Addicted to Heroin

[sashaann1994]

If I want to get help for addiction of heroin to my doctor will they get child protective services involved? Or does doctor confidentiality keep it between just them and I? I want to quit but cold turkey is way to hard for me. I have no desire to keep doing this, I just can't deal with withdrawals. I don't want to put my child at any risk whatsoever though.

[jayeye]

i just kicked heroin and used a short term taper like 5 days to be exact.  And i have to say I almost feel kinda normal.  If done correctly it could be pretty comfortably.

in detox centers they put you on subs for five days than send you on your way.

[dominosarah]

How old is your child?

[dirtydirk]

well said kuku   short term sub use is ususally enough to get by the nasty wds from heroin but not long enough to switch addictions from heroin to subs  if that doesnt work long term sub use MIGHT  be the answer but honestly i tink its harder to come off of subs then heroin and coming off heroin isnt easy breezy by n e  means but from bein a x heroin user myself i personally think its easier than coming off some of those prescript drugs and you will be feeling much better by day 7-10 and once you get over the hump it does get better and better .......use your kids and motivation for getting sober like you said yourself u dont wana lose them ri.....as far as your dr bein able to tell someone or not im not sure on that....hippy laws say he cant but when it comes down to a childs safety he might have the authority to do something about it........!!!! BEST OF LUCK

[bama88]

I know how scarey going to get help can be...but your doing the right thing...and most docs want to help not hurt...so in my opinion youll be fine. Whats worst....doing nothing and letting your use take you places you don t want.....I say gett8ng help is a smart thing...getting help is what good parents do...

I know it takes the most amount of c ourage to ask for help and a strong determination to do it.......this is the first step

[onthefence]

I don't want to put my child at any risk whatsoever though.

read what you wrote and think about if a child with a parent in active addiction is ever at risk?

i am an alcoholic addict with 2 grown children, recently i was confronted in a group setting about how good a parent i was when they were growing up, i thought i was a good parent, using justification and rationalizing throughout their growing up that i was there and fed them and bought them things but in reality i was not a good parent. how could i be i was always worried about manipulating my feelings using substances and my mind was tricking me , thats what addiction is good at.addiction is a selfish disease, through recovery, now i am able to open my mind and realize there is no way i could of been a good parent being an addict.Kids are on loan to us as parents for 18years or so, they aren't our possessions. their thoughts will rule their world. so what they see and live really affects them, and they are very intuitive at an early age.

you Can do withdrawls, you have to for your child, because i have a feeling you are a good person that has made bad choices and want the best for your child.I am a big baby that use to overreact to everything even w/d, and i did it , if i can do it i know anyone can.

as far as your question you should call legal aid or if you have money talk to a lawyer, because all states have different laws and hippa doesn't cover if a doctor thinks their could be imminent risk to a child, so there are loopholes.
but in my opinion you should be focusing your energy on what i have said above. this is my opinion take it or leave it good luck and keep posting its all a process......

[kuku4kokopuffs]

You might want to consider a low dose of Suboxone for a short period, just long enough to get over the worst of heroin withdrawal symptoms and not long enough to get addicted to Suboxone. A week at most. Then work some kind of aftercare plan so you don't get back on that horse.

If long term sobriety becomes a problem and you can't seem to stay clean once you do get off, you might consider being on Suboxone for a longer time to get yourself together. Break contact with the people and places you got high with and at and give yourself time to adjust to life without drugs.

You'd be trading one addiction for another that way, but not have to worry about getting busted or worse, and if you taper off slowly should be able to come off with minimal discomfort.

Long term is what it took for me and my life is much better now. I tapered myself ff from 8mg over a 3 month period and had an easy time of it, although not everybody is able to stick to a taper and some people have a harder time coming off it.