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Old Jul 24, 2015, 06:07 PM
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Holy explosive reactions Angelwings! There is absolutely no need for being rude to people - don't blame your diagnosis for your behaviour. You have to click send - try rereading what you write before clicking it.

Drug tests are standard when on a lot of medications. They're easy to abuse, and even if they aren't being abused it can still have negative impacts on your body and mind - so they test. Refusing to take a test is probably one of the biggest red flags you can give to people. If there's nothing to hide.... then why refuse?

With painkillers it's easy to overdose and abuse them without fully noticing, because they can make you dopey. And abusing a drug tends to increase your tolerance, making you need more. So it's important to regularly test, just like you regular get blood tests.

And if you have something where your doc and you think you have it - but it's not on file and officially diagnosed? Then you shouldn't have any prescription medications for it really.

They also need to try to somehow make sure that you're not selling the prescription meds.

Also - no one says that they're a drug addict. There's always an excuse or reason as to why someone takes meds outside of how they're prescribed. Addictions develop slowly, and often the person who is addicted has no idea that they are. What sort of treatment team would they be if they weren't checking to make sure you weren't developing an addiction? It doesn't mean that they think that you ARE, it just means that they're taking care of you and doing their job.

As for being angry that they're talking about you? That's kinda ridiculous. That's part of their job. If they're a treatment team, then they need to communicate.
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