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Medicines
Littlehen
July 8, 2011 20:23
HiI am just starting off on the road of adoption as a single person with a disability. So far the social workers have been very positive and I have been 100% honest with them about my medical problems. I am still prescribed controlled drugs following a lot of surgery but this dosage is reduced every two weeks and my aim is to get to the lowest dose I can manage on. My GP feels that the VA will discriminate against me if they know that I have such medicines in the house but I didn''t get this impression from the social workers.If I can manage without this medication then that is my preference and it maybe by the time I get to the end of the home study this will be the case.Has anyone else had a similar experience or any advice that they can offer please?
suze
July 8, 2011 20:32
i haven't had a similar experience but if these medecines are vital to you i wonder if showing that your store them safely will help to show you have thought of the implications of them being in the house.ie in a locked cabinet as obviously you're not daft enough to leave them lying around but it shows you have a plan in placesuze x
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Pear Tree
July 8, 2011 20:37
Hello and welcome!You need a locked box that's all.I have a locked cabinet from a large Swedish retailer that hangs in my bedroom so the children cant get it.Its made of wood, so looks nice too.I am struggling to think of what the dr means about the ss thoughts on controlled drugs. I wonder if he is thinking you might be "out of it" on the controlled drugs, so explain that if things get this bad- then you will have help staying with you overnight at home.Let us know how you get on.Pear tree
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Littlehen
July 8, 2011 21:00
Thanks My GP has never liked prescribing these medicines but the pain clinic have insisted that he did, so he maybe using this as a reason to get me off them quickly. I get very few side effects from the medicines and frequently look after my nephews with no problems ( 3 kids under the age of 5). As you say I just always make sure that they are out of reach etc. I don't like being on them any more than my GP does but at the moment they are necessary for me to be able to work and have a quality of life. There is such a stigma sometimes and I'm just hopeful that the social workers see it the same way as the Dr's at pain clinic.
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Pear Tree
July 8, 2011 21:04
HiWith adoptees who may well have a lot of difficulties being emotionally young, and impulsive and possibly target medications for self medicating purposes I would make sure they are locked!If you needed longer term big guns relief, butrans patches might be worth investigation.Pear tree
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kitten 1
July 8, 2011 22:21
Hi therewhen we were going through the process, we thought that we would not be able to procede as one of us takes controlled drugs, we were honest from the start, had our medicals first before anything else and bought a lockable medicine cabinet that is fixed to the wall.we are now parentsgood luck
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Littlehen
July 9, 2011 12:07
Thanks KittenThat is really reassuring to hear. I will definitely look into the lockable cabinets after the advice given.Littlehen
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