Short story, somebody owed me some money and thet gave me a check that was not good, I cashed it and the police took me to jail for 3 days, they refused to give me my meds, i freaked out and they slammed me around, bruised my arms, wrists, back and legs I had horriable panic attacks and have continued to have them as well as suicidal thoughts. I can't tell any body in my family or my Dr.'s because I think they will think I'm a failure and because I think they are sick of my depression. The jail lady told me to grow up and depression and panic attacks are B.S. Can the jail do that???
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Q: jail not giving me my prescription meds for 3 days
Answers (2)
12/13/08 4:47am
You definatly need to tell your doctor. I hope you are seeing at least a therapist that talks with a meds doctor so they can help get you on the right meds. i have been to jail too in AZ and it seems to me to be standard procedure in most states for them to take us off our meds. a big reason is because there are a lot of people out there who abuse meds and they need to see what happens if we don't have them. what the lady said to you was BS - but they are just guards many of them do not understand and have no sympathy for hearing our plite. they deal with all kinds of crud every waking minute of their shift.
I hope you don't have to go through this again. but definatly get with a good doctor who knows about this diagnosis and a meds doctor too unless you can get one that can do both for you.
Good Luck
Blessings
RC
12/ 6/08 4:47am
I guess the jail did whether they can or cannot. I had a similiar situation almost ten years ago in Maine. I was sentenced in Maine for DUI. At the time I had moved to Arizona and was doing much better. I went to jail and they, too refused my prescribed medication. They gave me none of my psych meds not even a thyroid pill. My lawyer got word to the judge who luckily was familiar with the adverse effects of stopping cold turkey on taking these meds. The jusge told the jail to give them to me. Still they did NOT. The next time the judge scrawled a cross the order to release me immediately! Too late. They called me to leave and as I was changing from the jail uniform to my clothes I had a seizure and bit my tongue and hit my head and had to go to ER. I did not pursue it further., I just wanted out of Maine
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