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Hello all. So my dad is 81 and I’m 51 and my mom is 79. He has kidney cancer and has a tumour wrapped around his left kidney. He wants to sleep. That’s all. The hospice nurse came over with the Counsellor and we talked about what to expect. Here’s my issue.
My mom used to be a nurse. She retired 25 years ago. And she still has the energy of a 50 year old. But I think that she gets bitter when other nurses come in and want to treat my father because she feels she can do it and because she’s his wife she should do it. I don’t think that’s the best idea. He’s on dilaudid and lorazepam and two other meds. When he’s in pain my mom keeps thinking that he’s just saying that because he wants to sleep. At this point what’s that difference. Let he sleep. My mom can be a bit hard to deal with. I get it that she’s been married to him for 55 years but I don’t want my dad to suffer. She keeps trying to give him Tylenol and I tell her he’s beyond Tylenol mom. I know she is doing some things wrong but when the hospice nurse comes over i feel she’s not telling the nurse everything. Like she’s trying to keep him alive but her methods are hurting my dad. She thinks she’s back in nurse mode and I keep telling her to stop it. Let the hospice nurses and doctors decide if should get a higher dose or take it more often. She’s trying to handle everything herself and it’s causing so much anxiety amongst me and her and my brother and sister. He just wants to sleep because he said he wants to die. And doesn’t want suffer. Ugh. I’m sorry. I’m trying to word this correctly but this all happened so fast. Any advice on what I can tell her that the regular hospice people don’t ? Thanks so much.

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Hello all. I’ve had question I’ve wanted to ask other people who may be in the same situation as I am. I absolutely love grapefruit juice. It keeps my stomach in bloated. I have no acid reflux or any stomach issues. But because I take diazepam I’m not supposed to drink it. But I did drink it a few times and nothing happened. I told my dr that I drank it while taking the diazepam and she just said that the grapefruit juice inhibits an enzyme cyp34 or something. And it can cause the metabolism of diazepam to be altered so the side effects may be more intense. But I don’t have any side effects from diazepam and the only one I really have is no anxiety. I tolerate it very well. But I don’t wanna disrespect my Dr and myself if it’s really got to hurt me.
So right now I don’t drink it and I can feel my stomach occasionally getting bloated and just uneasy.
I just never thought that this situation would be so relevant regarding my overall health. Anyone else have of had issues with this ?
Thanks and be well

Hello all. I recently experienced a horrible situation caused by my naive self not fully understanding the effects of what I was about to do. So to begin I have been on Suboxone 8 mgs a day for 25 years. I’ve been on adderall for 36 years and diazepam for 6 years. And I feel stable. I work, I’m active and actively help my community any chance I get. I have drs. Appointments every month and have had appointments every month since I was diagnosed with adhd 36 years ago. I take my medication as prescribed. Sometimes I skip a dose of one med if I feel I don’t need and I’ve been in a really great headspace. It started a few months ago. I saw a YouTube video about kratom extracts. I heard the words opiate like high and I was instantly curious. But since I was on Suboxone I was like “I’ll try it and see what happens “.
I bought a pack of 4 tablets or 500 mgs of a certain brand. I took one and hour later I took two and 15 mins later I took the 4th one. And then it happened. I felt great! I Should have researched why I felt great because the Suboxone was supposed to block these types of drugs.
So long story short. I took 500 mgs a day for a week. And didn’t take the Suboxone at all for that week. But I knew this was a stupid futile attempt to feel something I know will be life destroying so I waited for the withdrawal to come. Because I’ve heard the withdrawals are very bad. And at this point I was due for a refill on my adderall and diazepam. Because I didn’t take those either during this week. This extract seemed to hit all the spots that these three meds were hitting. But then came the sweats. And I put a 8mg strip under my tounge.
10 mins later I had that horrible feeling. Goose bumps. Sweating more , diarrhoea, watery eyes and my pupils were so dilated it was scary. I was confused. Why am I feeling so sick when Suboxone is supposed to help withdrawal?
So I called my old Suboxone Dr who’s retired and told him what happed and here’s what he explained to me. And just so you know. I’m not a Dr I’m only giving advice on why getting to a Dr or hospital is so important.
He explained it like this. The extracts gave you relief from adhd symptoms anxiety and filled up your opioid receptors so that you didn’t feel withdrawal. But when you stopped the extract and never started your adderall and diazepam again BEFORE you took the suboxone, you basically knocked off the neurotransmitters not just from the Mu receptors but the NMDA receptors and your gaba receptors. You did a full blown neurotransmitter dump is what he said. So you put yourself into precipitated withdrawal not just from opiates but from stimulants and benzodiazepines also.
I had no idea that could happen. And I immediately went to the ER. I was literally I. Full blown withdrawal from the kratom the adderall and the diazepam. I literally looked like I was about to die. I brought all my medications with me and just told them what happened.
After I was stable from whatever they gave me the dr came in and told me that I should speak to my psychiatrist about why I decided to take the extract in the first place. But then I was told I could take my adderall and diazepam as normal. And when I did after a little bit I felt the worst of the withdrawals just go away. And by the next day I felt like nothing ever happened.
It was scary and yes Suboxone works for kratom. But being on different psych meds and thinking that only my opioid receptors will be affected is such stupid thinking. I was playing Russian roulette with my life without knowing about the dangers of thinking you’re ok while not knowing youre not. But I’m not beating myself up over it either. I moved on. Didn’t dwell on it and I’m doing ok today.
If I can just convey one piece of advice for anyone who wants to try something new that they heard about. And you hear the bad stories attributed to it. Try to just get the thought out of your head. Do anything but think of trying it. Help is there if you need it and if you don’t know how to navigate the process. Ask. It’s your life. It’s precious it’s unique and your life matters more than you’ll ever know.