Originally Posted by waves

things are getting restricted... i'm not talking just meds... general statement here, take it as broad as you like....

everywhere it seems. here, there.

we are all supposedly living in "free" countries, where you can say what you want, do what you want, etc, within reason, long as you don't hurt anybody, basically. i mean, we are not talking fascist regimes or martial laws and stuff.

and yet, here, the govt is hammering restrictions left and right on everything... some with good reason, some with crazy reason... a lot that leave people in the lurch.

we are affected with additional bureaucracy for meds also... i'm lucky i can still fill my benzo scripts w/o the kind of scrutiny i am hearing about... but i wonder how long it will last, honestly. other meds i cannot even get without a whole cascade of paperwork, formal authorization with specific dosage and period of use, to be filed in triplicate, and then mdoc can write the scripts..... if i need the stuff in a hurry... there's no way.

i find it all so frustrating. i mean if you plan a trip you have some time to take care of stuff ahead, but sometimes like recently a friend had to leave travel due to a family emergency like take the first flight available... throw some clothes in a bag and go to the airport ... no time for med-pre approvals and pickups etc etc. it is sad.

i don't knwo why it is getting like this everywhere. i personally feel like i am living under martial law by some aspects - even though the military is not involved... just the rigor that is being imposed on some aspects of life is getting so extreme. it seems even our privacy will vanish soon. i almost expect that soon they will have means of knowing how much toilet paper i consume per day .... ok that is an exaggeration , but just sayin.

sorry if i've gone way off topic in this thread i'm not even caught up....

~ waves ~