Woman Says She Isn’t Addicted to Her Medication
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2022
- Erica and Jean say they are very concerned for their 76-year-old mother, Blanche, and they are giving her an ultimatum: choose fentanyl or the family. The sisters claim they had an abusive upbringing with Blanche and hold a lot of resentment toward her. They also say Blanche has an addictive personality with prescription drugs, food, and shopping. Erica says their mother takes too many medications, and they say they are worried that she will hurt someone else, as she has been in several car accidents. Blanche insists she isn’t an addict but is dependent on her medications, which is different. Blanche claims she has always been the outcast of her family and hopes they will finally hear her perspective with the help of Dr. Phil. (20115)
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As someone who lives with chronic pain, I can understand where she’s coming from. Don’t judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.
I agree, I also have chronic pain and need to keep pain management to a certain level
Mom my lives in chronic pain .she has to take medication for it .If feel for this lady she reminds me of my mother.God bless her and everyone who suffers with daily.
Is it bad though that she can't function? I understand needing to manage pain but if the medicine started affecting my ability to do certain activities wouldn't that be a good reason to talk to your doctor?
@@anniewallace3601 I do agree with you on that.....
I live with chronic pain every day and I'm judging. She's a junkie there is a difference.
As someone who has chronic pain, I feel sad for the lady.
I completely agree with her. Once you live with chronic pain, you never get high when you are on pain meds.
Getting her off meds now, would
cause more harm than good.
She should not be driving for sure.
Until you walk in her shoes, then you can not understand.
I completely agree with you.
I agree
Well said. I agree.
Alot of people (myself included) will be on pain meds for life my doctor wouldn't and couldn't responsibly take me off my meds and I'm a PHYSICIAN
I’m walking in her shoes. Believe me I understand pain! Every joint in my body has worn out mainly due to the wear and tear of the equine sports I did for many years(actually the last 30+years)! But I loved it and would still be doing it! But I have to take medication on a regular basis but not all she described! She will never get off them at this point!! I have woken up in pain during the night now! And I can’t shop at the grocery store without an electric cart. For clothes shopping it’s either a quick in/out situation or online!
The woman is obviously on her way out. Just let the poor lady have her drugs for her remaining years. Lol
EDIT: yes, she should have her driver's license revoked. That should be a stipulation for her to continue with her medication regimen.
As long as she doesn't drive
Damn! Lmao!!
Right!! She would probably not pass a field test. And the fantenal! Those are major mind altering drugs. I know about pain but the more you take the more you need! I speak with experience!!😕
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She shouldn't have a license on all those drugs
She seems really sharp & not drugged out. But it's rough & the horrible lack of treatment & therapy we give chronic pain patients.
The sad truth is, the body doesn't know the difference between medical use & Abusive misuse. They affect the brain & body the same. My mom went through this until I found an amazing pain doctor who actually treated her pain & got her meds wayyy lowered.
She also on anti depressants because of chronic constant pain. What is she supposed to do? Suffer? Get more depressed? How about when her conditions can be CURED she’ll stop taking meds. Until then it’s INHUMANE to expect anyone to be so bad they’ve got no quality of life.
To anyone reading this, unless you’ve been in horrible pain for 5yrs EVERY DAY….. then you’ve got NO CLUE.
As someone with chronic migraines… I feel for this woman. When you don’t deal with that level of chronic pain day in day out, you don’t get it.
I have chronic tension migraines too. I take Topamax for them and naproxen. They are so debilitating!
i have chronic migraines too & idk what else to do except pain management. i’ve had them for 6 years. i’ve taken everything under the sun, everyone just thinks that if you’re prescribed opioids you’re automatically addicted.
BTW narcotics don’t help migraines. There is a migraine buster that works for me and it’s non narcotic! Ask your doctor.
@@misty4757 That’s it!
Who cares she was a child abuser anyway
As someone with severe chronic pain, I'm actually on her side. She doesn't seem drugged up and she comes across as coherant and clearly knows what she's talking about.
Oh shut up no one cares
This woman was brought to Dr. Phil for this. Smh. She shouldn't be driving but she didn't prescribe these drugs to herself. Your body becomes dependent, and you eventually need more and more to manage pain. Breaks my heart to see this elderly woman put on display like this. Praying for their family.
Wow what kind of doctor would actually prescribe all of these different medications? Sounds like someone needs to have their medical license revoked!! This is rediculous!!
She likely ‘doctor shops’, going rom doc to doc to get more meds.
She probably doctor shops
Some people get the drugs go to different hospitals in order to get that much medicine
You'd be surprised what you can get from the dr. Most don't care as long as you have the cash to pay for it. She keeps paying. He keeps writing scripts. It's a vicious cycle. You'd hope the doctors would do the right thing and not make someone chemically dependent for a dollar but sadly that's how it is.
a lot of those are for very different things. 13 isn’t that many for someone with several health conditions. I’m on 2 of the ones they listed (for depression and anxiety) and my mom probably takes about 10+ scripts. She was born without a hip socket. some people really are in pain all the time!
I'm taking sides with the mother on this one. Pain is no joke especially at that age and with all the car accidents also she didn't really show any addict behaviors so I'm pretty sure she's not abusing her medication she's just old and her kids obviously have never experienced true excruciating pain...
This is sad, poor lady desperately trying to stay composed and coherent :( Her daughters seem supportive and genuine about their momma getting help. I hope she does ❤
I personally think it's extremely hard to access pain medication. Maybe not for this lady, but for most of us..... Feeding into the fear of opioid addiction, leads to more fentanyl on the streets, which leads to more deaths....
But lets not talk about the one person who is actually in dire pain..... but cannot get pain medication from the emergency room nor their doctor.... because there are so many restrictions on doctors prescribing them..... So they instead turn to the streets and find something laced with fentanyl and die. Even though they were clearly in pain their blood pressure was elevated due to the pain their body was showing all the signs of being in pain.. .. they were not allowed one single painkiller by a doctor.......
Let's not talk about people who have broken bones and were refused pain medication.
Let's not talk about cancer patients that have been refused pain medication
Let's keep perpetuating the fear of opioids, so fentanyl can keep killing people 😥😥😥😥😥
Well said…
You are so right.there is a time and place for pain meds.unless you have had a broken bone,you can't understand the pain for at least 3 days. It's unbelievable. And if someone if dying from cancer,are we really going to worry about them getting addicted?
Thank you Rachel. ❤
👏👏👏👏Bravo
@@babyblu76 I have Metastatic Melanoma with mets to the brain.
I am having incredible headaches and side effects from treatment.
I can not get a Norco. It is ridiculous.
Fentanyl AND Percocet?? That's insane!
I had the EXACT reaction to that 😯 There's no need of that whatsoever! Is the same doctor prescribing everything? I might've missed that. If so, he needs to be held fully accountable for his actions. This is clearly way to much medicine. I'm sure he's got several patients suffering from a pill addiction if he's handing them out like Halloween 🎃 Candy!
Exactly what I was thinking I could see one of them especially at her age with the things her body has been through, but not both...
I can't even handle pain meds. I got prescribe percocet when I had surgery. I was only able to take half and it hit me like a hurricane. This lady needs help
My doc prescribed me that exact dual prescription for years due to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. I told myself the same thing, that I was dependent, not addicted. Well, an opiate soaked brain doesn't care about semantics. I finally had enough and I just celebrated eight years sober. I now use diet, exercise and nerve blocks to manage my pain. I'll never be pain free, but I can live an awesome, active life now.
I am kinda shocked she can get around on that combination. I am a cancer patient with Mets to my bones and not sure I could manage that combo. I guess her doctor gives the patch for continual relief and the Percocet for break thru pain but it does sound like an awful lot
Getting old is fricken painful. Everyone should have access to pain meds as they are getting older .
my grandma broke her back like 8 years ago. At 16 years old, I had to drive my grandmother to the psych ward because she was 1013’d because she had over taken her prescription of Percocet by 13 days. she takes 4 a day and one day took 10. she was withdrawing from being without them for 2 days that she was FORCED to go to the mental hospital. I can promise this lady is addicted just like my grandma is. I can imagine being in pain 24/7 is horrendous and I wish it on no one but denial ain’t doing the trick either.
i feel bad for her. she’s so old she’s starting to shrink. it almost makes me understand her point of view
She does not seem like a drug abuser at all. Her family needs to walk a mile in her shoes. My grandma has chronic pain, and so does my mother. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and I have to take loperamide a lot, but then I hear about people abusing it for some kind of opiate high. Doesn’t make sense to me because it makes me feel nothing (but constipation).
Looks to me like the daughters are using their dying mother to get on tv. Just wondering how these accidents happened if her kids are so worried about her well-being one phone call to the dmv she wouldn’t have a license anymore. If they are so caring that they called dr Phil over this why is she driving anyway? Take away her car and let’s see if they step up to tote their mother around town. Or do they have a plan to dump the mom into a nursing home and take away everything she has because it happens all the time nowadays. Better stuff mom in what amounts to a prison for seniors that’s rife with disease and abuse with no parole from daily torment except death!
I have migraines and chronic cluster headaches. I have been on pain medication my entire life. It is insulting that Dr Phil that is not a medical professional is claiming she's using medications incorrectly. If you do not have migraines, true, chronic migraines, you should shut your damned mouth
Why do people treat Dr. Phil so seriously, he's a rich nobody and has no right to lecture this lady about severe pains. Shame on him.
Sorry for your pain. I know of many neurologists in Dallas who have helped people get their migraines down to 1 or 2 a month without any opiates. Much better way to live. Used to work for one of them. So many non-opiate options if you are willing. Dr. Phil is right that you are developing long term adverse effects from chronic opiate use.
My father has been taking 1-4 hydrocodone a day for over 30 years. He had a slipped disk. They gave that to him and he’s been taking it ever since. Never daughter anything else. Missed out on my entire life. Was verbally and physically abusive. If he misses pills he gets withdraws (pain and nausea) and panics. We’ve tried to get him help, but he won’t take it. He’s a full on narcissist.
I'm just gonna say it, as old as she is and at this stage in her life if she just quit taking opioids I think it would do more harm than good. If she went one day without she would quickly get the concept of addiction. I went threw withdraws badly after just a month or so, could you imagine 25-30 years? I think quitting could damn near kill her for real, but the talk shouldn't be quitting that's not reasonable, getting off the patch and on something a little less strong wouldn't hurt. But quitting all together, probably not advisable. And the whole thing about her threatening her doctor with suicide to get pills..I'm actually on the old ladys side there. If a doctor really fell for that and gave in instead of Baker Acting her for threatening self harm he shouldn't be in the field. Threatening any normal doctor for narcotics does not work lol, and never has. I doubt she did that
Some doctors really don’t care for their patients. As long as they come to their appointments so that they can bill the insurance company(s). It’s all a business and no business wants to loose a customer.
As a nurse of 35 years, I've seen it all from the "experts". In the sixties and seventies we weren't allowed to even give opiates until you were hours from death, pain management wasn't even a thing back then. Eventually, pain in itself became a recognised condition affecting peoples' quality of life and mental state. So then, out came the different analgesics. But now we've come full circle again, so that pain management is a couple if paracetamol and a few ibuprofen! Honestly! Why can't so called experts agree that all analgesics have their place and that if opiates are needed that doesn't make someone an addict. They have a pain problem, not a drug problem. I get so angry with the holier than thou self righteous judges of all that is moral and good
Being concerned for Mom, ok. Also her daughters don't feel the pain she feels. Only thing I can say from a nurses stand point is NEVER trust a doctor. Trust your body. Prayers to this family 💖
I couldn't agree more with you bootsnmud..girl. I am nearly 80 but authorities have no complaint about my driving at all. Believe me, I know exactly the day that I'll not be safe driving. I know my body and brain better than anyone else. I'll also know the day that Dementia starts. If I even suspect the slightest deterioration, I'll be the first to stop.
@@dianapeek6936 I applaud you for knowing your limits! I know it's a rough place to be, but making the best of it, keeping you and others safe is the best thing! It's always great to see people that are in tune with their bodies vs letting docs "pratice" on you! Many Prayers for you 💖
My grandmother was just like this lady. And it shortened her life tremendously.
If it shortened her life but free of pain. Isn't that preferable?
If you’re that age and health is bad I say take what you want.
Okay. But if she cant take care of herself,,,ALONE. And drives too? She doesnt get to "Take What she wants"! Shes going to KILL someone while driving. Nor should her adult daughters Then be called upon, guilt tripped to care for her. If she can take care of her physically n financially? Fine. And better not Drive n KILL someone.
totally agree.
better for them to pass away not in pain and as comfortable as possible
@@pluto5814 Absolutely. I think at her age it should be about her QUALITY of life. What kind of quality of life can anyone have with chronic pain. It’s so sad
Addiction is abusing the benefits of the pain medicine but I cannot blame her, I blame the doctors. Who tf takes or prescribes that much medicine 🫣
Ummm, alot of people. Alot of PPl NEED and require those meds, I'm a physician I would know
@@jordanalandry1866 ok. she’s a nurse. I’m just a commentator. It’s clear in the interview she told a physician she’d kill herself wo their prescriptions . We need a physiatrist to chime in.
when i changed my psych.. I asked her if there was an anxiety medication that I didn't have to take multiple times a day (I was on hydroxyine) and she offered me xanax on my first apppointment. I'm a pharmacy tech so i see what controlled drugs do to people and I was like????seriously???ON MY FIRST VISIT?
@@jesjes2500 I agree that controlled substances are very damaging. Everyone is aware of this but aren’t addressing the actual issue: the ease of access & persuasion to get them. Its like if a child says my stomach hurts everyday to get out school, & is prescribed Xanax. The medicine is a necessity for his mental health, but it’s damaging a part of the child’s everyday life. You could continue to medicate & add on more meds. You could stop but that’s abusing the child’s mental state so Do you fault the doctor, the parent or the child. Also do not overlook the child is just wanting to be out of school, as a parent we can stop bad habits but not all adults have that guidance or support to know when enough is enough
@@13ird I would blame the doctor to be honest, the parent probably doesn't know any better and neither does the child (hopefully. Every day the age of kids doing/selling drugs is decreasing sadly). The perscriber took an oath to do whats best for the patient..and they very well do know the damage that it can cause. Especially on a developing child!! It should be a last resort😪.
There is much more to this issue, than her being in chronic pain ,I know about it, I go through episodes. "She's not addicted but dependent on them " is a prime example
My best friends grandma was on a concoction similar to this for the last 5 years of her life and I always said if I took all that I'd be dead. No idea how she's walking and talking, wild. Those doctors need their licenses taken omg
No they don't they'd have had them taken long ago if they were doing anything untoward. Only a pain management doctor can rx those kind of meds some of us will be on them for LIFE that's how that works not all pain can be treated in other ways. I'm a physician myself
I've been in pain for 9,820,800 mins of my life. So for 18 years and I'm only 30. I might be young, but I know the issues with chonic pain. I broke my L5 vertebra when I was 12 and got a lumber Fusion when I was 16. I was a late bloomer and had to wait till I hit 16. I was still in pain, but it just became a different type of pain.But I only started taking pain meds about 5 years ago. When the stairs at my apt broke and I tumbled down. It's not fun, feeling like your living in a plastic bottle. :/ People who are lucky enough to be medical fine, just dont get it.
I'm very disappointed in this episode of Dr. Phil. These old biddy's bringing their lovely mom on national TV for what? To embarrase her? I'm really mad at Dr. Phil for allowing this. These old women should be loving their mom and creating what memories they can. Good memories. Not a memory of taking her on Dr. Phil to tell her about some faults she has. Totally ashamed of Dr. Phil.
She isn’t wrong about not getting high when you have pain tho
That's ridiculous and yes she is wrong.
I've loved doctor Phil for forever now, but the past couple episodes I'm genuinely disappointed in his tactics.. I'm not a professional myself, and maybe it's just me but i truly see a difference in how he works lately. It's disappointing 😞
You are so right Allison. Its all about the money now and not about health and welfare. Time he retired.
This lady seems more coherent than her daughters
I'm a chronic pain sufferer with severe spinal problems and a partial failed spinal surgery. I have about 10 more health conditions than she does. I am on the Fentanyl patch (for the last 6 years, haven't upped my dose at all, works well enough that I can somewhat function but not work, no side effects). I have to take other medications and I'm still on less than a third of what's she's on. She needs a new doctor. I doubt she's in pain management. Mine would never mix all those meds nor let my psychiatrist prescribe 3 antidepressants with Fentanyl. There are so many you cannot mix with that medication.
Whats this ladys adress asking for a friend 😭😭😭
Why??
Lol I was thinking the same what a freaking gold mine granny could have her a Benz with those zannys she isn't taking XD
@@evonekky3672 😭😭😭😭😭😭
My step mom died from addiction to oxy. She dr shopped forever and later got people to get her oxy off the street. Died an awful addict. Always had excuses.
😔 so sad
He still on the air. I thought he would be cancel after Danielle Bregoli expose him. about the ranch
Rainbownate-follow the money!!!!! That's all it is.
As someone who has been on and off medications for my mental health & ADHD since childhood.. I UNDERSTAND the struggle. I have to take PRN valium and temazapam for my chronic PTSD & anxiety disorder that rises up when I have flashbacks. I have to take pregablin for my nerve pain. Dependence on legal prescribed medication is 100% real. It is NOT the same as an addiction especially if you need them for health.
Im an RN, too. She's correct about the pain. She's old, not working and needs to be left alone.
pills are extremely hard to get off of, I was only on them for about 4 years and it was extremely hard to get off of. the difference is I was a full blown addict, got pregnant and quit cold turkey. It’s hard but if she’s in pain i feel horrible.
She needs to stop that, I lost a grandmother from being addicted to medicine
I come from a toxic family. Watching Dr Phil has been better than therapy.
Doctors cut my 98 y/o grandmother off from her 15 year perc 30 prescription weened her way too quickly and she suffered everyday all bc some righteous doctor wanted to end addiction and probably wasn’t getting a kickback any longer. My mother couldn’t get pain medicine to save her life having both knees both hips a shoulder replacement
Multiple stents an aneurysm is cyst growing on his spine and neuropathy just to name a few. It is disgusting what they put people through who actually need medication and yet won’t give it and then if you are lucky enough to be prescribed, they make you feel like a junkie All for wanting to be able to do normal daily tasks without suffering.
Damn... I'm shocked she is still alive. It's so crazy how doctors prescribe these meds. If have never went to a doctor in pain and they offered me pain meds.
You have no idea what you are talking about 🤦♀️ so why say anything ?? If you do not have Chronic Pain 24/7 and “live” most of your life in bed 🛌 then STFU 🤫
I struggle with back pain and mental health conditions. I can understand why she would take this much medication. Nobody wants to be in pain fullstop.
She is sitting on a gold mine !
They need to leave her alone!
I wonder if everyone saying this poor mom deserves her drugs and to be left alone have watched the other segments where she admits STRANGLING her daughter because she was crying.
gangstar granny
She’s using a walker lol and theee ppl r saying she’s addict they r just so mad that they wanna hurt her calling her dope head ? Show me the gangster and the pill dealers in her phone
13?! Geezs!
I cannot understand people who judges others and their health matters. Pisses me off! How dare you disrespect your mother like this! Your ignorance isn't bliss!
ok well she shouldnt be driving and thats an age thing. does the US not give drivers tests to seniors at a certain age? we do and why is this on Dr Phil. Chronic pain is real. this was really not needed.
When a person suffered with pain the medication does not make you feel high at all...the medication goes to the pain.
I mean let the old lady get high either way. She's a grown adult.
So tired of the war on chronic pain patients!
OMG…..Why are they allowing her to drive?! That is criminal! Where I live in Canada, her licence and car keys would be taken away. She is on drugs that impair her, and she never should get behind the wheel of a car. This is insanity!
Can't take her off those meds now. She'll be in serious withdrawal.
I have lived with chronic pain for the last 10 years but, I have severe scoliosis, spinal stenosis, no curvature in my neck (birth defect) and bulging discs. All that and I’m well controlled on 5 mg Vicodin. It takes the edge off and if you know anything about Vicodin, 5 mg is the lowest of low doses. I don’t need to go higher. I’m not sure why she’s on Fentanyl patches but that sounds extreme.
When she said this is Xanax and I never take it really speaks some words if anything wouldn't that bottle be gone if she was truly addicted?
For someone who’s supposed to be a addict, she’s doing pretty well
She would *never* watch my kids 🤷🏾♂️🚫💊
is this woman able to go to the bathroom?
rebound headaches are a thing. it's when you have headaches because of long time pain med use. that's probably why she has this "never-ending" headache. I have migraines, and was put on Percocet. eventually my neurologist took me off of it, because we realized that the oxy was causing the migraines.
You’re lucky your daughters are not addicts.
Yall on her side because she is an old lady who says she's in pain. She isn't feeling anything with the amount of meds she is on. What she is though is an abusive manipulative addict.
She is really slurring her words. What inner pain is she medicating away?
Looks like the daughters are all leading functioning lives. Bringing up a piece of smashed pottery from 30 + years ago is pathetic.
The mother is pathetic 🤷🏾♂️😂 Expecting a relationship with children she mistreated & never apologized to.
Damn,...And I thought I was taking a lot of Medication! : ( : P
i can believe she is in pain for sure but as a former addict its kinda obvious she is hooked and couldn't get thru a day with out it... adduction is not just getting high, addiction is when you can't make it thru a day with out a substance and in the absence of that substance your body goes into withdrawal
The way i see majority of the people drive today is horrendous!!!! I doubt they are all substance impaired so there is that! Take away her license if her daughters want but c'mon if her opiates are not interfering with her financial ability to care for herself I believe she is dependent and not addicted!
Honey I take pain killers and I’m addicted but I take them just like I’m supposed to
I don’t like these kind of episodes….this woman will never be off meds. It’s too late for any kind of intervention. She’s also pretty smart good on her
Omg let her live her life and take her damn pain pills how she wants. Shes earned it.
She's super old using a walker. Why are they so concerned about her medication? They don't even like her and talk bad about her. I would never put my mom on blast like this. They just want to be on tv.
Being super old doesn’t make you exempt from calling out someone on their addictions and their abusive parenting. She abused her daughters and abusers need to be put on blast, no matter how long ago it was.
She choked her daughter because she wouldn’t stop crying. I don’t feel bad for her.
Percs and fentanyl mess with respiratory,especially in the elderly
The family should be disgusted with themselves exposing her on the TV like this. As I say many times.....just follow the money.
I need my sped meds
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I only saw two pain meds. When one pain med doesnt work anymore drs will add another to it. One pain med may not work for all of the pain u have believe it or not. Drs do the same thing with antidepressants, anxiety meds, nerve pain meds, etc.. My diagnosis and pain caused me drepression and anxiety. In my opinion, the antidepressants caused me to be stupid! The antidepressants made me a thousand times worse and caused my thinking to be limited, i couldnt retain info, nor could i remember pr learn new things.
I took myself off of the antidepressants after 12yrs, with counceling and guidance thru a bible study that i joined. It was the best decision ive ever made! My mind is awake, i can remember conversations, i remember just general info, i can focus and take in new info and learn which should be a simple task for ppl, but i could not do while medicated with antidepressants.
I need my def meds
Saying "I don't get high from drugs because I'm in pain" is like saying "I don't get drunk from drinking because I have cirrhosis, and BOY, does my liver hurt!"
And saying "I need pain medications all the time for 25 years because of my severe pain for 35 years" means, "The pain medications aren't working!"
Listen to Blanche's family. 😥
Dr. Phil, we're counting on you
Jenny Westberg
Oh god he can’t send kids to the ranch anymore so now he’s picking on old ppl. I feel like it’s general knowledge all old ppl are high af all the time. That’s why we take their cars away. Let her be lol
Cannabis therapy would help
There is no way someone should be this medicated. This isn’t her fault it’s the people prescribing it to her
Dr Phil just mistook an elderly chronic pain patient for an addict. The blonde is judging as well.
Disgusting show (and that's what it is.....just a show!!!)
I’m in pain 99.99999 percent of my life from Ankylosing spondylitis. So I can understand how she feels. I don’t take opiates. I take regular Tylenol extra strength along with chemo infusions. And as someone in recovery from alcoholism I don’t want to run the chance of getting hooked on strong pain meds. Her children absolutely have the right to be concerned. If she needs those medications, please don’t drive because she will injure innocent motorists. Then where will that leave her? Just take an Uber or Lyft. They are not that expensive.
Don’t believe the Propaganda & Brainwashing of the American public for the last 50 yrs !!! Addiction actually only happens to 1% of the population. Don’t speak 🗣 on subjects you obviously know nothing about except what has been forced fed to you on tv 📺 🤦♀️
She is on way too much medications. Her doctor is at fault as much as she is. She should see a new doctor that can evaluate her situation and help her get off medications.
i hate to tell you Mam , my Psycho therapist litterally just left my place and her and i had a lengthy conversation about the addictive characteristics of all those Meds you spoke about i respect. the fact of you being a Nurse for all those years but you are out of touch with todays medications , your comments are similiar to Hollywood Celebrities that abuse Prescription Drugs because they are Prescribed by Doctors they were just fooling themselves by a way to Justifying their dependency your Girls are correct i’ll give you two great and well known Examples Elvis Presley and MichaelJackson these medications have mental side effects , MichaelJackson thought he had it under control because he paid a Doctor to Imedicate him through a IV both of those Celebrities i mentioned are Dead I suffered a Major Stroke and am fully disabled my therapist and Imjust talked about these meds because of the Addicting Qualities and the insistence of my Doctors prescribing them IMO. it’s because the PharmaceuticalCompanies are pushing them and giving financial rewards to the MedicalProfession in one way or another
You are wrong 😑 are you a chronic pain patient … of course not, or you wouldn’t reply as you have. Please don’t comment on subjects you obviously know nothing about. Ask someone who’s life has been decimated by Chronic Pain who “lives” in their bed most days … 🛌
It’s no concern of yours. You have been brainwashed for 50 yrs of the propaganda against drugs. Opioids are a Miracle for Chronic Pain. MIRACLE !! Being withheld from us who did nothing to deserve being not treated with the only thing that can give us our life back .. just to function.
"you can't get high off of medication if you are in pain"
"I am a nurse I think I know what I'm taking about when it comes to medication!"
Uuummmmm..... Idk about that. It sounds to me like you don't have a clue what you're talking about lol. Just because you're in pain doesn't just cancel out the effects of opiates lmfao. That's absurd.
That's what addicts think like though fr.