Harm Reduction getting prescriptions from my gp? uk

[lightblue543]

To save me from the dangerous struggles of wanting and street drugs, I was thinking about trying to get a small prescription of benzos or gabapentin to wean off or use as need be, yet I have trouble asking for what I'd like partly due to the major stigma associated with this. Was wondering if anyone else had the same problem and if anyone has tried this? Without coming off as needy, or a junkie, and tbh I am tired on the moralistic lecture (not harm reduction, just moralistic, if I am being honest I am pretty sure it's actually a bit, well, cruel, like there's been more than one occasion where I think someone said something just to feel above me or to put me in the one down position). Other experiences have been neutral or sympathetic. The most I get or can get from a gp is codeine with a real reason, or a very small amount of sleeping benzos I think tepam. Like who here gets 'pentin or pregab for RLS for instance.

 

[Soso78]

I hated being on supervised methadone,
Having to drink it in the chemist in front of everyone.
Talk about being looked down on

 

[lightblue543]

There is a clinic near me for outpatient detox but you naturally have to follow their guidelines of getting off it, or in uk go to drug and alcohol service who are inendated and care a lot, but say only a licenced pharmacist/practioner
can prescribe meds, so really I'd be going to both at the same time. private healthcare I think is where you get prescriptions for conditions like RLS, chronic pain, adhd etc.

 

[Jen X]

We can't tell you what to say to get a prescription. Be honest with your doctor is best I can recommend.
Closing this. But feel free to make another thread asking questions that don't involve how to get a script.