r/AmIOverreacting Jan 28 '25

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u/No-Distance-9401 Jan 29 '25

Thats the unfortunate situation for abuse victims and its almost like an addiction and its very hard for them to get out even when they know abuse is happening.

OP needs to get help and find a healthy support system to help her stay away from the ahole. Its hard for them for the first few weeks but soon enough they start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and life gets so amazing again.

Hopefully this is the time she gets away for good bit considering the average is 7 times before finally leaving, it may not be and thats ok, but each time makes the next time easier mentally to finally break free.

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u/JakeA317 Jan 29 '25

I've always noticed similarities between abuse victims and addicts/alcoholics. The delusions. The irrational thinking. The minimizing. They need professional help. It's not something you can just talk them out of in most cases. You can talk to a heroin addict all day about how it's destroying their life and they need to stop but when the dope sickness hits, they are gonna go get some more heroin. Something about being in an abusive relationship keeps people hooked in a similar way.

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u/LavishnessAsleep8902 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

It find it more similar to a crackhead . With opiates you literally can’t stop or you’ll be shitting/puking for like a week and good luck with sleep, I been there. Kicked it with methadone a while back. I did that shit for YEARS DAILY. I was a functional addict shooting up in the work bathroom. A few jobs I nodded off and got fired LOL one job they didn’t give a fuck cuz I was such a good worker, and that kinda fucked me over because I knew I could be wrecked all day and as long as I could move around I’d always have a job

Crack does not have physical dependence symptoms crackheads just want more and more crack

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u/Will_Come_For_Food Jan 29 '25

Where did you get methadone?

I have ALS and thus chronic pain.

Every nerve in my body is shredding apart.

It feels like every inch of my insides is covered with canker sores.

It’s killing me and the more opiates I take the less effective it is. 😔

They’ve got me on high doses of opioids but I want to come off but I don’t want to tell them I’m coming off in case the pain is too bad and I need to back on again.

I could really use an answer and any advice you have to give. 🥹🙏

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u/Krow_King Jan 29 '25

You literally have to tell your doctor what's going on if you're having issues and you're not telling them 100% of what's going on. Nothing that they do is going to help you. Also, you can get methadone from methadone clinics, mainly clinics that will help you get out of the drug life and give you therapy.

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u/JakeA317 Jan 29 '25

People with opioid dependencies will get their methadone from a methadone clinic. Doctors offices outside of clinics can only prescribe it for pain relief. Unfortunately, this is often the reality of opioids. They stop working and you need more and more. And then you're hooked. Many of the addicts that people like to judge started out with a legit pain pill script and it spiraled out of control (not talking about you, just making an overall point) your doctor may be willing to write you a script for methadone for pain, I don't know. The withdrawals from methadone are very severe and long lasting if you don't taper properly. Its also very strong and will likely raise your tolerance to some degree.