Posted by James K on January 1, 2006, at 12:09:17
In reply to Seroquel 'abuse', posted by ed_uk on December 31, 2005, at 20:25:21
I was in the hopital this summer, and I used to sit looking out my window and listen to the guys next door crush up and snort their tablets on their windowsill. Some of the people in this hospital were the kind of unfortunates who have a life of disability, drifting, and hospitalizations. I'm not the one to say what their true motivations or circumstances are, but it was a tense and violent hospitalization for me (I came in with an attitude). This psych ward uses seroquel as an all purpose sleeping pill for almost everyone anyway, so I think the abuse started with the administration.
As for malingering, we had people check themselves out for the weekend, come back on Monday claiming suicidal, with a bag full of pills to sell. I still found some recovery, but it was hard to be in chemical dependency groups while I knew this was going on.
poster:James K
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