A tribute to Tina’s tube woes for pain medication December 2018.. just one of the several countless tube troubles she’s had that required hospitalization “bUT I DoN’t WaNt tO bE coNsiDered a DrUG adDIcT”. (Will delete if determined not picky) *i can’t use Imuger*

Oh I totally understand the internal process and I've been there myself but I'm speaking more on the "how it looks to others" and understanding what the doctors are looking for in the realm of "this is what I'd expect if not drug seeking". I've had a bunch of oral/dental related surgeries and every time my doctor was like "no you need 600mg Ibuprofen you'll be fine". I knew that wouldnt be enough and did freak out about the potential pain, but I knew why he was doing what he was. 2 hours later I called back saying "this isn't doing anything should I come back in the office to figure out why it hurts so much" and he said "yeah I didn't really think it would so I'll call you in controlled pain medicine now". Doctors, in my experience, are currently super scared of their potential legal consequences because of the actions of manipulating drug seekers. So when the doctor says "Tylenol" it almost comes off to me like they are doing a test run to make sure the hard pain medicine isn't your motivation behind all this. A drug seeker wouldn't just walk out with nothing and not put up a fight. It almost seems like this "let's try Tylenol" is being used as a gatekeeper to judge whether your actually focused on relieving the pain or if you are primarily there hunting for the hard stuff. They may not even expect the Tylenol to work and know within hours you'll be on something stronger but they are waiting for you to snap like an abuser would and throw a fit about how that's not what they want.

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