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Ugh, I hate those drugs. I recently had to take two Valium in preparation for a nerve-wracking medical procedure (an injection into my eyeball). I was a sensel
by beat 11y ago
Ugh, I hate those drugs.
I recently had to take two Valium in preparation for a nerve-wracking medical procedure (an injection into my eyeball). I was a senseless zombie the rest of the day, my sleep got all messed up, and I was hung over the next day. Next injection, I'm weaning myself to one, and hopefully zero for the injection after that.
When I was a kid back in the 1970s, I had migraines - had 'em as long as I can remember. Back then, there weren't migraine-specific meds, just painkillers. They didn't want to give me Demerol or other opiates, because those were dangerous and addictive! Instead, they gave me nice, safe phenobarbitol. I'd take one, stumble to the couch, pass out, and wake up 14 hours later uncertain what had happened. I hated it, hated my mind being so lost, but the migraines were worse sometimes.
But ultimately, the problem is that people like to get high on downers, and like to be addicted to them, and the industry will be happy to help.
- MichaelGG 11y ago>the problem is that people like to get high on downers, and like to be addicted to them Why is this a problem?
- beat 11y agoAddiction is a problem. That doesn't mean prohibition is a solution, if that's what you're getting at. If you don't think it's a problem, you've never really spent time with someone who has a serious drug addiction. Someone who wants to quit, but can't.
- MichaelGG 11y agoYour comment said it was a problem that people liked being addicted. If someone wants to quit but can't, they aren't liking being addicted. But for patients that are OK with being addicted (and have the means, like many people on HN do), why is addiction a problem?
- __z 11y ago> But for patients that are OK with being addicted (and have the means, like many people on HN do), why is addiction a problem? Addiction effects many, many, many more people than the addict themselves.
- beat 11y agoI have a bandmate who is an alcoholic. She mostly keeps it under control, but it's a worry. We have a great friendship and make wonderful music together, but I always knew that it ever got to where I had to tell her that it's the bottle or me, she'd choose the bottle. Luckily, she has decided it's a real problem and is sobering up a lot - not completely, but better and more conscious. I've seen others who weren't so lucky.. failed marriages and parenting, car crashes, even worse things.
- Igglyboo 11y ago>the problem is that people like to get high on downers That's not an actual problem, there's nothing wrong with enjoying getting high. > and like to be addicted to them I highly doubt anyone enjoys being addicted to anything
- beat 11y agoLots of people enjoy addiction, to all sorts of things. Heck, look around the healthiest parts of Silicon Valley, and you'll find people addicted to jogging.