Posted by Rosa on August 23, 2001, at 8:01:38
In reply to Re: JUST FOR TODAY, posted by jason60 on August 22, 2001, at 21:17:47
In my early twenties, I was prescribed Valium ...
I kept renewing the prescription ... while continuing to drink alcohol. I did this for nearly fifteen years ... I also took Benzedrine for awhile. When I returned from overseas my doctor refused to refill my prescription ...
After talking to the doctor, he said, "you don't need a tranquilizer, you need an antidepressant and changed my medication.
Shortly after that I decided to quit drinking to see if it was really a problem ... it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I was a problem drinker, I drank when I had a "problem". It is still a temptation. I have attended A.A. ever since.
I have been on and off antidepressants since then ... Now, I only take them when I need them ... I only take them at night. (Trazadone) My doctor recommended taking them earlier in the evening or cutting them in half because I said I felt so bad in the morning after taking them.
Prescription drugs have been more of a problem than alcohol ever was.
Two years ago, I finally got up enough courage to go to N.A. I got there by using and abusing prescription drugs.
Today, I am extremely careful what drugs I take.
I have bradycardia (slow heart rate) and passed out during a heart cath. There are a number of heart medications I cannot take.
I also take medications for high blood pressure. There are drug interactions between heart medications and blood pressure medication.
That's my story.
Rosa
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> I have had very serious substance abuse problems
> In the past and go to AA meeting and have been to NA and I work the steps. I could care less if I
> Am addicted to prescribed medications. I have
> Not been prescribed any medication that have
> Caused me to crash my car, assault a person,
> Spend all my money on drug deals, are end up
> In jail(like alcohol and street drugs have). The prescribed medications I take
> Help me from going back to my old alcoholic, drug
> Addict ways. Thank for the suggestion but the
> People on this board have serious psychological
> Problems that NA just will not fix.
>
>
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> > If you think you may have a problem with prescribed medications, the Just For Today Meditation may be for you.
> >
> > Rosa
> >
> > You can read the JFT online at http://www.jft.ca/jftmeditation
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