thor
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- Aug 16, 2011
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this is the problem i've been having since moving from the USA to the UK. after being prescribed about 10 different medications, i was eventually placed on a regular prescription for kl0n for something they called "severe PTSD and GAD" - it was the *only* medication that worked for me out of the 11 they prescribed over the years. i didn't know i'd have no access whatsoever to this medication upon moving to the UK. it has taken 6 entire years for someone at mental health to finally see me, and i've been referred to 3 different NHS mental health facilities for outpatient help - none of them will prescribe the medication that worked for me. they want me to go back on antidepressants (which i will not do again, they made me suicidal and the withdrawal from them, even tapering, was actual hell on earth), they said after 6 sessions that CBT isn't right for the "complexity" of my issue. i've tried everything already and they will not prescribe what works for me because of the UK's stance on this particular type of medication. meanwhile people all over the UK are doing ecstasy pills regularly and getting drunk to the point of fighting in streets but that's nowhere near as regulated or controlled. i understand that this medication has abuse potential, but that doesn't mean people that legitimately need the medication to live their daily lives should be without it. i see alcohol ruining people's lives over here every day and nobody in the UK is doing anything to regulate that.Another example , xanax (alprazolam) is way popular and well known in the US . In the UK they arent prescribed
by the NHS , you can only get them if you have a doctor who writes you a private prescription and the majority of
NHS doctors wont prescribe you it privately...and that includes the psychs....'
this is the problem i've been having since moving from the USA to the UK. after being prescribed about 10 different medications, i was eventually placed on a regular prescription for kl0n for something they called "severe PTSD and GAD" - it was the *only* medication that worked for me out of the 11 they prescribed over the years. i didn't know i'd have no access whatsoever to this medication upon moving to the UK. it has taken 6 entire years for someone at mental health to finally see me, and i've been referred to 3 different NHS mental health facilities for outpatient help - none of them will prescribe the medication that worked for me. they want me to go back on antidepressants (which i will not do again, they made me suicidal and the withdrawal from them, even tapering, was actual hell on earth), they said after 6 sessions that CBT isn't right for the "complexity" of my issue. i've tried everything already and they will not prescribe what works for me because of the UK's stance on this particular type of medication. meanwhile people all over the UK are doing ecstasy pills regularly and getting drunk to the point of fighting in streets but that's nowhere near as regulated or controlled. i understand that this medication has abuse potential, but that doesn't mean people that legitimately need the medication to live their daily lives should be without it. i see alcohol ruining people's lives over here every day and nobody in the UK is doing anything to regulate that.Another example , xanax (alprazolam) is way popular and well known in the US . In the UK they arent prescribed
by the NHS , you can only get them if you have a doctor who writes you a private prescription and the majority of
NHS doctors wont prescribe you it privately...and that includes the psychs....'