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Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety While On Adderall

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Posted on Mon, 3 Apr 2017
Question: My 17 year old daughter was prescribed Adderall for ADD. She stopped taking it and her grades went way down. When we went back to the doctor (we had to go to a new one because our former one had moved away) they said she had to take a urine drug test to get a new prescription. She did and her test came back with; amphetamine, caffeine, tramadol, chlorcyclizine, and cannabinoids. She had told me she had smoked pot at a recent school dance and it might show up. After she failed the test she said she had recently found some of her old Adderall that we had taken on a trip and had taken one that day and one of her friends gave her something for anxiety because she was stressed about a boy who had been stalking her. (The boy thing was indeed true). Since she failed the drug test she could not get a new prescription. When I asked the doctor how long before she could take another drug test and when it came out clean how long before she could get her Adderall again. He said she can NEVER get Adderall or any controlled substance again because if it comes up positive like this they automatically assume the person is buying and selling these drugs on the street illegally. Now my daughter is flunking out of school and may not graduate with her class in May of 2017. This could affect her whole future. I know using someone else's prescription drugs is serious (and I have re-emphasized this to my daughter) but this seemed extreme to me. My daughter is a good kid, who made a mistake but she is not a drug dealer. Is this really the law and if it is do I have any recourse since she was prescribed Adderall for her ADD. Thank you. We live in MI
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Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
IT is indeed the new law!

Detailed Answer:
HI and thanks so much for this query.

I have reviewed your information fully and this is truly a huge concern. With your daughter not going so great at school after stopping the adderall is truly a reason for you to be concerned.

Unfortunately, it is the law. Also, finding other illegal drugs (Tramadol/Cannabinoids) in the urine only fortifies the point that she deals with drugs to the medical community. While it might have been totally coincidental, the doctor is bound to succumb to the laws and that’s the unfortunate aspect of it. However, I would suggest you again talk to your daughter about how she gets to lay hand on a multitude of such controlled substances that show up in her urine. Am afraid she might be having some not too good friends around her.

In all, it is the law and no physician would go against it. You may want to attack the legal system that put it in place to see if there could be a special waiver for your daughter which would be highly unlikely.

I hope this sheds some more light on this. I wish you well. Feel free to follow up with me if need be.

Kind regards!

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety While On Adderall

Brief Answer: IT is indeed the new law! Detailed Answer: HI and thanks so much for this query. I have reviewed your information fully and this is truly a huge concern. With your daughter not going so great at school after stopping the adderall is truly a reason for you to be concerned. Unfortunately, it is the law. Also, finding other illegal drugs (Tramadol/Cannabinoids) in the urine only fortifies the point that she deals with drugs to the medical community. While it might have been totally coincidental, the doctor is bound to succumb to the laws and that’s the unfortunate aspect of it. However, I would suggest you again talk to your daughter about how she gets to lay hand on a multitude of such controlled substances that show up in her urine. Am afraid she might be having some not too good friends around her. In all, it is the law and no physician would go against it. You may want to attack the legal system that put it in place to see if there could be a special waiver for your daughter which would be highly unlikely. I hope this sheds some more light on this. I wish you well. Feel free to follow up with me if need be. Kind regards!