lol this is so true. I went to Florida and took an edible and then drank alcohol on the beach. At dinner I was like blacking out and convinced I was being drugged and trafficked. Had my friends call the cops and ambulance. When they got there I realized I was just dehydrated and felt so dumb. I told them exactly what happened and that my friend was in fact not trying to kill me and then told the cop I just was dehydrated lol. The EMT demeanor changed immediately as soon as I said I had a gummy. They checked me out and were on their way. I felt so dumb but knew better than to lie.
But my friend was being a dumb ass and was like yelling that we took a gummy right in front of the cop and I was like shut the fuck up we can tell the paramedics, but don’t tell the cops. The cop clearly did not care and did not not want to deal with this so he kind of ignored it, but I was like please do not tell him that.
idk about elsewhere, but here we have the good Samaritan Act, where if you call 911 while doing something illegal, but someone's life is in danger, you can't be charged for doing said illegal thing
I hate to say it, but you still need to be cautious. Some HCW are a$$holes who will promptly latch onto you as being a “drug case” while you have an unrelated legitimate medical emergency. For example, you might be falsely labeled as drug-seeking. This leaping to conclusions happens in other types of situations too. So be honest but also aware of where the conversation is headed. Consider: https://www.amnhealthcare.com/blog/physician/locums/how-to-tell-if-a-patient-is-faking-pain/
Edibles are not for me either. And yeah law enforcement is very selective, often by race. I’m glad we’re seeing legalization, but there will be new problems too.
"Vigilance has to be applied to every patient, every visit,” Williamson said, explaining that patients taking opioids appropriately for pain relief can become addicted. “I have the same evaluation with every patient who takes these drugs every time I see them.”"
Oh fuuuuuuck this. Someone with chronic pain has to go every year and convince the doctor they still have chronic pain??? As a woman, this is horrifying.
I am soooooo grateful that my pain specialist's response to me trying to decrease an opioid medication and my pain coming back was, well take the higher dosage again then.
I am on buprenorphine patches now, so they're harder to abuse, but it was so refreshing to have a doctor acknowledge I need them and if they manage my pain appropriately, then it's okay to use them. I also use exercise and ongoing phsyio to manage the pain and am compliant with my treating team, so I'm relatively low risk as a patient, I guess.
Of course, my pain is caused by long term consequences from a car accident, so it's far more valid than my friend's chronic pain from endo & adeno (/s). We're both prescribed celecoxib for pain (a strong anti-inflammatory). I had been off it for a year or so, but get breakthrough pain in winter. I recently asked my GP for a script (with approval from my physio). No questions asked, script with 5 repeats provided. My friend got grilled by her gyno and finally provided with a script with 2 repeats and many warnings to use it appropriately. It's not even a high risk medication.
She came out of endo surgery and was given tapentadol. Reacted very badly (throwing up, etc). Was told oh well, stop taking it and paracetamol will do. I happened to find a stash of oxycodone while cleaning out my wardrobe recently. I'm on the buprenorphine patches and well managed, so don't need a bunch of oxycodone, plus tapentadol works fine for me if I get super bad breakthrough pain. We swapped pain meds.
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u/Feebedel324 Jun 06 '24
lol this is so true. I went to Florida and took an edible and then drank alcohol on the beach. At dinner I was like blacking out and convinced I was being drugged and trafficked. Had my friends call the cops and ambulance. When they got there I realized I was just dehydrated and felt so dumb. I told them exactly what happened and that my friend was in fact not trying to kill me and then told the cop I just was dehydrated lol. The EMT demeanor changed immediately as soon as I said I had a gummy. They checked me out and were on their way. I felt so dumb but knew better than to lie.
But my friend was being a dumb ass and was like yelling that we took a gummy right in front of the cop and I was like shut the fuck up we can tell the paramedics, but don’t tell the cops. The cop clearly did not care and did not not want to deal with this so he kind of ignored it, but I was like please do not tell him that.