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scott · 01-21-2009, 01:22 PM

Sometimes I feel like I have to try a ton of other meds INSTEAD of the med I need because of my history of substance abuse. No matter how much I try to tell them that that part of my life is behind me they still make me go through weeks and weeks of trying out meds that only half-ass work instead of putting me on the meds I probably need because they're controlled. I even have someone to lock up my meds in a safe that I have no idea what the unlock code is and someone to hand out my meds to me. If the dumb doctors would have caught the ADHD/bipolar way back when, perhaps I wouldn't have abused drugs in order to cope with what I didn't understand. Because I guarantee you that if I knew what this was going to be like getting out of hand with the bipolar and adhd I never would have EVER put a single pill in my mouth. I just got off an allergic reaction to strattera last night for my ADHD and they refuse to prescribe stimulants to me. Then, they say because of the ADHD I have severe anxiety, agitation, irritability, in the afternoons and evenings of which they will give me nothing short of benadryl for the anxiety that makes my B/P skyrocket to 159/98 with a P-118 resting.

I don't know, sometimes it just doesn't seem fair what they make me go through while anybody else could just go get the drugs right off the bat. Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing telling these psychiatrists about my history of drug abuse.

I think that's all for my soapbox right now, I'll step down.

01-21-2009, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
scott To infinity.....AND BEYOND! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 132	Is your past substance abuse keeping you from getting the meds you need? Sometimes I feel like I have to try a ton of other meds INSTEAD of the med I need because of my history of substance abuse. No matter how much I try to tell them that that part of my life is behind me they still make me go through weeks and weeks of trying out meds that only half-ass work instead of putting me on the meds I probably need because they're controlled. I even have someone to lock up my meds in a safe that I have no idea what the unlock code is and someone to hand out my meds to me. If the dumb doctors would have caught the ADHD/bipolar way back when, perhaps I wouldn't have abused drugs in order to cope with what I didn't understand. Because I guarantee you that if I knew what this was going to be like getting out of hand with the bipolar and adhd I never would have EVER put a single pill in my mouth. I just got off an allergic reaction to strattera last night for my ADHD and they refuse to prescribe stimulants to me. Then, they say because of the ADHD I have severe anxiety, agitation, irritability, in the afternoons and evenings of which they will give me nothing short of benadryl for the anxiety that makes my B/P skyrocket to 159/98 with a P-118 resting. I don't know, sometimes it just doesn't seem fair what they make me go through while anybody else could just go get the drugs right off the bat. Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing telling these psychiatrists about my history of drug abuse. I think that's all for my soapbox right now, I'll step down.