless you're swallowing 25 pills a day. Plus, to all the fellow opioid addicts out there, the medical industry doesn't want you to know this because they want to sell suboxone and 3 week rehab stints, but kratom helps reduce the symptoms 50-75%. Good luck to everyone.
It's shocking to me the pervasive ignorance that STILL abounds regarding opiate addiction. I think most people are just oblivious and there's still an underlying idea that addiction is a moral failure.
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Minutes seem like days when you are in Withdrawal
You ain't kiddin bru
Jesus Christ wtf do they teach these doctors and health care workers in school.
Ya know?
Doctors are just legal drug dealers
Right
Not empathy that's for sure
You actually cannot give any food or water in the ER, esp at check in. Everyone knows that, a warm blanket would have been more realistic.
this isn't an ER. he said he had an appt at 11:30.
They gave me a container with a plain roast beef sandwich it was good too.
Let me tell you I know when I was withdrawaling from opiates I wouldn't of had the energy to get mad at anyone and plus I was constantly yawning and felt that I had no energy at all. I was also blowing my nose every 2 seconds and yawning which caused my eyes to water up and I was constantly in the bathroom with either diarrhea or throwing up. Opiate withdrawals are hell and they have different stages of withdrawals so I'm not sure what stage of withdrawals they where going with in this video but if it's anything past 24 hours then the person should be sweating and constantly yawning with no energy. It's almost like the actor was told by the director to constantly hold your neck and look around the room and the clock every 2 seconds. I'm sure they where probably trying to make it look like the guy was irritable with every little thing which opiates do make you irritable but it came off looking like the guy was tweaking. lol
I ain't gonna lie I go to the methadone clinic and they just cut my dose in half and I have a driver that takes me every day In the morning but by night my legs hurt so bad I can't lay down in one position for long I feel like I have no energy like you said but I'm restless I can't sleep at all I keep yawning too and shitting throwing up etc and it's like I get super cold and when I cover up I'm instantly hot and when I uncover instantly cold and literally the whole time I'm sick I'm watching the clock for the time my ride is coming but yes this video is wrong like I can handle it better than this guy and also it's like my nose doesn't run mine just completely cloggs up but I have seen people nose dripping before
@@gbrazy8489 Uh, what methadone clinic approved you to cut your normal dose in HALF? Unless you’re maybe at like 10 mg or less, there’s no way in hell you’d be going through an even remotely “okay” time with that kind of a “decrease” in your meds.
I’m at 70 mg, tapered from 85 mg at 1 mg/wk rate. But by 65-60 mg, I was having moderate withdrawals by the later evenings/early nights into the early morning….
I knew a dude like this.....lol...he was just a dick
Well put to a T! 💯🎯
@@isnowyazn really? I’m at 45mg down from 60mg, 5mg every 2 weeks (length of a prescription). I pick up Mondays and Fridays, so Sundays and Thursday nights into the mornings have become harder, but not too bad. I have a stash of Valium, though, which I try not to take too much of. 10mg per day at most. Gonna stop at 40mg stabilize, stop using Valium, exercise, eat well, then get down to 20mg, see how it goes, but by then, hopefully if I stay off Valium long enough, it’ll help a lot, especially sleep.
Done it before, but was over 10 years younger and I am feeling old now. I know what to expect and what I did wrong and what I did right. Exercise and earring well are huge. Went from a wreck, to as fit as I’ve ever been in 6 months, previously 6-9 months of just slouching about waiting for my withdrawal to end (was 2012 so great summer of sport, watching snooker, euro football championship, Olympics in my home country, Tennis when Murray won and I had a panic attack, my first one. Thought I was dying, literally. Most frightened I’ve ever been. Reason I got Valium in this time, but been taking too many. That’s the problem.
Hope you’re doing better. Having something to do that is fun and/or interesting is the key. Something at least better than taking heroin. Don’t have that and most likely fail imo.
This isn’t withdrawal. This is the first 1% of withdrawal. Within a few more hours he’ll feel like his mind, body and soul is being torn apart.
I love the Doc in the interview
“ we can make withdrawal “relatively” easy. Apparently all he’s ever taken in his life are healthy vitamins. 🙄
They tell ya it’s all good no matter what they prescribe you, and they’ve never experienced antidepressants, pain meds, anxiety meds, themselves 🤷♀️
i was commited for this same thing only i was just talking fast in the ER (had chest pains) while methadone and xanax withdrawals were setting in. I never yelled it was 'pressured speech and grandiose behavior'. meaning they assumed i lied once and was in anxiety.i was asked for my clothes and family was told not asked that i was going to a psych ward. they were against this. i get out and my methadone clinic told me i would need to be re-commited to get back on methadone. they helped me become another addict in need again all because some 24 year old social worker had no idea what she was dealing with. Never been through psych and I was made to eat lithium and resparadol instead of dealing with my methadone and xanax withdrawals. Oh my god does this video need to be shown to EVERYONE in hospitals.
your behaviour was probably much worse than you are admitting and it was likely a consequence of your own actions
Don’t listen to the idiot above lol. Doctors are HEALTH WORKERS and it’s their responsibility to recognize and properly diagnose these things. It’s absolutely the doctors fault for not hearing you out. It’s too often they don’t simply listen to patients. They hindered your life because of their refusal to hear you, and I’d be pissed too. I’m so sorry that happened to you, and I doubt you were acting “more erratic” as the person above me said. In withdrawal, you hardly have the energy to fight so I highly doubt you were doing anything of that nature. Plus you’d have no reason to lie esp when it would serve you no benefit, people are just ignorant and lack life experience, which in turn leads them to be less wise and lack compassion. ❤
every second is hell.
Thanks for helping the health care industry to overcome the stigma associated with substance use disorders. Let's take it to the next level now and recognize that a patient presenting with withdrawal symptoms is a medical emergency. Protocols should be in place, just like they are for cardiac emergencies, to get the patient into treatment immediately. This is a critical moment in which health care professionals can help the patient on a path to recovery. MOUD is the gold standard for treatment in an ED.
They think "seeking pain relief" is "drug seeking behavior"
Sorry but no most withdrawals patients aren’t close to as acute as cardiovascular, stroke, septic or severe respiratory patients. the ED is not supposed to be for social work or resources for drug users. It just ends up being the only place. You live in lala land
that probably gets old when I see the same person a hundred times. I'm 3 years clean and only went to the ER once, they told me to get lost
@@andrewfranciscohughes2481 actually some withdrawal can be life threatening so you’re wrong, you can die from alcohol and benzodiazepine (Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium) withdrawals, my sister was in the ICU for 4 days and almost died. Educate yourself before making a comment like that, I’m highly medically educated so aside from having person experience with my sister, I learned about it in RN school.
@@Atrainswrld that’s ridiculous I’m sorry they treated you that way, addiction should be addressed without judgement or stigmatization.
Chronic pancreatitis & chronic pain patient. This video should be reminder viewing before everyone's shift!
I was turned away for help at my local ER last month because my story *sounded funny*. Basically because I knew my med sensitivities & have a great ability to mask my pain, unless I'm at a level 10 pain and just crying. The nurse saw me having a conversation with a lady and her daughter who sat next to me. So...because I can control my fave outwardly I was labeled a drug seeker. Like...lady! I can show you my huge scar from 37 staples in my abdomen.
Withdrawal is every sickness in 1, but 1000x worse. Oh yeah for probably a solid week or 2 of it btw depending on the person. Worse pain ever went thru physically. Don't wish it on my worse enemy.
going through it now
@@bailey_408 I’d really LOVE to hear an update reading this as it was posted by u 12 days ago saying “going through it now” I hope today it’s gotten better
This a weird reenactment. Feel like the receptionist was acting crazier
I love the part where she said theres one more patient ahead of him and to wait 5 minutes which will never happen and will trigger a worst outburst once he waited out that 5 minutes creating worse problems, No doctor takes just 5 minutes to see a patient
No way i am drinking that water in public going thru withdrawals. My arse would turn into a scatter gun
Seriously. More true words have rarely been spoken. I was driving thru the city one time, and I was going thru it BAD. It was day THREE of no dope, and I was a mess. My Dad had felt sorry for me, and gave me $40 and a bottle of water. Lol so yeah, you already know where I'm going with that $40, and where this story is going. People who haven't been there just don't understand the really LOW lows you find yourself at. Your dealer about to pull up..driving to the spot..you already called and he knows you're on the way..sweating like a pig..fever chills..muscle pains that are almost indescribable..every smell or taste making your gag reflex go off like crazy..and then I f×cked up and took a gulp of water, just trying to cope within a moment of feeling like I'm literally dying. And yeah...I don't need to go any further, we know how that ends. But its in the moments like that, when you really realize how truly "sick" you are. When you are willing to sit there in your filth like that and wait for your dealer. Then, willing to continue sitting there in it for 20 horrific minutes while you stick yourself over and over and over again, looking for a good vein. Being dopesick like that is a literally a living hell. Its really easy now to look back on those absolutely pathetic and humiliating, and shameful moments and laugh while telling the story with others who have lived that life. But for those who have not, I can promise you that they are definitely not all that funny, and when these moments are playing out, you are as mentally sick as you are physically sick. And every aspect of your life at that point has literally become a living hell.
@@mattjack3983 damn Matt I’m so happy you’re better
@@mattjack3983 I know exactly what you mean, it's really a sad story but it is still kind of hilarious in a twisted way, looking back at these rock bottom moments in life. Makes me remember a time where i was down bad basically crawling through the city trying to score, holding an Aldi-bag to vomit into because i had to use public transport and had to move through crowded places.
It's sad, disgusting but ultimately tragically funny how i trudged along, sick like a dog, shakingly holding a supermarket bag full of vomit like it's groceries, only having that sweet feeling of relief from a fix on my mind. It was just a grotesque situation.
But that's what this shit does to you. And waking up from this frozen state of mind realizing how bad you F'd up your life hurts as bad as the withdrawals if not worse.
@@mattjack3983 so how did you get clean an stay clean
Or spew it back up
Hour!!!! Would of lost it after 15 min😂😂 I'm away to score or steal
Too many health care professionals see addicts as a waste of time. They are rude & dismissive. I went to the ER & said I need help I’m an addict. Next thing I know the police are there & handcuffed me! Said I maybe a danger to others. Needless to say I didn’t start the sober road that day.
this shit aint no joke please be kind
You don't have to be in withdrawal to show out like this...they can be rude af at the doctor.
You know how much a doctor's visit costs? They could at least be nice!
This video is a better training tool for customer service than sporting drug addiction.
Simple concept, compassion, understanding how someone else feels. Then adjust accordingly.
I can’t even watch this I am a nurse and ashamed of such a scene every inch of his body hurts ! The lights the sounds the waiting it’s so awful there is a lot u can do to ease the pain of withdrawal in an addict.
This video is great! At my place, I luckily wasn’t going through withdrawals. I’m now on Sublocade, and 42 days clean.
Not really clean when I was inverted everyone was getting high as hell on subs. Also I've been through opiate withdrawal and Alchool withdraw, Alchool DT's are 100 times worse I had a seizure so bad I lost my sense of smell and almost died, hallucinations all of it. Probably better to be on subs then rolling the dice with fent or not knowing if its tranq.
They forgot to show the part where he loses control of his bowels and falls to the floor sobbing in his own feces.
And throws up on the paperwork he’s supposed to fill out.
Not funny . What are we 2 years old? Grow up
I agree it's not funny at all.
Not funny and dumb comment
Where can I see that
Everyone involved in making this should be fired. It's almost pathetic.
They should have really used it a person who has experienced opiate withdrawal. They would've played that part perfectly!
This is true wtf
The point of this video isn’t for entertainment purposes?!
It is an illustration of how to service a population of people whose specific medical condition, requires a more empathetic approach.
It shows Medical Staff and Support Personnel how to recognize signs of patients in withdrawal, and ways to be productive in their interactions. As opposed to being combative & dismissive.
I mean; if the acting kept you from determining the obvious message; maybe it’s just you?
And whoever else may have missed it?! #daphuk😳
@@NinaBaby210 really no. Because as a person who has to take opiates for 3 chronic illnesses with no cure, I know EXACTLY what this is all about. If they actually had someone who really knew what the withdrawals felt like and been through it before, it may have helped them to come across truly realistic. People in the medical field ( and by the way I am a nurse who had to retire for medical reasons) need to really understand what it's like so that they can CORRECTLY deal with this problem. So. NO ITS NOT ME thank you, but this rendition of a person in opiate withdrawal could have been done a little better to impact medical personnel a lot better. That is what I was pointing out. I hope I answered what you wanted to know because what you were implying is definitely not the case.
@@NinaBaby210 but they didn’t show any accurate signs of withdrawal.
Look man i was on opioids and now on subxone and I’m telling you what the first time going into my dr it was the most uncomfortable thing I have ever done and I believe that I was just like that
I'm on Subutex and this is pretty accurate..smh...I've felt like this when I was waiting for my subs to be filled at CVS. it's a little embarrassing. Anyway hope you do well on the Subutex 🙏🏻 peace from si ny
just get fully sober . subs detox takes up to 2 months to feel better. lopermide , cannabis, and semen retention . those 3 can and will get you opioid free.
Yes
@@ProfessorKenneth CVS 😐
One time when I was 22 I got the flu and went into straight withdrawals from alcohol because I couldn’t hold down any alcohol because of the flu. I had my roommate at the time drive me to the ER. There were people in there with stab wounds And babies crying. I went up to the front desk, dripping sweat and really didn’t know what to do besides tell him I’m withdrawing for alcohol either that or I’ve got the really bad flu. Or probably both. And before I could really even get that sentence out he looked at me, and said, is that rain on your forehead or sweat? I kind of just leaned against the counter because I was exhausted, and I had no idea where I even was. He pretty much got me a wheelchair immediately and next thing I know I’m hooked up to an IV with some benzos. Now, that was when I was young. Now I’m 32 and I’ve had the same thing happen, and they stop taking pity on you which I totally understand. It’s pretty much straight to the psych ward. But that first time, they were really nice to me. Lol, what can you do if not laugh? We put ourselves through some pretty bad self-destruction.
Yeah it sucks but I wish the stigma behind addicts would die down. A lot of us truly aren’t out harming others as people would like to think, and we end up being our biggest victims. Through the height of addiction I suffered in silence (which I’m sure you and many others can relate) as to not stress others, which I suppose is where the term functioning addict comes in.
There is a level of responsibility, but I wish the healing of addicts didn’t have to come through so much self loathing. If we are not constantly talking about how we hate ourselves, how it’s all our fault, we’re viewed as selfish. Any addict with a conscious knows it’s their own fault, but there should be less shame behind talking about it. I wish we could simply talk about it in blunt honesty, the true, grueling effects of addiction, without constantly having to add in “but I deserve it, etc”. Obviously we should know we did it to ourselves, that’s the first step to recovering, but I wish there could be a world that’s more open to talking about addiction, and that allows us to reach out, and be raw and open as much we need within our support systems because truly that helps more than people realize. Ik you probably don’t care to hear this, bc you’re grown and probably self sustainable and don’t need to have someone else say it, but you do still deserve compassion. 😊it’s hard and nobody will know why anyone turns to drugs to cope. But truly love from other people, and kindness in dark times is what pulls people through. A lot of addicts simply forgot to love themselves along the way.
It’s funny, when they call security, those guys are there immediately. But, with a doctor, you’re waiting for hours. They should make a video of a guy going in with a heroine addiction and the guy is in tremendous pain, he keeps ask the receptionist and she keeps saying, “Sir, please, just have a seat.” Then finally when they call his name, he says, “No thank you! I’ve already detoxed and cleaned up in the waiting room. I no longer have the addiction anymore, but I can use a shave and shower!”
Saddens me i relate so much with the addict in the video I remember countless times in waiting rooms with receptionists that have zero remorse or understanding of what we’re going through and are full blown arrogant…makes us legit wanna angrily thrash the room because of how bad we feeel and want it too stop or crawl into a ball and cry because ur in so much pain and those damn lobbies are FREEZING when in detox….
but remember WE did it to ourselves
They are unsympathetic. They are sympathetic to people who have heart attacks that have worked themselves to death.
And after all that the patient is still going to feel like shit when he leaves
During withdrawal ....i understand every seconds count ...1hour feels like a day or much more
Dont get me started i had xanax withdrawal at my psycharist office it was pure hell sweating nausea calmy hands. No not a fun experience.
You are absolutely correct these ppl in the comments saying this isn’t correct are wrong.. but time feels like forever when you’re in pain and going threw high anxiety
Dam 1 hr of not using ? I do a blue at night amd sleep at at 1ish and wake up at 10ish no withdrawals and sometimes i dont do a other one till like 4pm so like 16 hrs clean and no withdrawals just tired and yawning and watery eyes.. Idk maybe its a mental thing for me and im always distracted and out and about.. I been doing them since march m30s cheap in san diego ca there 50 cents a pop sometimes 30 cents.. I be hearing crazy prices out of state lol wonder why its so big the cartel makes money .. But yeah i have a strong mind set and alot to lose so maybe you can call it a functional drug attic lol. Sometimes i do 15 a day most i did was like 25. And i domt get withdrawals that bad i get 8 hours or 10hrs sometimes 12 and wake up fine... I cook breakfeast walk dogs and use the br and etc and than get my anime ready or show and than i snort up lol.. I work from home to. But when i hear stories of 2hrs-8hrs of withdrawing im like how i sleep more than 8 😂 people must wake up during there sleep amd get high
@@marcolopez606 i live in VA there 10 to 20$ a pop here i be doing 2 a day and same that's all the withdrawals i get yawning runny nose watery eyes and the only diff is that i can't sleep and when i do blues it's the same no sleep for me
@@supersaiyandm1437 there 50 cents here i just got some yesteray
In reality you try with all your might to appear "normal" in social situations even when your brain is on fire, anxiety through the roof you dont wamt to draw attention to yourself at all
Judgement from other people is incredibly damaging also to your self esteem feelings of guilt, shame everything is exacerbated in withdrawal if your not treated like any other human being. Kindness is the way..
Worst feeling in the world, I pray I never go through it again. 3 years of hell man. Suboxone saved me. If you’ve never been thru it you wouldn’t understand and thank god you don’t
I was admitted to hospital regarding abuse of cough syrup. I had hard times throughout waiting my turn. Sickness was tough of chart but nurse really made me calm down with their position response and yes got my call to see doctor. This act of professional staff is so important to handle the situations. So far not everyone understands this video of awareness. I think most of unprofessional staff should leave their personal problems at home before coming for duty. Shout out to my doctor Mr. Benson Chan and entire staffs of Kwai Chung Hospital (ward-10), Hong Kong. One of my best experience so far relating this topic. Nothing but respect ❤
In real life, an addict who is sick would be waiting in the bathroom on the toilet crapping and puking their guts out.
NEVER go to rehab not high. No matter what they will make you wait 24hrs before you get any maintenance drugs to help with the withdrawals. Bad news guys, there's ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO GET OFF OF OPIATES WITHOUT BEING SICK...
That’s unfortunately what kept me from rehab for years. Nobody gets it. Nobody ever will, so I just don’t speak of it anymore. I ended up trying medically assisted detox which helped a lot! But nobody understands why I just “didn’t go to rehab.” Maybe because it’s up to 800 a day or over, and I don’t want to waste that money, because I know I’ll just leave? Nobody will understand until they feel that pain. It’s a pain that doesn’t even seem tangible, and almost feels otherworldly. I can’t articulate it into words, but it’s the exact pain that keeps addicts into addiction until their inevitable deaths.
Pretty accurate depiction of how long we wait for the doctor and the lies the front desk tells you to keep you there.
I hate this because I’ve been treated as a drug seeker but I was just really in so much pain and that’s just how I looked. I had a burst fibroid on my ovaries and sat there for hours on hours without any tests. I had to beg the staff to test me. Smh. But I wasn’t rushing the staff and just sat there crying and begging God to help me and calling for my deceased mom.
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@@stephaniejordan9066 it’s terrible. I have PTSD from hospitals. Rather sit home in pain and thug it out myself
Why can't these vids ever get it real...or in the neighborhood? A seasoned jjunkie (addict, if you are sensitive about monikers) would not jeopardize his spot. No, he/she is gonna do their level best to act like a citizen.
That's what I was thinking!! You get hella good at faking being ok and chipper when your dying and counting the seconds but if you freak out or even show signs of withdrawal they'll never give you anything.
And your treated like garbage. I’m a pain management patient and couldn’t pick up my normal monthly medication due to the opioid shortages going on and naturally started withdrawing. After doing a lot of research I find out I’m not the only pain management patient that couldn’t pick up their normal medication due to everything being in backorder, and this is happening to us patients all over the United States! This video is right on point and your judged every single time. They assume you’re a junkie or a user and treat you like garbage without any of them knowing you’re a pain patient. they assume first without saying a single word. Why is it that if someone is experiencing withdrawal and goes to the hospital, than their immediately labeled as junkies, have opioid abuse disorder, etc.… 🤦🏽♂️? Even if your prescribed a certain medication and your in the hospital they still treat you like garbage. The first part of this video is on point unfortunately
LOL, when he says hi and the way this woman is like "Oh god, not another one of those patients, now I have to work again, but I just want to sit here and do nothing and get paid for it"
Oh God I hate my job attitude.
If they take pain management patients the receptionist should know after 1 day what patients are experiencing, what they look like(probably up all night), the fidgeting in those uncomfortable chairs, being asked where the closest bathroom is, and in my case I've asked for a trash can or bag to vomit in. I've been lucky to have had a compassionate Dr who knows how awful WDs symptoms are,and on the 1st visit gave me his cell # in case I had an emergency! Never had to use it, but just comforting to know I can call if the situation arose. A major misnomer is when someone says WDs are "like the flu" but 100,1000,10,000, ANY # ISN'T SUFFICIENT, there's no comparison at all, just the thought will make you do stupid shit!!! How many times have you had the flu.& shat yourself bc you couldn't physically make it in time to the bathroom? Same w/. vomiting---after you've excreted or vomited everything you thought possible out of your system you start puking that yellow stomach bile, every hour, same time as previous hr, and hopefully you have a trash bag!!! If you're lucky,maybe you'll get 15-20mins of sleep a night; you can't lay down bc of constant reckless leg,you toss & turn constantly,going from being hot to freezing, you'll sweat, you stink, IT'S A FREAKING NIGHTMARE,BUT REAL. THANK GOD I DON'T OWN A GUN, BC ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS ENTER YOUR MIND. And that's just the first 24hrs.....
Only for you white people they don't care about anyone of color when it comes to wd
@@jandro2xmotivator892 You and your racist ass can take it somewhere else. Last time I checked white folks only made up 20% of jail/prison populations(and the other 80% are people of color/plus others like Asians).This VIDEO WAS ABOUT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY & ALMOST EVERY COMMENT WAS ABOUT RIDICULING THE MEDICAL STAFF FOR THEIR OUTDATED ATTITUDES ABOUT TREATING ADDICTION. I have volunteered my time for the past 25yrs for CPR(Coalition for Prison Reform) which advocates for not only the release of NON violent inmates, but not locking up those w/ addiction problems & low level dealers plus the use of MAT meds like Suboxone where those w/ addiction problems are still incarcerated. Addiction is not a white/black issue, but crosses all communities including rich & poor. To make this a racial issue just shows your ignorance!!!
I've been doing fake percs (counterfeit fentanyl pills" for ab 2 months or 3 everyday and today was my first day off it after reading ur comment i feel lucky that i haven't experienced that and i hope i don't all i get rn is excessive yawning and a runny nose and insomnia
im in it now
@@supersaiyandm1437 Good luck,you still hanging in there???
My old pill mill had a separate waiting area in the attic for those in WD
Really? How did you find that out?
They made them climb stairs....lol
in Chicago they have to stand In line like everyone else.. or are you saying sick junkies lives and wd'd In the attic til money came?
A drug attic 12 step program
@@Atrainswrld I think he means that the doctors office would make people in visible, obvious withdrawal would be made to wait out of sight of regular patients.
Dude must have it easy if he can sit still
Right? And he’s barely sweating, and comfortable in a t-shirt?? The first sign of inaccuracy for me was no damp hoodie or something that was constantly getting zipped and unzipped. I know for me I can’t stand the feeling of air touching my skin. Zip up during the chills, unzip to dry off…
Withdrawal is absolutely terrible, I withdrew from percocet, and then was on a long benzo train and that made things worse then I withdrew from that, and that was 10 years ago and have never every wanted to take anything like that again, and my benzodiazepines withdrawal lasted for 2 years, and even after 2 years I would get a random gross feeling every now and then from benzodiazepines, and to this day 10 years later I still every once in a while get those withdrawal symptoms from benzodiazepines but the dont last long, and I know benzodiazepines are not opioids, they still are a very addictive drug and should not be taken for very long, my heart goes out to people that are truly fighting the withdrawal train and want to free themselves, having support and positive people around you that understand makes all the difference in the world.
Benzos pure hell. Coming off slowly with valium. This is hell on earth
U can die from cold turkeying benzos..all this pure evil
@@MeghenFarley 🙏
For anyone out there who may know, can you experience seizures with opioid withdrawal? I believe this happened to me after I stopped taking Vicodin within 3 months following a bilateral bunionectomy. When I laid down, the room would spin, and I was told by a friend I was visiting that I had a seizure. I even experienced problems with my speech and my balance and I had to take a medical leave from work to try and get well. If my prescription use and abrupt stopping was the cause of this, I was not educated in the matter to even make the connection back in the early 80's when I was about 21 years old.
false you either have an unrelated seizure disorder or you had other circumstances. no one has ever gotten a seizure from opiates alone.
No actually, you can. It’s rare. I have went blind due to withdrawal, which stumped doctors. and just ONE TIME I had a seizure. There are so many adverse things that can happen during withdrawal, your body goes into shock and everyone’s body handles it differently. It can happen due to the other issues taking place within your body, as I had seized up several times in the interval of a minute or so during cold turkey withdrawals. I had blacked out though, and had no awareness of what had occurred. I have had no following seizures nor was I diagnosed with any formal form of epilepsy. There is a chance however, I could’ve had prior epilepsy that went undiagnosed, and the withdrawals triggered it, which could be your case as well.
I’m not sure if what you’re describing is a seizure, but it is possible, your body goes through so much during withdrawal. The electrical activity in your brain goes absolutely haywire. It’s definitely not a common thing to worry about, but I’m living proof that it can happen.
Omg! Not even close! The corniest thing I have ever seen and I have been a receptionist AND an addict! Also, not all addicts have holes in their shoes. Come on man. Lmao
Water?? Yeah rite... When you don't wanna even swallow your own fucking spit...
@Anand Ngangbam Thank you!! Water just sloshes, and I puke it up. There is no opiate withdrawal (I don't care if you're shooting or snorting h, pills or both...the withdrawal is nearly identical) that lasts 8 days and done. I know Soviet Republic had ongoing issues whether he admits it or not.
21 years I threw away. I KNOW withdrawal. I've gone 9 days and it was still getting WORSE. If the dope bugler on the White Horse (pun very much intended) hadn't arrived I was gonna knock over a little pharmacy out in the country.
This video put me back in withdrawal... God... Many companies look at us as $$$ and thats it... The same as a typical Primary doctor... That's not to say I wont take accountability for getting myself in this horrible situation... But come on... In 2023... There should be faster solutions without torturing the customers who are probably overpaying with government insurance.
This should be titled, "how to not be a bad receptionist and how to have empathy."
This is why I’m suffering alone because not even rehab will accept my insurance and I have blue cross blue shield!! My insurance covers outpatient but the one nurse didn’t agree with me doing out patient so I have to fight this alone and it’s so painful. I can’t stop moving around and sweating and the room looks like it’s moving. I wish I could talk to somebody.
You can talk to me, I know exactly what you’re going thru right now love. Are you still sticking in there??
I'm there too. You need tons of acetaminophen for the chills ibuprofen for the pain Benadryl for the sinus drip and Imodium for the diarrhea. Unfortunately not much can be done about the restlessness and that's the toughest part. If you can get access to tiznadine that may help
Well you're a week in so you should be feeling better now if you stuck it out. What I like to do in wds is put headphones on good music n just pace back n forth for daaaaays. I accept the fact I'm not getting any sleep or rest and just pace...hot shower...pace...hot shower...rinse repeat. It really is hell but it don't last forever. Good luck hope you're feeling better.
@@thagodwecreate5179 Yup! I pace regardless haha but i REALLY pace while sick. and i know its not technically staying completely sober but i always try to have a few benzos sometimes but ALWAYS have a good amount of good bud to take the edge off. With really really good bud, you can actually smoke yourself to sleep. Especially with some edibles. So theres definitely decent ways to kick cold turkey
@@thagodwecreate5179 I started my life of crippling addiction as a 17 year old kid in high school during the boom of the Oxy flood. 80's were only 30 bucks back then but as soon as they skyrocketed to a dollar per milligram, most of us went to dope.... I cannot fucking believe how intense the Fetty Dope is now tho. Going cold turkey, Im full blown sick af for like 2 months straight. I wish that shit never even came around to the US, its such death. Totally rewires your entire body and mind. I cant ever stop relapsing cus of this shit. Ugh.
Withdraws is the worst feeling in the word. You can’t do nothing but think if you take that drug you will feel so much better again. Withdrawal is the worse. I’m going through it right now and I can’t stay still at all. I’m so cold that no matter how many blankets I have I still feel cold. But then I’ll start soaking in my own sweat bc of how hot it is but I’ll have to stay like that bc I prefer it to being cold. You can’t stay still for more than 10 seconds. My whole body hurts right now my legs are aching so bad my nose is runny I keep sneezing. I don’t have an appetite and even if I try to eat I cant get my food down or even taste the food. I just pray to god to please help me go through this and just know that this is only temporary
I been to the hospital here in philly one day i remember it was 8 AM and they make me wait 12 hours to give me 20 mg of methadone,i was SO sick that i have to live 20 minutes later .
This happened to me during a detox in Philly too!! So cruel. My roommate was a mother so thankfully she took care of me cause the staff certainly didn’t.
@@Feverm00n listen i am in methadone for 19 years and every year i get to low dose like right now i am in 9 mg and i try to get a detox to this You know but they always have something to don't help me,always go back to a high dose,right now i take valium cuz i feel like shit there it's no help here to detox methadone,philly sucks...
@@jesusmalave3340 congrats to getting to a low dose! I’m currently working my way off of Bupe. My sister successfully tapered from methadone though, so happy for her.
Lol these aren’t what withdrawals look like
Right the have NOOO IDEA.
My advice to anyone in this position. You need to say very politely, “I am withdrawing really badly, so do you mind doing your best to get me in as I am about to be sick and/or go to the toilet all over myself”. The thing is, if you are in the waiting room and about to see a doc, your pain is very close to being resolved. So just chill and be as polite as you can. 😊
Sadly it’s not, they hardly do anything for you :((( I was in the hospital with a broken spine, and a bunch of other severe injuries (internal bleeding, broke leg, jaw.) and they refused to give me methadone or any aid to my withdrawals when the analgesics did not work or subdue them :(( I went cold turkey basically because unfortunately street heroin and fentanyl is a nightmare and dilaudid, hospital fentanyl, and others hardly touch the withdrawal from it. I also went for withdrawals alone one time, separate from that, they just gave me fluids and I left early bc I sadly couldn’t endure it anymore. But you should always seek help if necessary! esp for emergencies. I just wish they’d administer suboxone (if applicable) or methadone.
I had to sit In the ER waiting room with an appendix that was about to explode for over an hour. I was hysterical and was about to go outside the hospital and call 911 for an ambulance so the ambulance could get me inside the hospital and I didn’t have to wait in the ER anymore. I remember getting on my hands and knees and begging the nurse to help me because I couldn’t take the pain anymore. She thank god got me moved up in the list and within the hour I was being rushed to surgery. Sometimes you’re in so much pain, you cannot wait.
The key is to puke through the window on the desk of the lady. I find that get's you in quicker and tends to give pause to treating a patient like shit.
They will just tell him to drink more water 🤦
So I'm coming from the stand point of a Retired ED Nurse. I would have a major problem with a nurse or receptionist that behaved like that, she was rude as hell and had no business being in health care period!!
And as for making a video on how to treat someone in withdrawal, you first have to KNOW THE REAL SIGNS, ASK AN ADDICT BECAUSE THIS WAS NOTHING!! IMAGINE BEING IN HELL, YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY IN AGONY!! EVERY NERVE IS SCREAMING, YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR OWN, DIARRHEA, THROWING UP VIOLENTLY!! AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. NOW IMAGINE THE PEOPLE WHO R SUPPOSE TO HELP U R JUDGING U. TOWARDS THE END THEY R GETTING HIGH, OR SHOULD I SAY NOT GETTING SICK BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOT HIGH IN A LONG TIME, THEY WANT TO STOP BUT THE PAIN IS ALL CONSUMING. IF YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR, THANK U. GOD BLESS ALL OF THOSE SUFFERING MOST GOT THEIR START HERE AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE
This looks nothing like opiate withdrawal. you don’t even want to touch your skin.. he’s like rubbing him self all over.
Right! "Don't touch me!!!" Ya feel like you have the Flu X a thousand!!! 😵💫
Basically, how to treat people with dignity, specially those in crisis,
The receptionist position has a sense of power and backed up by regime,
It's like talking to any customer care representative, their power and self awareness of it is infuriating and leaves the client impotent....
Add withdrawal to the mix and it's not going to be a good outcome,
Hospitals have no idea how to treat people with basic human dignity. It's literally beyond their mental capacity
The hardest part is when people pass judgement first. Ask questions later.
Incredible acting by the guy going through it.
Sarcasm?
You know how when you're dope sick you just want that water sloshing around in that belly....probably bring on the projectile vomiting. It has for me more than once.
Using this video to hide my withdrawal symptoms when I next need my fix thanks guys!
So all he needed to know was how much longer and he’s comfortable? Lol
Yeah he's sorted now 😂😂
I can concentrate. After many detox u get used to pain and start getting ways to keep your mind or body busy. Doesn't meeu dont get sick. I had to work while detoxing and i am working physically... by the end of my shift i took the bus and then i felt the real sickness but as long as i was working and conventrating on my cnc i was ok. Kind of ok i guess. For all people plagued with addiction dont give up trying to stop. It will get better. U have to believe it.
It was really different from my personal experience
I feel him because I know how it feels to detox n the pain Of Withdrawal
It's so bad
It’s AWFUL. I went with the Bernese method and that worked.
@@mgonzo3881 what’s them?
It's absolutely HORRIBLE.
Hey I need help I got laced with fentanyl and I don't feel good first time on fentanyl and didnt know it I haven't been feeling good for 6 days at first 2 days my heartbeat would go so fast I taking do think I was dying and sweating excessively shaking uncontrollably and now it comes and goes what I notice is when when I wake up super fast heartrate take about an hour to calm down but I fight for my life then I calm down after 4-6 hours but it's still there and cant get up from my bed 1 cup tea and 2 slices of bread in 70 hours about I never wanted it in my system and I live in Mexico in a town closest hospital is about an hour away and I'm afraid they won't be able to help there not advanced hospitals
Recognizing withdrawal: Shia LaBeouf edition
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Nah that withdrawal shit can not lift you off ya bed and if you go to the hospital you feel locked up
You mean that the receptionist should act like a kind and caring sympathetic human? I don't know man that's a lot to ask. 🤔
I’m crying watching that guy check the clock, waiting in withdrawal for a doc to let me take a Suboxone I was in so much pain sweating checking the clock writhing in my chair
BIGGGGG PSA // IF YOU TAKE SUBS CURRENTLY AND ARE ON THEM HEAVY AND U GO BACK OFF AND DO THE JUMPS U ONLY GOTTA WAIT 16-20 hours to take ur sub again IFFFF you already take sub normally, if u don’t bruh u better wait 24-36 hours and start small especially if ur doc is fetty, 24 hrs for sure tho. But if u take subs regulary and u where doing fett for a few days even a week u only gotta wait 16-20 / 24 to be safe just start small ❤️❤️❤️ LOVE YOU GUYZ
This isn't what withdrawl looks like. This is what an incompetent hospital and staff look like
Not what withdrawals look like. Dude looks high af. Honestly.
Lol yeah, and they forgot to mention how the person is literally in the most excruciating state in their entire life nonstop at that moment
What’s crazy is when your in full blown sickness, the world’s ending your puking having diarrhea ect ect ect and it instantly goes away when you use…that’s a small part that makes it so hard to kick
Does anyone have any experience with tapering off methadone? Thank you!
I'm doing it right now. down from 100mg/day to 50mg/day. the key for me has been going slow. has kept me from being sick so far.
5mg down a week is the fastest you wanna do. 5 to 10mg reduction every 2 months is the best route.
It all depends on how long you've been on it
Ive been through both, and benzo withdrawel makes opiates seem like coming off of Tylenol
Step 1: don't be an asshole
Step 2: pretend to be a decent person
Step 3: treat everyone the same, like they're people lmao
Unfortunately this is a far cry from how the medical community actually feel towards addiction/addicts. Personal biases get in the way of seeing opiate patients as actual people. More than not they’re treated extremely poorly, are negatively judged and even refused medical care.
I always say I wish there was a device that people could where and feel full
Blown WD for only 15 minutes then talk to
Me about what to do.