She is 21. Dropped out of college. Thinks Covid is the worst thing ever and recently got a booster shot. The issue is she is in a lot of pain from another problem (too much to explain here) and the pain meds they are giving here is Opioids. She is taking 6 to 8 a day and im worried she is becoming and addict. She claims the pain is so bad she can barely get out of bed, which is her excuse for not working. But I know she goes out fine and hangs with her BF on a norm. I just fear for her mental and physical health. It feels like the enemy owns my daughter.
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The pain is caused by the opioids. It's a sick game big pharma plays with us.
Years ago, after several surgeries,I was taking 8-10 opioids a day and unable to get out of bed because the pain was so bad. I was in a wheelchair. Once I came off the meds, my pain went away... and now I go to the gym and run on a treadmill (something I never thought I'd be able to do).
I'm so sorry she is suffering. If she is able to get off the meds, she will get her life back.
I would also suggest that she taper off, and also ask her prescriber to give supplemental meds for the process like Zofran and Clonidine. These will help lessen the side effects of withdrawal. Believe me, they are nasty. I was on opioids for several months after back surgery. I know first hand.
THIS. Make every effort to assist her in getting off the opioids. I can personally attest - they CAUSE the pain. Once 'on' them, getting 'off' is painful, sometimes for weeks as your body re-calibrates what it thinks pain is in absence of the opioid. The longer you take them, the longer it will take to get away from them.
I've seen several surgeons and pain specialists, over more than a decade - NOT ONE explained this to me. I had to piece it together from others on the internet and my own experiences. Only recently did I muster the strength to get completely off the meds. It took nearly 3 months of slowly taking less and less - cutting the pills into fractions and stretching each next dose just a bit longer apart.
I pray that God helps you free your daughter from this evil - all things are possible thru Him.
Addiction is a very serious and a very heartbreaking thing. Just through personal experience, I would think it’s safe to say that she already has an addiction to opioids. The sooner she gets off of them the better. Soon, they will become too expand she will go into to other things. If she’s in terrible pain from something, look into holistic doctors that actually heal and also diet. What we eat is far too often overlooked. Get curcumin in her diet ASAP as it is a natural anti inflammatory.
Most important in all of this is prayer! I don’t know if she has in the past but she needs to surrender herself to Jesus
Lord we pray for this young lady that you will heal her from the pain she is feeling and remove any addictive need of the meds she has been taking, touch her mind and free her from the clutches of the enemy and also comfort and strengthen Taran77 as the parent who is asking for your help with this situation, in Jesus Name.
President Trump had weakened the flow of opioids while he was in office. I pray that he is put back in office soon. God bless.
Our Heavenly Father, I pray for the strength and comfort of this Mother who is very worried about her daughter. We pray Lord for her daughter to be delivered from these dangerous drugs and that you heal her from this pain that causes her to take them. We pray Lord that you show her what it is like to live a pain free life, and what her life will be like if she continues will come to no good end. I pray Lord, that you touch her with your healing power and mercy so that she will return healthy, whole and pain free to her family. In the name of your precious son Jesus, I ask these things. Thank you, Lord, for hearing our prayers for her. Amen.
If anyone hears me calling my daughter Princess.
Please beat me to a pulp .
Yes, I agree this is a problem today. Raising girls to believe they are a "special princess" is a recipe for disaster when life doesn't quite workout like a fairy tail.
You can build confidence in better ways, IMO.
**I'm not insinuating the OP did this, or the daughter thinks they're a princess. I'm only commenting on the above comment.
Making excuses is a common metric in the life of an addict.
Check out a website called "The Addicts Mom"; lots of good advice from people who have walked the path you appear to be going to walk
Sorry to hear, will pray for her.
Prayer done…Opioids make you feel pain when you don’t take them. It’s an awful cycle. Do you have access to opioid marijuana treatment? It’s a great alternative and you won’t die from too many marijuanas.
Opioids start to make you feel like garbage when you don’t need them anymore. And then you do. 😞
Praying for you.
Intervention is hard once someone is hooked -- does she live at home? Probably getting advice from a COMPETENT source would be super helpful for you.
Setting boundaries in a loving but firm manner can be quite difficult. If she doesn't own the problem, she won't own the solution.
also praying for your daughter. God Bless.
Prayers sent. God bless.
Get her on an animal based diet. Most alignments can be cured by proper nutrition.
Dr Shawn Baker and Dr Paul Saldino.
Big Pharma and Big Ag don’t give a fuck about your health.
That is currently what I am on. Carnivore with no Sugar and very very little carbs( my carbs come in the form of milk)
I am on meat, dairy, fruit and I cheat once a week with beer and a cheat meal like tacos. I tried strict carnivore and it wasn’t sustainable with my career.
The other day I was looking into smartphone apps that could help people from all walks of life meet small goals and get a better footing. Some of them are as follows:
1.) Goal-based app; make any daily goal and a 7-step plan of action to accomplish it.
2.) Game that focuses on problem-solving aspect of the mind. (30 minutes per day 6 days a week) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.projectevo.evo&hl=en_US&gl=US
3.) Daily heath tips for motivation (ex: Go walking, take a shower)
There may be better apps out there, do more research. I just read a study and those were the ones cited. From what I gathered 1 and 2 were the best of the 3, long-term.
I'm so sorry to hear this about your daughter. Sending prayers for you both.
Dope sick. I'm so sorry. That's the scariest thing for a mom. Prayers for her and you.
She's already a severe addict. Takes one to know one. All her pain is from the opiods. She needs help. However, until she wants help, nothing will work except kicking her ass out and making her see consequences. That's how better choices start. Tough love. The only kind that works. 🙏🙏🙏🙏