{"id":24915,"date":"2025-03-27T00:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24915"},"modified":"2025-03-27T00:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:51:08","slug":"woman-who-snorted-up-to-1000-worth-of-ketamine-a-month-left-using-toilet-50-times-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24915","title":{"rendered":"Woman who snorted up to \u00a31,000 worth of ketamine a month left using toilet 50 times a day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman who spent \u00a31,000 on ketamine every month has revealed the devastating impact it had on her body.<\/p>\n

Paige Collins, 25, from Hampshire in the\u00a0United Kingdom<\/a>, first tried the\u00a0drug<\/a>\u00a0at the age of 19 while on a night out.<\/p>\n

But the occasional use ended up turning into a daily habit, with Paige taking between five and 10 grams every day and spending\u00a0\u00a31,000<\/a>\u00a0every month.<\/p>\n

After kicking her drug use, Paige is nine months clean from ketamine and hopes to share her experience in a bid to warn others.<\/p>\n

Saying her use began as a ‘once in a blue moon’ encounter with the drug where she tried it, her experience worsened with the drug as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK with a worrying downward spiral taking over her life.<\/p>\n

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Paige spent \u00a31,000 on ketamine every month (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“I was 19 when I first tried ketamine. My friend asked me to sort some for a rave we were going to and it started from there,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It started as a once-in-a-blue-moon thing then it was a weekend thing then [it] started picking up during\u00a0covid<\/a>\u00a0to week days and then every day.<\/p>\n

“Initially I really enjoyed it. It took me three years to realise I was addicted.<\/p>\n

“I would start off getting one or two grams a night and then at the start of 2024 I was doing between five and 10 grams a day.<\/p>\n

“It was costing me anywhere between \u00a3150 to \u00a3250 a week.”<\/p>\n

Paige began to notice some alarming\u00a0side effects<\/a>, including excruciating pain and a jelly-like substance when she urinated.<\/p>\n

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Paige is now nine months clean from ketamine (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“I noticed symptoms over time. It started with more frequent toilet trips but it took a little while to start peeing jelly – start peeing the lining of my bladder,” she continued.<\/p>\n

“I had absolutely no clue this could happen. Even when I knew [and] it was at its worst I still continued to do it. It was awful, I was in pain. I was stuck in a cycle of waking up, doing it, crying, saying ‘I’m never going to touch it again’ then picking it up again’.<\/p>\n

“I was nipping to the loo 50 plus times a day. It was ruining my life. I couldn’t go out for four or five months of 2023, I didn’t leave the house.”<\/p>\n

When doctors performed a scan, they found that Paige’s ketamine use had shrunk her bladder so it could only hold 30ml, which is around the same amount as a shot glass-worth of liquid.<\/p>\n

For reference, the\u00a0NHS<\/a>\u00a0states that a healthy bladder should hold around 400-600mls of urine.<\/p>\n

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Paige noticed some severe side effects (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“When I woke up from having it [the cystoscopy] done the doctor said my bladder was only 30ml. It was really shocking to hear,” she said. “I refer to it as just over a shot – a shot is 25ml.<\/p>\n

“When they said that to me I felt awful but also felt a bit of relief, because I was really scared of them saying ‘you’re going to have to have a bag’.”<\/p>\n

Paige explained that the damage is ‘irreversible’, but she is having a bladder instillation treatment to help with the pain and to attempt to stretch her bladder.<\/p>\n

“There’s nothing I can do to make my bladder the way it once was,” she said. “Ket was an escape mechanism for me, which I know it also is for lots of other people. I was a party girl. Even now I still like going out dancing, but I don’t take ket when I go out.<\/p>\n

“I just want to raise awareness as I know the physical and emotional pain this has caused me and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.”<\/p>\n

If you want friendly, confidential advice about drugs, you can talk to FRANK. You can call 0300 123 6600, text 82111 or contact through their\u00a0<\/em>website<\/em><\/a>\u00a024\/7, or\u00a0<\/em>livechat<\/em><\/a>\u00a0from 2pm-6pm any day of the week.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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