Ex-ketamine addict Amber can solely have intercourse each three months as scorching baths handle ache
Although young mum Amber Currah has not touched ketamine for years, she admitted that her heavy usage of the drug in her early twenties has led to persisting health problems
A young mum has laid bare the devastating effects of her ketamine abuse which has left her able to only have sex once every three months after being addicted to the drug for years.
Amber Currah first tried ketamine aged 17 to try to “switch off”, but what started as occasional use gradually spiralled into a daily habit. And in her early twenties Amber’s drug use escalated dramatically as the substance was easy to access and cheap to buy.
Amber – now 27 – admitted the pressures of becoming a young, first-time parent increased her usage. “I just really enjoyed it and it made me feel really good,” Amber explained recently on Good Morning. “But now my bladder is ruined.”
“So as far as I’m aware, my damage is irreversible. My bladder is absolutely covered in scar tissue to the nines and I’ve been off it two and a bit years now.”
On the UK talk show, she added: “I would have thought it would have at least healed a bit more.”
Amber, of Morecambe, Lancs., also explained how the pain and flare-ups have had a huge impact on her intimate relationship. She says she can only have sex very occasionally.
Amber said: “Callum and I only have sex every three months, because I have to make sure I’m not doing much in the following days as I can have increased pain for a week.”
The mum explained her daily life is now dominated by trying to manage the pain and how she needs constant “hot baths” to cope.
She said: “I have to get up two hours before any deadline where I need to be and I have to get in the bath for two hours.”
“It really is, it feels like the most severe UTI you will ever have in your whole entire life. And it’s constant.”
Asked if she could go back in time, Amber said: “I’d say, ‘Don’t touch that. It’s not really not worth it. You’re going to chuck your whole life away, for ketamine.’”
Her story comes amid a warning from UK officials who say ketamine deaths have risen “20 fold since 2014”.
Ketamine is a Class B drug that often gives users hallucinogenic effects. Its cheap cost – around £15-20 for a gram compared to £80 form cocaine – could be driving increased consumption, researchers at University of Hertfordshire have said.
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