Posted by Chairman_MAO on October 9, 2011, at 8:28:27
In reply to Dysphoria, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on October 9, 2011, at 1:37:16
I wish some of these doctors would try these medications on themselves.
I have a history of addiction, and now that I have my old doctor back, he gave me my Dexedrine back. Our contract is this: if I fail one urine screen, it's over.
You are not allergic to narcotics; most people recover from addiction on their own. I suggest taking what you hear with regard to the nature of addiction and dependence in NA with a grain of salt. Weaning people off of controlled substances just because they're controlled substances makes no sense. My pdoc wants me off of clonazepam because of the issue with dependency and long-term efficacy, but _not_ because it is a controlled substance. He could care less about whether something is controlled or not (except, I'm sure, with whether or not the government will persecute him for writing the prescriptions) unless his client is abusing it.
I am "being denied" a benzodiazepine insofar as I can tell because he doesn't like to use them long-term, period. If it had been because of concerns of "addiction", I doubt he would have given me dextroamphetamine 10mg #120.
Best of luck. You need to find someone who has a coherent philosophy behind their prescribing, IMHO. The Controlled Substance Act has absolutely nothing to do with medicine.
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