Posted by Larry Hoover on February 25, 2006, at 15:31:29
In reply to What is the considered a Substance Abuse, posted by rjlockhart on February 24, 2006, at 19:00:09
> I just got off dexamphetamine. Its been rough, my mother took me off it because she though that i was dependent on it.
Dependency is not addiction. There is nothing necessarily adverse about drug dependency. I am dependent on pain killers to have any kind of a life at all.
> Ok I went to a hostpital, and they called my psychiatrist about this issue, i had no contact with my psychiatrist about this.
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> Dextrostat helped me focus and attentive. But now what is going to happen? what is my doctor going to say. I am going to flat out tell him what happened. and i am not dependent on it.
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> Does anyone know?
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> MattIf dextrostat helped you with focus and attention, then why did you stop taking it? It was doing exactly what it was meant to do, and dependency has nothing to do with it.
Lar
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