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Hycodan ~ was I wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 476745" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>The thing about psychiatric medications is a debate in itself. In my psot before, I was just relaying what I was taught and my opinion based on that.</p><p></p><p>My opinion on the psychiatric medications is that I can see a point in what I was taught. First, back in the 70's, many housewives were being rx'd medications like Valium,as an example, even when they shouldn't have been. Teens stole them and found other ways to get them illegaly. They then became a major drug problem. All a person coming out of treatment would have to do would go to a psychiatrist and say they have anxiety problems, and then they could do just what you think your daughter is doing now- trying to find a way to get them and take them that would be 'okay' with everyone. Most anti-anxiety medications are highly addictive.</p><p></p><p>The trend some years lately hsa been pain killers. So now, psychiatric medications are okay, pain medications aren't. Next will be the problem with stims rx'd for ADHD and being widely abused by kids/teens/young adults. Obviously, if someone REALLY needs any of these medications, they are okay. But if they have been addicted to them and can live without them- even if that means suffering with MILD, non-intrusive type issues, they are better off staying off them than to risk a bigger addiction problem, that could cost them a whole lot more than failing a test or being grumpy. But, there are a lot of different trains of thought on that.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it's that "someone in recovery should have told the dr"- SHE should have told the dr. And I've had tons of sinus infections and bronchitis and maybe this isn't the norm, but I've never had a dr rx me a narcotic for it- and I haven't asked them not to because it never occured to me that any dr would. JNHO</p><p></p><p>I do want to say that I'm sure you are disappointed but it's good that you noticed this and are handling it well. All these things can only help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 476745, member: 3699"] The thing about psychiatric medications is a debate in itself. In my psot before, I was just relaying what I was taught and my opinion based on that. My opinion on the psychiatric medications is that I can see a point in what I was taught. First, back in the 70's, many housewives were being rx'd medications like Valium,as an example, even when they shouldn't have been. Teens stole them and found other ways to get them illegaly. They then became a major drug problem. All a person coming out of treatment would have to do would go to a psychiatrist and say they have anxiety problems, and then they could do just what you think your daughter is doing now- trying to find a way to get them and take them that would be 'okay' with everyone. Most anti-anxiety medications are highly addictive. The trend some years lately hsa been pain killers. So now, psychiatric medications are okay, pain medications aren't. Next will be the problem with stims rx'd for ADHD and being widely abused by kids/teens/young adults. Obviously, if someone REALLY needs any of these medications, they are okay. But if they have been addicted to them and can live without them- even if that means suffering with MILD, non-intrusive type issues, they are better off staying off them than to risk a bigger addiction problem, that could cost them a whole lot more than failing a test or being grumpy. But, there are a lot of different trains of thought on that. I don't think it's that "someone in recovery should have told the dr"- SHE should have told the dr. And I've had tons of sinus infections and bronchitis and maybe this isn't the norm, but I've never had a dr rx me a narcotic for it- and I haven't asked them not to because it never occured to me that any dr would. JNHO I do want to say that I'm sure you are disappointed but it's good that you noticed this and are handling it well. All these things can only help. [/QUOTE]
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