So here's the deal... I'm 22, a former pothead, and I moved back in with my parents when I started really having trouble with my depression and being able to hold down a job as a result. One of the main things that started my depression in such a downward spiral was that I had an undiagnosed and untreated condition in my jaw that had left me with a terrible headache for over a month. That crap is called TMJ - I don't know what that means but it hurts like hell. Anyways, as soon as I had to go to the hospital for the second trip they gave me a drug test and blurted out that I had pot in my system. As soon as my dad heard that I was pretty much already on my way out of my little apartment and dragged back to my parents' place. I would have stayed and protested, but I already couldn't pay my bills and I had only recently filed for disability and that hadn't come through yet. Well, after I moved back home and went to the doctor for my pain, my folks decided that they needed to keep hold of my prescriptions because I was a substance abuser and I was going to take all of my meds the wrong way... yes... all of my non-narcotic meds that I would rather not take in the first place, but when your mind is wired like mine is you really can't help but know you need them... or else. Now I didn't mind letting my meds go on a temporary basis, but I did mind that they withheld some of them when I really needed them, they screwed up the doses, and they were second guessing my doctors on nearly every medicine I was on as though they knew what I needed. Is that just parents doing their thing, or are mine just really in need of an ass whooping? Anyways, after a while I got my meds back, but that very night I was going to bed (so I thought) and I ended up sleepwalking or something and taking way too much ambien. Now I would not do that intentionally, but regardless of my intentions it happened. I was really pissed off at myself and upset because that had NEVER happened before, but of course that didn't matter at all to my dad who basically found me tripped out and confused. After that incident my doctor said not to take it anymore and my dad locked all my meds right back up. After a few weeks of getting almost no sleep, constantly being pissed off and tired, I finally cracked and decided to go after the almighty refill I had on my bottle of ambien. My parents were leaving town that day, I had the $40 to get the script filled, and I figured no one would know and I could finally get a good night's sleep. Little did I know that the same damn thing was going to happen again, but it did... Anyways, I ended up back in the hospital, my parents came home from Florida, my brother was freaked out, and I had no idea what had happened. The last thing I remember was getting in bed, but that's not all I hear I did... So here we are 2 weeks after I overdosed again and my meds are still locked up, my parents are withholding anything and everything I have for the pain in my head, and I've been completely humiliated by the whole experience. I've been going to 12 step meetings, Intensive Outpatient groups, and all that crap and I still have to document taking an Ibuprofen... not only that, but I have to get it signed too. Man... I really love taking Ibuprofen... it really gets me off.... yeah right... Is this shit even legal? Can my parents really take the meds prescribed to me and lock them up? Should I just break in the box and hit the streets, or should I just beat the hell out them both and put them in their places? I'm really confused and pissed right now....
ok... ur TwenTy TwO years old dude. or is your profile incorrect? thats really fucked up man and you should be in your place. i dont want to sound mean here but, you need to realize that ur 22 years old. ur parents sound like ultra conservatives so fuck them. i had a girl friend that was 21 and she had a curfew. i was like WHAT?!?!?!?! fuck that. tell them to either let it go or you will let them go. man, @ 22 you can live your own damn life, Not Thiers.
Thing is with ambien what dose were you prescriebed and how many did you take? They are seriously messy stuff if you take and are not used to them even three(30mg)!!!!!!! I wanted to do allsorts of stupid things after taking them my brain went insane so im not surprised about what happened to you!!!!!! I did deliberately do it either. I took three like it said on the box and oh my god Normaly does is 10mgs one tab but thing is they only make you slightly crazy for an hour then pass out of your system so if you don't go to bed you will be messed up during that time 2 hours to feel its fully worn off. No talk to your Dr they shouldn't be controlling your meds!!!!! Also when ive had bloods done nothing has been mentioned about me smoking Pot. Would they know from any old blood test requirement or would it be a test specifically looking for those things? Im just wondering if they knew and it went on my records or something.
