So, I'm not sure if this is the best sub-forum for this, so if a mod feels it should be moved to a different one then feel free.
This is going to be kind of a long, convoluted post, so be warned, you'll need to read a lot to understand it LOL...
I don't really use all that many substances these days, but I like to be able to on occasion.
I have anxiety and depression, so I'm prescribed Prozac and Klonopin which I take daily, and I'm also prescribed Naltrexone at 50mg which I take most days so that I can control my own ability to drink or take Kratom. The thing is, I love alcohol and Kratom, but like most, I don't have perfect self-control with how often I use them, and I prefer to be sober most of the time, so a couple years ago I got a prescription for Naltrexone, but I will NEVER let ANY doctor know that I have EVER used Kratom, for very obvious reasons...
Now if I don't want to be able to take Kratom or drink, all I need to do is take Naltrexone and I can't enjoy either, but if I want to drink or take Kratom, all I need to do is stop taking my Naltrexone for 3 days and it's out of my system and I can enjoy myself, so I do this sometimes. The only thing I have to be sure of is that I have no kratom left in my system before I go back to taking my Naltrexone or it could cause precipitated withdrawal.
However, a while back I became very interested in Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone which is entirely different from full dose naltrexone because if used properly it COMPLETELY eliminates most opioid withdrawal, including kratom, and is also good for pain and anxiety and depression.
I found a facebook group that helps people find doctors for ULDN/LDN, and I'd like to get some, because whenever I do decide to use Kratom for more than a few days I will get really annoying WD for about 3 days where I'm just EXHAUSTED and can't stop sleeping, so I can't get any work done or do anything for those 3 days.
But the thing is, I'm already a bit worried that if I was ever injured again (and I've had multiple injuries from martial arts so it could happen again) that I might need opioids again and be denied them by a doctor if they incorrectly thought I was on the Naltrexone for opioid addiction rather than alcohol. I can only hope that if that ever happens I can tell my psychiatrist and he'll be willing to vouch that even though I take Naltrexone for alcohol that I have no opioid problem and still be able to get those for an injury, and I also take Klonopin which is a scheduled substance, so I must be careful what I tell doctors.
So all of this makes me even more reluctant to seek out Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone which I'd really like to have on hand.
This facebook site hooks you up with doctors you can talk to who will prescribe ULDN and pharmacies that will fill it, and I'd like to do that, but I'm worried about either my psychiatrist or primary physician finding out that I got this prescribed for me.
I think one or both might be quite confused as to why I'd have prescriptions for BOTH full dose AND Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone, and I worry about hypothetical situations where I could get cut off from my Klonopin and/or full dose naltrexone, or denied a pain medication if ever injured, if my doctors thought I was some kind of serious opioid addict.
I'm sorry, I know this is a lot to follow, but if anyone understand what I've described so far, here's my question:
If I were to call one of these doctors and have an online visit with him/her, and have one of these pharmacies fill a prescription for ULDN, does that automatically mean that this info would be in a computer database that my primary doctor and/or psychiatrist and/or regular pharmacy would be able to access, so as to know about it even despite my not getting it from them??
I'm hoping not, but I'm not naive, and I can only assume that once a prescription goes into any database, regardless of prescriber or pharmacy, that the info is out there and can easily be accessed by all my doctors, and I'm not comfortable with that, and so I haven't made the call to get ULDN.
Am I wrong?
Is there any possible way that by using a different doctor and different pharmacy that my regular doctors and pharmacy might NOT know that I was also prescribed ULDN??
Again, sorry this is so long, but I'm paranoid about what doctors know, and I'm not taking this risk if it could somehow backfire down the road.
Thanks
This is going to be kind of a long, convoluted post, so be warned, you'll need to read a lot to understand it LOL...
I don't really use all that many substances these days, but I like to be able to on occasion.
I have anxiety and depression, so I'm prescribed Prozac and Klonopin which I take daily, and I'm also prescribed Naltrexone at 50mg which I take most days so that I can control my own ability to drink or take Kratom. The thing is, I love alcohol and Kratom, but like most, I don't have perfect self-control with how often I use them, and I prefer to be sober most of the time, so a couple years ago I got a prescription for Naltrexone, but I will NEVER let ANY doctor know that I have EVER used Kratom, for very obvious reasons...
Now if I don't want to be able to take Kratom or drink, all I need to do is take Naltrexone and I can't enjoy either, but if I want to drink or take Kratom, all I need to do is stop taking my Naltrexone for 3 days and it's out of my system and I can enjoy myself, so I do this sometimes. The only thing I have to be sure of is that I have no kratom left in my system before I go back to taking my Naltrexone or it could cause precipitated withdrawal.
However, a while back I became very interested in Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone which is entirely different from full dose naltrexone because if used properly it COMPLETELY eliminates most opioid withdrawal, including kratom, and is also good for pain and anxiety and depression.
I found a facebook group that helps people find doctors for ULDN/LDN, and I'd like to get some, because whenever I do decide to use Kratom for more than a few days I will get really annoying WD for about 3 days where I'm just EXHAUSTED and can't stop sleeping, so I can't get any work done or do anything for those 3 days.
But the thing is, I'm already a bit worried that if I was ever injured again (and I've had multiple injuries from martial arts so it could happen again) that I might need opioids again and be denied them by a doctor if they incorrectly thought I was on the Naltrexone for opioid addiction rather than alcohol. I can only hope that if that ever happens I can tell my psychiatrist and he'll be willing to vouch that even though I take Naltrexone for alcohol that I have no opioid problem and still be able to get those for an injury, and I also take Klonopin which is a scheduled substance, so I must be careful what I tell doctors.
So all of this makes me even more reluctant to seek out Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone which I'd really like to have on hand.
This facebook site hooks you up with doctors you can talk to who will prescribe ULDN and pharmacies that will fill it, and I'd like to do that, but I'm worried about either my psychiatrist or primary physician finding out that I got this prescribed for me.
I think one or both might be quite confused as to why I'd have prescriptions for BOTH full dose AND Ultra Low Dose Naltrexone, and I worry about hypothetical situations where I could get cut off from my Klonopin and/or full dose naltrexone, or denied a pain medication if ever injured, if my doctors thought I was some kind of serious opioid addict.
I'm sorry, I know this is a lot to follow, but if anyone understand what I've described so far, here's my question:
If I were to call one of these doctors and have an online visit with him/her, and have one of these pharmacies fill a prescription for ULDN, does that automatically mean that this info would be in a computer database that my primary doctor and/or psychiatrist and/or regular pharmacy would be able to access, so as to know about it even despite my not getting it from them??
I'm hoping not, but I'm not naive, and I can only assume that once a prescription goes into any database, regardless of prescriber or pharmacy, that the info is out there and can easily be accessed by all my doctors, and I'm not comfortable with that, and so I haven't made the call to get ULDN.
Am I wrong?
Is there any possible way that by using a different doctor and different pharmacy that my regular doctors and pharmacy might NOT know that I was also prescribed ULDN??
Again, sorry this is so long, but I'm paranoid about what doctors know, and I'm not taking this risk if it could somehow backfire down the road.
Thanks
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