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Would you tell your doctor about your mdma use?

Would you tell your doctor about your mdma use?

  • No.

    Votes: 50 33.6%

  • He/she already knows. I have already told him/her

    Votes: 15 10.1%

  • Yes, if the doctor asked me first.

    Votes: 53 35.6%

  • Yes.

    Votes: 31 20.8%
  • Total voters
    149
  • Poll closed .
If I was ill and thought it was due to my usage then absolutely.

I don't think that doctors can adequately treat you if you they don't know the whole story.

As for just going into the doctor for a routine checkup I don't tell the doctor about my drug usage as it doesn't really seem relevant of I am feeling healthy.
 
My doctor already knows.

It has been particularly important lately as I have been fairly ill and every possibility needs to be considered. However he did know previously. He also knows I am fairly well educated re mdma and often asks me questions.
 
Why on earth not?! he's not gonna arrest you or tell your parents...he's gonna help you!
 
^^ You hope.

I've seen many cases of doctors and hospials breaking federal laws and violating constitutional rights. I have seen ER's turn people away for not having identification for example.

Personally, I wouldn't tell them anthing about what street drugs I might be using, simply because I wouldn't want them judging me to be a druggie, and treating me accordingly. After all, if they prescribe something for me, I can always research it myself, and then tell them it doesn't work if it would interact with any drugs I'm using, and have them prescribe something else.
 
Last winter I had laryngitis and a sinus infection, and kept rolling almost every night anyway. When I went to the doctor and they asked the usual "Any street drugs?" question I said no. I will probably always say no. I am hard with confrontation and very scared of lectures/people judging me so I just deny it.
 
I didn't tell a GP when I was seeking treatment for depression (I probably should have, although I doubt it would make any difference to the treatment).

I did (I think) tell a counsellor that I was seeing; but by then I'd pretty much ceased my usage so it wasn't such a big deal.
 
Like others have said here, I'd be too scared, especially as it's all stored on permanent records in my patient file. If I really had a problem, I'd have to see a doctor privately rather than my standard GP.

In a way, I feel that if I'm taking an illegal drug, that I've forfeited my right to medical care since I've broken the law, etc. There's still a stigma and it could affect their attitude towards me in the future.

But I would guess that each case is individual and based on how easy you find it to talk to your GP. There are certain issues like sexual and/or drugs that I would never feel safe discussing with them. I also fear that they could send my details to the police if they were overly concerned, especially as I've read that this will start happening more in future if they think anyone was potentially mentally unstable and thus a dangerous person. Seems safer to me just to only bring it up if it seems absolutely essential (such as an overdose life-threatening situation). After all, they could find all sorts of reasons to detain people if they really wanted to turn nasty... best not to got there.
 
^^ Thats concerning that they are becoming more likely to report medical information to the authorities. Of course, I'm sure the feds probably can already look at anyone's file in this age of patriot act BS. The constitution is becomeing more and more a work of art; something nice to look at in a museum, but doesn't really mean anything. 8(
 
purplefirefly said:
If I was ill and thought it was due to my usage then absolutely.

I don't think that doctors can adequately treat you if you they don't know the whole story.

As for just going into the doctor for a routine checkup I don't tell the doctor about my drug usage as it doesn't really seem relevant of I am feeling healthy.
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This is pretty much my mentality.

I have told one of my doctors about my drug usage, but that was when I was in college, and depressed. I'm not sure whether it was a wise thing to do, but hopefully anybody looking at that part of my records in the future will chalk it up to youthful experimentation.
 
mulberryman said:
^^ You hope.

I've seen many cases of doctors and hospials breaking federal laws and violating constitutional rights. I have seen ER's turn people away for not having identification for example.
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then u should have turned around and sued their ass!!

they are not allowed to due this whatsoever and it is part of the doctor oath!! they are not allowed to let u die for no reason...they are required to give u attention!!

and as far as the confidentiality....my wife and i rolled while i was in the service and she got very ill....and we told them we had rolled the previous week.....did my chain of command find out....no,cause he wasnt allowed to call them! :-)
 
GPs typically know jack shit about illicit drugs. tbh, if i had any issues that i thought were drug related i'd consult BL first.... so no, i wouldn't give my doc any fucking reason to think with bias and probably misdiagnose a problem that may be completely unrelated due to that bias
 
absolutely no way.

here in the uk we sometimes have to give permission for our employers to have access to our medical records. (hey, if you don't like it, you don't have to take the job, right? 8))

EDIT: if i thought it was relevant to a serious health problem then of course I would, but 99% of the time i definitely wouldn't.
 
pullstring said:
then u should have turned around and sued their ass!!

they are not allowed to due this whatsoever and it is part of the doctor oath!! they are not allowed to let u die for no reason...they are required to give u attention!!
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Well, atually it wasn't me but I'm not sure my friend would have had a case as his injuries weren't too serious and it might've been hard to proove harm was caused. Still, it was illegal and against their oath yes, but as they call it the hypocritical oath after all. From what I'ver heard this really isn't all that uncommon in the US, with many hospitals routinely turning away people who don't have credentials and are most likely indigent or illegal immigrants. They won't do it to just anybody, of course, as I'm sure they are aware of their liability, but without an ID and especially if you don't have or don't know your SSN (or say you don't), in many American hospitals you will be turned away unless you're in an ambulance, back of a squad car or in an obvious emergency.
 
A close friend of mine who was on the losing side of a cocaine addiction was diagnosed bi-polar, and was committed to a looney farm and put on lithium, but his shrink had no idea he was on cocaine. Apparently drug withdrawl makes you look mentally unstable, and you might get committed. Not a voluntary or fun situation. Doctors are there to help, and they will give bad help if they dont have the whole story. I personally think it unwise, and kinda dumb to lie to a doctor.
 
I find it pointless to discuss illicit drug use with your doctor unless you have reason to believe that the drugs are causing your problems. Reason being is most doctors will lecture you on your drug use and 99 percent of the time they will blame whatever drug your using on your problems.

I admitted to drug use once to a MD...and he gave me a full blown lecture and pointed his finger on the specific drug I was using and blamed it for all my problems when at the time it was my first time trying this drug.
 
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