A young woman who might need to have her bladder removed is speaking out about the Gen Z drug of choice that makes users “wet themselves” and “wear a nappy”
A young woman has spoken out about the nasty side effects of Gen Z’s drug of choice, ketamine, as the substance causes a sedated generation to wet themselves, the Liverpool Echo reported.
When Megan Taylor, 22, from Liverpool first tried ketamine when she was 18, she had no idea that it could cause severe bladder problems that can lead to the bladder being removed. And yet, eventually the addictive drug would end up hospitalising her with infections and giving her ket cramps that would make her feel “stabbed in the ribs”.
She is raising awareness because “people aren’t speaking up about their bladder symptoms because they’re embarrassed. They’re embarrassed that they’re weeing themselves. They’re embarrassed that they’re going to wear a nappy.”
Initially, she took “once every few months”. But aged 20, she “fell in with the wrong crowd” and began doing lines of ket every day, even when she was alone. She believes her ADHD and autism played a role in her addiction – a key autism trait is feeling attached to routine, and taking ket became part of her routine.
The cramps she felt only subsided when she took the drug again. “So I just kept taking it. I was in that cycle then of just taking it,” she said. “The pains were that bad I couldn’t go out with my mates without having to bring that hot water bottle with me and sit in places looking like a scruff.
“It was making me burn myself with a hot water bottle just to try and get rid of the pain. My back was all scarred, my belly was scarred.”
Snorting the white powdered substance damaged the inside of her nose and left her “blowing out blood and scabs”.
She said: “Eventually, it [side effects] got into my bladder. I was going in and out of the hospital with water infections and yet again I didn’t have a clue that it [ketamine] did that to the bladder back when I started taking it.”
She added: “The symptoms you get with ket bladder is like someone pouring boiling water into your bladder. It’s just burning and burning and burning. Then it’s swollen.
“I had so many bits of like, jelly, coming out of me. I didn’t realise until a few months ago that this is the lining of your bladder. There’s no saving your bladder, you’re going to end up with a bag. I know people don’t want that.
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