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May 8, 2007, 12:50 am PDT
 Quote From: mgar401 I saw this topic and I cant wait to watch the show..I see my mother in alot of these storys. She was addicted to tylenol with codene and vicodine since she was 12. I always wondered if her pills were more important than the life she gave. She often showed me that they were by going on "vacation" for a few days, waking up very mad and very abusive to my brother and I and then be fine for a few days and be "gone" again. Even though she was always home , in bed with excuses , she made my brother and I suffer for her problems. We were the cause and consiquence. In fall 2003 she almost killed herself while taking these pills. She was in the ICU for about 2 weeks and then in the hospital for about 2-3 wks after that. The DR.s told me she wasnt going to make because her body was having bad withdrawls and was shutting down. On top of the pills she smoked almost 2 packs a day. They finally got her clean and some help back on her feet within 6 months, all to this again the summer of 2006. She took her sleeping pills and forgot she took and took them again an hour later. She fell asleep on my sofa bed and wouldnt wake up. This time she did this at my house, with my children present. My husband and I had no choice but to call 911, and if we didnt she might of died again as well. I personally dont think there is enough INFORMATION OUT ABOUT PERCRIPTION DRUGS and the consiquences of not taking them properly. You often see on the labels " for the intended purpose", or " percribed for the person on the lable", but you dont see anything about OVERDOSE or the fact that you can die if not taken correctly. If these are the on the lables are in the fine print and can not be seen by someone who doesnt look at the labels. Too many people are devloping addictions and dying from these medications on a daily basis.The Dr's need to start educating there patience about the drugs they percribe. I cant say anymore about this because with her abusing the medications, she abused and neglicted my brother and I and its a aweful scary heartaching trip down memory lane....
Mgar401@aol.com I just wanted to say thank you. It's nice to see that there are still children out there that don't totally give up on their parents. We have all made mistakes, I never did these things in front of my daughter or son that lived with their father(who was a big time coke dealer and user) on the week-ends that I had them, I was all there! I would call my daughter and just want to talk, even tho no one could understand a word I said. I've been clean and sober for 7yrs 2 mo and my daughter wont have a thing to do with me or her step dad and refuses us seeing our 3yo granddaughter. I'm just so happy to see that some kids still care!!! |
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May 10, 2007, 4:36 pm PDT
Quote From: mgar401 I saw this topic and I cant wait to watch the show..I see my mother in alot of these storys. She was addicted to tylenol with codene and vicodine since she was 12. I always wondered if her pills were more important than the life she gave. She often showed me that they were by going on "vacation" for a few days, waking up very mad and very abusive to my brother and I and then be fine for a few days and be "gone" again. Even though she was always home , in bed with excuses , she made my brother and I suffer for her problems. We were the cause and consiquence. In fall 2003 she almost killed herself while taking these pills. She was in the ICU for about 2 weeks and then in the hospital for about 2-3 wks after that. The DR.s told me she wasnt going to make because her body was having bad withdrawls and was shutting down. On top of the pills she smoked almost 2 packs a day. They finally got her clean and some help back on her feet within 6 months, all to this again the summer of 2006. She took her sleeping pills and forgot she took and took them again an hour later. She fell asleep on my sofa bed and wouldnt wake up. This time she did this at my house, with my children present. My husband and I had no choice but to call 911, and if we didnt she might of died again as well. I personally dont think there is enough INFORMATION OUT ABOUT PERCRIPTION DRUGS and the consiquences of not taking them properly. You often see on the labels " for the intended purpose", or " percribed for the person on the lable", but you dont see anything about OVERDOSE or the fact that you can die if not taken correctly. If these are the on the lables are in the fine print and can not be seen by someone who doesnt look at the labels. Too many people are devloping addictions and dying from these medications on a daily basis.The Dr's need to start educating there patience about the drugs they percribe. I cant say anymore about this because with her abusing the medications, she abused and neglicted my brother and I and its a aweful scary heartaching trip down memory lane....
Mgar401@aol.com My heart broke for you when i read your story. I, too have a mother who has been addicted to prescription drugs. We had alot of good times as children, but had some very strange and bad times, too. I am 55 years old and when our dad died suddenly 15 years ago, we finally realized how bad things were and that our life was fairly normal up until then, because our dad made it so. The last 15 years have been a roller coaster of problems and emotions. Our mother is 80 years old now and has been living in assisted living for 6 years after being diagnosed with everything from mental illness to dementia. It is very hard to deal with because we know many of her problems are caused from the presription drugs. I have to say that I feel alot of blame should be put on the doctors who continue to supply these prescrition drugs. I consider them drug dealers and are no different than the dealers on the street, other than the fact that they have a license to do it. |
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