limegreen_421
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Not sure where this post belongs and I'm kinda new here, so I thought it best to leave it up to the mods where to place this post.
I am considering checking myself into a rehab detox facility and also considering detoxing at home alone. My biggest concerns with a detox facility is that they will give me meds that I don't want, like anti-depressants and/or start me off on too high a dosage of subs. I'm also concerned that if I go the legal route with the subs that I will have no choice between suboxone and subutex. This is a serious concern for me as I am struggling with bad depression and know that naloxone in suboxone makes that worse. Another question I have is how to keep the detox a secret from my primary care provider. I am prescribed clonazepam and xanax for very severe panic disorders and am seriously concerned that if my primary doctor (who prescribes the benzos) finds out about my addiction through me going to detox that she will refuse to write these prescriptions anymore even though I've never abused that medicine and would be extremely unable to function without it. It would seem to me that any rehab or detox would want to know what meds you're on and proof of that via prescription bottles or something like that. I'm concerned that the rehab would contact my primary doctor or that with all healthcare info being shared between so many sources these days (the government, insurance companies, doctors, etc) that it would go into my medical file or that she would at least be able to see that I would have gotten a prescription for subutex.
Does anyone have experience with declining certain meds at a rehab/detox facillity? I fully understand that in many cases addicts think they know what's best for themselves in terms of meds, but I have legitimate medical reasons for not being able to take anti-depressants of all categories. I'm prone to serotonin syndrome which is rare and easily brought on by most medicines that can affect serotonin levels when they are combined. Unfortunately the records of this are back in Wisconsin and they won't release them to me without me going to get the records in person since I'm not having them sent to a facility or doctors office. There's a lot of unknowns for me with the detox facility option, so if someone could shed some light on these few things I would greatly appreciate it!
I am considering checking myself into a rehab detox facility and also considering detoxing at home alone. My biggest concerns with a detox facility is that they will give me meds that I don't want, like anti-depressants and/or start me off on too high a dosage of subs. I'm also concerned that if I go the legal route with the subs that I will have no choice between suboxone and subutex. This is a serious concern for me as I am struggling with bad depression and know that naloxone in suboxone makes that worse. Another question I have is how to keep the detox a secret from my primary care provider. I am prescribed clonazepam and xanax for very severe panic disorders and am seriously concerned that if my primary doctor (who prescribes the benzos) finds out about my addiction through me going to detox that she will refuse to write these prescriptions anymore even though I've never abused that medicine and would be extremely unable to function without it. It would seem to me that any rehab or detox would want to know what meds you're on and proof of that via prescription bottles or something like that. I'm concerned that the rehab would contact my primary doctor or that with all healthcare info being shared between so many sources these days (the government, insurance companies, doctors, etc) that it would go into my medical file or that she would at least be able to see that I would have gotten a prescription for subutex.
Does anyone have experience with declining certain meds at a rehab/detox facillity? I fully understand that in many cases addicts think they know what's best for themselves in terms of meds, but I have legitimate medical reasons for not being able to take anti-depressants of all categories. I'm prone to serotonin syndrome which is rare and easily brought on by most medicines that can affect serotonin levels when they are combined. Unfortunately the records of this are back in Wisconsin and they won't release them to me without me going to get the records in person since I'm not having them sent to a facility or doctors office. There's a lot of unknowns for me with the detox facility option, so if someone could shed some light on these few things I would greatly appreciate it!