- Canada-based Hannah Shewan Stevens began suffering from chronic pain when she was 14
- She was prescribed codeine and tramadol but soon developed an addiction
- Hannah, now 30, relies on orgasms instead of prescription drugs
A woman revealed how she overcame her opioid addiction by using orgasm to control her chronic pain.
Canada-based Hannah Shewan Stevens was prescribed codeine and tramadol after she began suffering from pain at the age of 14.
However, she soon became hooked and began taking up to 15 pills daily at the peak of her addiction.
Now, at 30, she has turned her back on prescription drugs and instead relies on morning and night orgasms as part of a “system” that minimizes her daily pain.
Hannah said of the pain she experienced as a teenager. insider: “I had constant pain in my lower back, tingling in my joints with the slightest movement, and piercing pain in my extremities, ribs and vertebrae, up to 100 times a day.
“It interfered with everything from sleeping and eating to studying and socializing.
“I also experienced extreme chronic fatigue, chronic insomnia, and my mental health plummeted.”
Hannah said her doctor prescribed codeine and tramadol, which she could replenish at any time, and she soon “became addicted to drugs.”
She revealed that she “couldn’t live a day” without taking prescription drugs, and later revealed that at the peak of her addiction, she was taking 15 pills a day.
Hannah quit Cold Turkey at age 21 and described her departure as “cruel”.
Later, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and joint hypermobility syndrome as the cause of her chronic pain.
“After an intense session with my ex, I basked in the afterglow of the orgasm and realized that my body was pain free for the first time in 10 years,” she said.
“It didn’t last long, but the experience created an obsession to achieve painlessness again.
“Since the accidental discovery, I have been picking a system that minimizes my daily pain levels, a system that reduces the overall intensity of morning and night orgasms and separates sexual pleasure from pain management. .”
Hannah concludes that orgasms and daily physical therapy and meditation constitute “the perfect cocktail of coping mechanisms.”
And while experts say orgasm shouldn’t be considered a primary treatment, research suggests that orgasm may be beneficial.
For example, a 2013 analysis found that sage We have shown that sexual intercourse may lead to partial relief of headaches in some migraine sufferers.
