I have a serious question.

[imabrat]

Okay, so in my health unit we we're doing some stuff on drugs. One study said something like a certain percentage of teens either do drugs, sell drugs, or use prespcription drugs.

Okay, I take Rx drugs. I've had them since I've had my knee redone, and both my doctor and physical therapist say to take them if I need them. I have pain when I walk (common) so RARELY I take them before I go to
PT and do alot of walking and work outs. I also have pain when I go to sleep. (uncommon, but some with new knees have this also)
I don't take them everyday, moreso 1 every 2-4 days. It's rare if I take one everyday or 2 in one day.
I also try to take ibuprofen/Tylenol/Motrin to help with the pain when I don't want to take a painkiller.

Anyway, I'm getting worried. It's probably just a silly thing, but I feel like a druggie when I read those reports. I feel like one of THOSE teens, KWIM? My doctors say it's okay because "If I had seen what they did to my knee, I would probably be in a whole lot more pain." Meaning if I saw them operating my knee.

My ?
Do I sound like a druggie to other teens? I have anxiety, and it makes me afraid of some silly stuff. (IE leaving the house, using the "facilities", avoiding the hospital) Is this silly?

 

[Babyjustrun]

I think it's understandable to be taking drugs, because you're taking them for a reason, you're actually in pain.

You're not taking them recreationally, and you're making an effort to not be dependant on them.

 

[imabrat]

I REALLY DO hate taking them. I hate this whole situation actually. I'm SO used to being 'Go Go Go' all the time and I can't do that anymore. Then I overwork myself at PT and end up doing nothing for the next few days because I'm so in pain.
I've had many sleepless nights due to pain. And if I have even a little pain and don't take it before I fall asleep, I'm guaranteed to wake up around 1-2 am with excruiciating pain.

 

[Sparx]

sonya. you had cancer.
no one is going to think youre a druggy cause you take rx drugs every few days.

i take an rx every day.
along with some ibuprofen.
if i don't, i will have headaches that prevent me from functioning.

i'm not a druggie.
and neither are you.

 

[DramaQueen]

Yeeeah....you have every excuse in the world to be taking whatever Rx drugs you see fit to! lol Trruuuust me you do NOT sound like a druggie!!


Today I was like "wow....i just put ALOT of different pills/drugs into my body" so it's funny you should start this thread.

Right now I'm on Novamoxin for a sinus infection (I have to take 3/day), Vigamox for an eye infection, I take BCPs everyday, I took ibuprofens for cramps and a dayquill because I've been feeling sick/fatigued lately.
so I'm chalk full of Rx drugs!

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

You don't sound like a druggie. You're not addicted, and from your description, you're not dependent on them either.

 

[TinkerTracy]

You are NOT a druggie. You take them becaues you need them, and you're not waking up in the middle of the night CRAVING one. That would be a problem. If you're in pain you take one, that is not a problem you are in control.
Don't worry about it

 

[CrazyChik]

I really hate it when newspapers are like ' and blah blah % of youth today will either be selling or taking illegal drugs and blah blah % of youths will be on prescription drugs.'
Unless they mean that some people take prescription drugs just for fun i really don't think it's a valid point in that context. I mean prescription drugs are prescribed by a dr. for a reason, they're not there to give you your next fix. No Sonya you don't sound like a druggie you sound like a very brave cancer survivor who'd just like a few drugs to take away the pain.

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

Sonya, you've been prescribed them by your doctor, you don't sound like a druggie at all.
Plus it's not like you're popping pills every hour, jiving for your fix. (I feel like I just used a bunch of 1920's slang in that last sentence....)

When they say teens are taking prescription pills to get high, they're talking about kids taking OxyCotin or stealing from their parents medicine cabinet.
It's not referring to you or me, taking prescription drugs at the dosage recommended.

 

[PowerMonkey]

Sonya, you've been prescribed them by your doctor, you don't sound like a druggie at all.
Plus it's not like you're popping pills every hour, jiving for your fix. (I feel like I just used a bunch of 1920's slang in that last sentence....)

When they say teens are taking prescription pills to get high, they're talking about kids taking OxyCotin or stealing from their parents medicine cabinet.
It's not referring to you or me, taking prescription drugs at the dosage recommended.

ditto


and if they were talking about people like you (taking prescribed things from doctors), then EVERYONE would be a druggy.. everyone has taken prescription drugs some time in their life for one reason or another

 

[disneychick2721]

Your not a druggie.
You said you hate taking them.
Im pretty sure a druggie would say the opposite.

 

[marypops!]

You're not a druggie. You're taking them for a medical reason, not because you're addicted to it.

In my science class last year, we had a discussion about drugs and the teacher asked everyone some names of drugs and to put our hands up if we've tried it. He also put his hands up for them. I was the only one who put their hand up for any of them.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

It's understandable for you to be taking drugs for those specific purposes.
If you were taking them just for the sake of taking them and trying to be "cool" then you would be a druggie.
But you don't sound like one.

 

[I'm a Divaaaaa]

Are you kidding? The kids they are talking about are the kids that shoot up Oxycontin or snort Roxys or buy other kid's that ADD's adderall just to get a high. You are nothing like that, at all.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

I think it's understandable to be taking drugs, because you're taking them for a reason, you're actually in pain.

You're not taking them recreationally, and you're making an effort to not be dependant on them.

Exactly.

 

[CheezDoodle]

I have GAD, so I worry about those things too. I think it's kind of stupid that your health class makes it seem like teens who take THEIR prescription medicine are druggies like teens who smoke crack and stuff. They're not!