A little background: I was, basically, forced to sign an Agreement saying I would not do drugs or be around people or places associated with them in order for the judge to allow me to go to Mental Health Court, which will have me clean for almost a month by my first court date.
See, I'm gonna try and ask them at the MHC if they will allow me to get on one of the Opioid Replacement Programs or refer me to one of them, but there is the whole Agreement that I signed, so I will be clean for over a month by the time I get to the ORT Doctor.
What I want to know is this: Is it possible to be put on Suboxone/Methadone if I've already been sober for over a month, or will the MHC or ORT Doctor tell me that I have been clean for so long already, so therefore I don't need it? I think the state-funded courts are legally supposed to allow you to start ORT if requested, unless there is a good reason that it won't help me or it will make me worse. I assume the court will allow it, but I'm wondering about the ORT Doctor. Has anybody ever started Suboxone or Methadone after being clean for so long beforehand?
Any answers or even just bits of info regarding what i've written are greatly appreciated.
See, I'm gonna try and ask them at the MHC if they will allow me to get on one of the Opioid Replacement Programs or refer me to one of them, but there is the whole Agreement that I signed, so I will be clean for over a month by the time I get to the ORT Doctor.
What I want to know is this: Is it possible to be put on Suboxone/Methadone if I've already been sober for over a month, or will the MHC or ORT Doctor tell me that I have been clean for so long already, so therefore I don't need it? I think the state-funded courts are legally supposed to allow you to start ORT if requested, unless there is a good reason that it won't help me or it will make me worse. I assume the court will allow it, but I'm wondering about the ORT Doctor. Has anybody ever started Suboxone or Methadone after being clean for so long beforehand?
Any answers or even just bits of info regarding what i've written are greatly appreciated.