Thread by @LeelaLumos

I wasn’t going to go public with this yet because it hasn’t yet reached its conclusion, but I could use assistance. It’s been hard to contact anyone. This will be in multiple tweets. Yesterday, after years at my current PM with what I assumed was a good reputation

(I was tested monthly. All good. Fine on pill counts. Never asked this doctor for an increase or ran out too soon despite being tapered. Always polite.) I was chased down as I was checking out & told I had to go back to my room. I complied. The doctor comes in with an attitude

and tells me that my urine was fake or tampered with. I am stunned. She said it was too clear (it looks the same as it usually does when I drink the amount of water for my body weight) and there was no ph. Now I’m freaked out. I’ve never had a bad test. I said I would pee again

right then and under whatever circumstances they wanted to prove that it is indeed coming out of my body. She said no! She then tells me I have to see an addiction specialist and that not only will she not give me the dignity of waiting until the lab results come back to

schedule it (this was instant dipstick) but I would need to see this doctor regardless of what the results were! She humiliated me in front of the entire office. She started the conversation in the exam room & then it went out into the rest of the office. She told me she was

now uncomfortable because my dosage was too high. It’s CDC guideline compliant and she has NEVER said anything about my dose. In fact, I’ve been tapered off a higher dose. I had no issues except my quality of life suffered. I wanted to know why she had written this dose for

years, but then be so uncomfortable. She usually spends less than 60 seconds with me in the room. “Drug screen looks good, I’ll refill meds, see you next month.” And is bothered if I ask any questions. When I asked her if she even knew why I was on these meds (I was transferred

from a much older doctor there during the beginning of the pandemic) she couldn’t even tell me! She had no clue what ANY of my medical issues were. My major questions are, if I have so much to hide, why was I offering fresh urine on the spot? Why did I ask before I even gave my

specimen about filling my water bottle to (with their water) to make sure I could go (had to stop on the long trip up to pee, had a very minor accident, it could not be held) and why did I also discuss this and agree to be tested for a possible UTI & then ask if I should stay

for the results. My primary care has been able to give them fast before, so I wasn’t sure. Why would I want a UTI screen for fake pee? 😑 And why couldn’t they wait for the actual lab analysis to come back or let me go again with someone in the room? It’s almost like they were

set on doing this no matter what and maybe even from the outset. I also overheard some really concerning things before this happened, I’m not sure I should go into it here, this is getting long enough. Anyway, they told me if I do not go to this doctor if theirs that they will

discharge & ban me from their practice. I was so humiliated that I don’t want to go back even if she were to apologize. This also happened the only time my husband couldn’t go with me, which I found really odd 🤔 Concerned #DopesickHulu is about to make the climate for this crap

even worse. Do I even have any rights as a patient anymore? No right to prove my innocence when I know I can and no right to privacy? No right to be spoken to like a human or given compassion? And had I actually had a SUD, treating me in such a manner wouldn’t have helped🙄