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IMPAIRED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS?
This is my story. Yes, I can say I'm addicted to opiates, but the strange thing is that it's just when I work. When I'm not at work, I really have no desire! I don't "drug seek" aka going to MD's for prescriptions, etc. I don't go through withdrawals, I guess you could say its "recreational" use. However, this is my livlihood so of course its a dangerous situation. I have not gone to NA or anything, I was just wondering if anyone here had an opinion as to why this is with me. There have been times when I have not worked for months and months and still I didn't "drug seek". I just don't get it. I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum recently and I admire so many of you who have gone through such hard times- physically and mentally. I'd love some opinions on this. Thanks. RNinPA.
hey there, i just wanted to let you know i meaosed to be taking care ofnt no offense,
im sorry if it sounded that way, i can tell you that more than half of the women on this fourm are health care workers, RN's and such.
also most of us here are addicts who have lived lives at some point of lie's and deception, we did what ever we had to , too get our drug's of choice. there are no saints here.
there are of plenty of x-nurse's here and in reading there post over the last few months, they at some point got addicted to pill's and it ruined thier careeer's.
i am sure everyone here care's enough to hope that the same thing does not happen to you.
we as addicts alway's hurt the one's we love,and in some addicted nurse's situation's it's the same ,they wind up
hurting the people they are supposed to be helping, or caring for.
i know it may sound harsh ,but if we don't care enough
about ourselves ,it's hard to really care about other's
even tho we have the best intentions to do so.
take the time to read through all the post, you will find that the peole here are for real, this thing called addiction is
very serious, life threatening, job threatening along with
destroying famlys and lives.
so take it light, and keep posting,
there are no saint here like you said. but we do care.
im sorry if it sounded that way, i can tell you that more than half of the women on this fourm are health care workers, RN's and such.
also most of us here are addicts who have lived lives at some point of lie's and deception, we did what ever we had to , too get our drug's of choice. there are no saints here.
there are of plenty of x-nurse's here and in reading there post over the last few months, they at some point got addicted to pill's and it ruined thier careeer's.
i am sure everyone here care's enough to hope that the same thing does not happen to you.
we as addicts alway's hurt the one's we love,and in some addicted nurse's situation's it's the same ,they wind up
hurting the people they are supposed to be helping, or caring for.
i know it may sound harsh ,but if we don't care enough
about ourselves ,it's hard to really care about other's
even tho we have the best intentions to do so.
take the time to read through all the post, you will find that the peole here are for real, this thing called addiction is
very serious, life threatening, job threatening along with
destroying famlys and lives.
so take it light, and keep posting,
there are no saint here like you said. but we do care.
Welcome, Sissy....
Please don't feel attacked in here... You, and everyone else, are welcome here. Skipper wasn't trying to attack you (although I can see why you would think that, being new in here) Sometimes others in here try to have us face questions of ourselves that we may not have faced yet. In your case, you were obviously judged without all the information, so please don't leave with a bad feeling about this forum. Skipper is a Hell of a great guy, and VERY supportive of everyone... I think he was just trying out a little "Tough-Love" on you because you *kind of* fit into a certain profile. Now that you've cleared up who you are to Skip and to the Forum, Please accept our appologies if you were hurt. One of Skip's favorite sayings is, "I'm going to LOVE you whether you like it or not!"
Anyway, I know what you mean when you said that you only used at work! I have several friends who do the same thing; They say it gives them ENERGY and puts them in a better mood, Etc... Both of those guys work with the public in some fasion, so I can see why they choose to use during those particular hours.
My question to you is: "Can you just drop it [go off the drugs] for like a week or something with no withdrawl?" If I could do that, I would probably still be using, but my last withdrawl was so HORRIBLE, that I REALLY don't want to start back at it again, because they say every time you withdrawl, it gets even WORSE!
Believe it or not, I was an ULTRAM junkie... And I mean BIGTIME -- 30-50 pills per day for the last couple of months of my use. I finally felt "Normal" for the first time in my life! I had several Scripts, and bought it off the internet for REALLY cheap prices... But, I'm done with THAT **** now!
Feel free to write back!
Jess
Please don't feel attacked in here... You, and everyone else, are welcome here. Skipper wasn't trying to attack you (although I can see why you would think that, being new in here) Sometimes others in here try to have us face questions of ourselves that we may not have faced yet. In your case, you were obviously judged without all the information, so please don't leave with a bad feeling about this forum. Skipper is a Hell of a great guy, and VERY supportive of everyone... I think he was just trying out a little "Tough-Love" on you because you *kind of* fit into a certain profile. Now that you've cleared up who you are to Skip and to the Forum, Please accept our appologies if you were hurt. One of Skip's favorite sayings is, "I'm going to LOVE you whether you like it or not!"
Anyway, I know what you mean when you said that you only used at work! I have several friends who do the same thing; They say it gives them ENERGY and puts them in a better mood, Etc... Both of those guys work with the public in some fasion, so I can see why they choose to use during those particular hours.
My question to you is: "Can you just drop it [go off the drugs] for like a week or something with no withdrawl?" If I could do that, I would probably still be using, but my last withdrawl was so HORRIBLE, that I REALLY don't want to start back at it again, because they say every time you withdrawl, it gets even WORSE!
Believe it or not, I was an ULTRAM junkie... And I mean BIGTIME -- 30-50 pills per day for the last couple of months of my use. I finally felt "Normal" for the first time in my life! I had several Scripts, and bought it off the internet for REALLY cheap prices... But, I'm done with THAT **** now!
Feel free to write back!
Jess
Thanks for that info!
I'll run that by my Aunt and her Pain docs....
Hope we didn't scare Sissy away....
"Get back here!" ;-)
I'll run that by my Aunt and her Pain docs....
Hope we didn't scare Sissy away....
"Get back here!" ;-)
Hey, Thank you too, Mrmike!
It looks as if she DOES have some better options.....!
It looks as if she DOES have some better options.....!
I have been an impaired nurse for 12 years the last straw came in 95 when I was arrested on 12 felonies to make a long story short I was a mess,,,never lost my license but gave up practicing in 95 Prison or my freedom freedom won.... Hey they do have Nurse support groups and the board of nursing will work with you...I am so greatful to the Ohio board of nursing...
Hey Skipper have you heard anything at all from JB I haven't posted here for awhile but I tried to get ahold of him and I am prying to God he is ok He was not well last time I spoke with him has anyne here heard from JB? thanks cindi
Hey Skipper have you heard anything at all from JB I haven't posted here for awhile but I tried to get ahold of him and I am prying to God he is ok He was not well last time I spoke with him has anyne here heard from JB? thanks cindi
hey guys:
i was wrong about the plain hydro-c. i talked to the drugstore to-
day and they looked up what was perscribed about a year ago. it was
a cough tablet that contained 5 mg.hydro-c and 1.5 mg homatropine
(an anticholinergic). it seems the clinic of neurosurgeons i was
seeing, like to move high dose hydro-c patients over to hycodan as
it does not damage the liver or kidenys. all i can remember is i
took 4 tablets every 4 hours for a period of 60 days, and they
seeemed to work as well as lorcet or lortab. they were also quite a
bit cheaper. oh this stuff was called hycodan and is available in
tablet or syrup. Jess, perhaps your aunt would be able tp take
this? it's worth running it by her pain doc.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
i was wrong about the plain hydro-c. i talked to the drugstore to-
day and they looked up what was perscribed about a year ago. it was
a cough tablet that contained 5 mg.hydro-c and 1.5 mg homatropine
(an anticholinergic). it seems the clinic of neurosurgeons i was
seeing, like to move high dose hydro-c patients over to hycodan as
it does not damage the liver or kidenys. all i can remember is i
took 4 tablets every 4 hours for a period of 60 days, and they
seeemed to work as well as lorcet or lortab. they were also quite a
bit cheaper. oh this stuff was called hycodan and is available in
tablet or syrup. Jess, perhaps your aunt would be able tp take
this? it's worth running it by her pain doc.
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
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