He was a very troubled person and it was obvious part of his troubles stemmed from his upbringing. I can’t imagine what his parents and siblings are going through. Sad.
So sad. Prescription pill addiction is just so horrible. There is a very real "glamorous" stigma attached to it which makes it so hard for people to actually take seriously, meanwhile it's killing more people than illegal drugs.
The US medical system is also fucked. It's just so crazy to me that doctors can be incentivised to push pills that could kill someone. If Brant obtained the pills legally through a GP, I hope that they're held accountable.
If I wanted to, I could easily make a damn killing selling opioids to people in my city. It's ridiculous. I don't mind scamming companies for my own gain, but not when it could kill someone.
Doctors are rarely if ever held accountable for things like this even though they're required to check a patient's opioid usage prior to prescribing the med.
Pills really freak me out. My family is relatively healthy so none of us had ever had to use regular perception drugs, it's almost only when one of us has had surgery. I laughed when my mom said she would be in charge of giving me my pain meds when I had wrist surgery years ago but I get why. That stuff can be addicting (although for me it gave me constipation as a side effect so I didn't really want to take it anymore).
The constipation was real for both my partner and I when we had our respective surgeries. She had her gall bladder out so she took more than I did for my wisdom tooth removals and was in hell for like a whole two weeks. I took as little as I could to avoid side effects (I think I took six total over three days) and oh my god, I thought I was gonna die a week later.
me too. after going through really bad cramps year after year, i became allergic to aspirin and ibuprofen. the only thing i could take was tylenol or high-level pain killers. since having my hysterectomy, i maybe take tylenol twice a year for stress headaches. i want to avoid getting my body used to pain killers.
i had a cousin who died on a regular regimen of uppers/downers. i remember one time she gave me one of her klonopin and i fell asleep ON THE FLOOR and nobody could get me up to move me to my room 8' away. never again.
i do have a very low-level rx for xanax. i think they're .5's? i was given 30 pills over a year ago after an anxiety attack put me in the er, and i still have around 15 left. i only take them when i feel like i can't breathe. everything else i try and use my therapists' training to get me through.
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The US medical system is also fucked. It's just so crazy to me that doctors can be incentivised to push pills that could kill someone. If Brant obtained the pills legally through a GP, I hope that they're held accountable.
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Pills really freak me out. My family is relatively healthy so none of us had ever had to use regular perception drugs, it's almost only when one of us has had surgery. I laughed when my mom said she would be in charge of giving me my pain meds when I had wrist surgery years ago but I get why. That stuff can be addicting (although for me it gave me constipation as a side effect so I didn't really want to take it anymore).
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no joke - OTC stool softener sales went up with the opioid crisis
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i had a cousin who died on a regular regimen of uppers/downers. i remember one time she gave me one of her klonopin and i fell asleep ON THE FLOOR and nobody could get me up to move me to my room 8' away. never again.
i do have a very low-level rx for xanax. i think they're .5's? i was given 30 pills over a year ago after an anxiety attack put me in the er, and i still have around 15 left. i only take them when i feel like i can't breathe. everything else i try and use my therapists' training to get me through.
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