To not want to 'share' my prescription meds with other family members

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AIBU to think this isn't on! As when I run out, it's me who will suffer.

Diazepam isn't prescribed for severe depression

Yes it can be, alongside other meds usually.

OP you need to hide the meds if needed. Sleeping tablets are incredibly addictive and should only be used by the person who they are prescribed for and only short term for the vast majority of cases. It isn't good that someone is helping themselves to these. It's illegal but also irresponsible in their part. They shouldn't be used for "oh I can't just sleep right away"

Why ils, why relevant? Just wondering. Not intended rudely.

I would have thought it was relevant as to whether it is an antidepressant. If it's one of the more common ones I would imagine it would be taken daily and I can't see what use it would be to someone else as a one off sleep aid.
In any case your husband shouldn't think he can just take your medication even when you say no.

I reckon it's promethazine.

If we're still guessing.

That shit knocks you out cold.

It's not - no need to guess :) I guess a lot of them have similar effects. Problem is I want one that will help me sleep but won't leave me feeling so odd and spaced out the following day. I lash t took a tablet on Thursday, I think, and I still feel weird.

You last took one on Thursday, but last night you were "in a fog of meds"?

I think you definitely need to go back to dr, if that's the case then these meds don't suit you.

Mirtzapine by any chance?

If you're still feeling weird but haven't had any for days then i'd be concerned.
You can't give your meds out.
If it gets out you can get in real trouble, depending on what the medication is, serious trouble.

If they're affecting you too strongly to take them as prescribed go back to the GP.

Smile yes. I didn't take one last night.

I've got an appointment for Thursday ils

kali she didn't give the meds out - he took them when she'd said no.

Good - glad you're going back.

My friend's cousin took some of her late husband's morphine to help her sleep on the night of his funeral. She died

Jesus that's a cautionary tale . So she took end of life quantity morphine ? It's fascinating how that stuff doesn't kill really ill people but can slay someone else .

I am glad you shared that but desperately sad

People can react differently. I mean, dh doesn't seem as affected by them as me. Like with me, they knock me out for days. I'm still sleepy now tbh. And I have a feeling it was Wednesday not Thursday I took one. But either way, dh takes one, and sleeps, goes to work as normal. It's strange. Maybe it's because he's taller and so on.

kali she didn't give the meds out - he took them when she'd said no.
Well Not really
And I said no but he got all annoyed and I couldn't be doing with the aggro so I said 'well, OK, but this has got to stop.'
The op needs to sort it. If the person who has her meds is caught with them, then she'll be the one in trouble.

Op if you're knocked out for days then you really need to see the doctor as its not right.
Nothing to do with tallness.
If you can't function then they're not right for you full stop.

Yay! A drip feed! Said no one ever.

It's mainly problems sleeping. Now I can't stay awake. Talk about one extreme to another.

I was told by a school nurse doing epi pen training that using someone else's prescription medicine on another person was illegal because technically it involves you 'making a diagnosis' and 'prescribing a restricted drug ' neither of which is permissible unless you are a doctor

That's rubbish - I'm a first aider and you are allowed to use another persons epipen in an emergency. But of course being the internet you'll call me a liar - I suggest you take it up with St Johns Ambulance for distributing false information.

It's not ideal to use it of curse as they are calculated on the prescribes weight etc, but of course if someone is dying in front of you, you aren't going to stand there humming and harring on whether a different adrenaline dose is right/wrong.

When I was really ill with post partum psychosis, (my psychiatrist said at the time I was taking enough medication to fell a horse but I still didn't sleep) dmil asked dh to "lend" her some of my medication to help her sleep He gave her a chlorpromazine, I was taking five a day, she took one and didn't get out of bed for three days. Funnily enough she did concede afterwards that I was actually poorly though rather than being a bit run down as she liked to insist

Maybe I'm not depressed, then - I don't know. I'm not sure what to think really!

If the doctor thinks you are depressed, you probably are. Does sound like it is not the right medication for you. Go back, have a chat try something different. Hopefully you will get the right one for you eventually.

How is your relationship with DH normally? How many times has he borrowed your meds? Is he often an arsehole? Or just very occasionally? Don't need to answer here if you don't want to. But, do think about it before next doctors appointment. He should be your greatest ally, not causing agro.

He is a nightmare when I go to the doctor. Wants to know what I've been prescribed, how long for, and so on. Won't let it drop.

Because he is deeply concerned for your well being and wants to be fully informed or because he wants to share any good stuff?
(I'm beginning to sound like the grand inquisition when did you last see your father )