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Old May 28, 2004, 03:47 PM
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I have a question for you all. I went to my doctors a week or so I ago regarding sinus problems and she prescribed antibiotics for me. Then I asked her if there was anything I could take for the sinus headaches and dizziness. She looked at me and hestitate and said "well there is something I am thinking of but I am not sure if should prescribe it for you" she then asked me if I ever had a history of drug addiction she asked not once but twice and I said absolutely not. She said "well I figured I would ask since you have a mental health illness and most people with mental health issues have drug addictions in their past. I told her " well I do not". She then went ahead and prescribed fiorcet for my sinus headaches which come to find out is sedating. I took like three for my headaches and threw the rest out. It pissed me off though that the assumption out there is if you have a mental health disorder/illness you must be addicted tor drugs either presently or in the past. I know that statisitically speaking there is a higher rate of people with mental health issues who use drugs/alcohol versus general population but still it is awfully preassumptious oh my doctor I think. My family thinks I am being to sensitive. So the question is am I being too sensitive?