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bipolarmedstudent · Mar 21, 2012, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jimrat

Seems you guys get off easy.

Here you cannot get a stimulant without a proper 3 day testing for ADHD or ADD. This test includes WAIS, an interview and a computerized test and some more stuff. You cannot get a stimulant as a test run.

Also, here you have a proper drug screening, they test for things connected to alcohol, stimulants, THC, benzodiazepines and so on. They also test your organ function so they know you are healthy enough to take the drug. You also go on controls for your blood pressure.

They wanted me to pee with the door open, which of course I refused since I don't want to be treated as a drug addict. They converted all my test to blood tests which I found kept my dignity intact.

They have never retested me for illegal drugs, but they sometimes test other things, like liver and blood count.

Personally I would never admit drug use, I would have stalled the testing until I tested clean. Because here there are NO second chances, once admitting to drug use, stimulants are out, and possibly sedatives as well.

That's insane. Where do you live???

All I had to do was tell my old psychatrist that I think I have ADHD. We talked about the symptoms for a few minutes, then she prescribed me stimulants. And I've been on stimulants for 8 years now. She knew I occasionally smoked pot and got drunk at the time.

My new pdoc, I told him I have adhd, and that I was on 25mg of dexedrine. He asked me if I had done illegal drugs. I told him I had done practically everything, including cocaine. Then he said my dose of stimulants was too low, and prescribed me 35 mg of dexedrine instead of 25mg.