Help Long Shot - Getting tested for Cannabis use by the NHS

[Sadddd]

Has anyone had this done to them? I admitted cannabis use last year and was denied access to psychiatric treatment on the NHS. Been trying to get back in and slightly over egged how little I had been using. I'm down to 0.5g a week mixed with CBD and it still does help my depression. They called today and asked if i would take a urine test! I said yes but was caught off guard and had already kinda made out that I had only used 5 times since November. pretty sure I test positive at the moment as only on day 2 of none.

any help on how to evade or how they do the test (like to they watch!?!) would be appreciated

thanks!

 

[Suicide_vampire]

I've never heard of treatment being withheld for drug use.
I used to work in the drugs field, normal retention for occasional use is 30 days, however persistent use can be up to 90 days, because of how it gets into the bones etc.
Don't know if that helps
Oh and also they would normally watch as you give the sample, we used to when we were testing in the rehab.

 

[Sadddd]

I had a call from the Community mental health liaison last year telling me no psychiatric treatment because I was using it (tbf he did say when I told him that this would be the case before he even submitted my referral). I guess most people don't tell the psyche team when being assessed. For clarity, I was still working at the time so wasn't in crisis (but pretty close) so I guess this affects the seriousness of the case..

The 30 days is what I was fearing. pretty much have used 2-4 times a week for the last 3 months but super low doses.
If anyone else has any thoughts on any of these detox remedies or have had to submit to one of these tests, please let me know.

Thank you

 

[L-L]

Honestly mate it's such utter bullshit that they're refusing you care due to marijuana use. It's not as if you're smashing crack or meth on a regular basis.

Genuinely shocks me that it's happening.

 

[WhiteDespair]

You want the following:
Gatorade
Water
Vitamin B Complex
Caffeine

Your objective: Dilute your urine to untraceable amounts

Procedure:
Start days before the testing date.
Drink a lot of water and caffeine. You want to flush extra traces out of your system. Your urine should basically be clear.
The day before the test drink Gatorade in addition to the water and caffeine.
The day of the test continue drinking the Gatorade, water and caffeine. You can drink more Gatorade and water. Add the B vitamins hours before the exam and take them regularly (once every 30 to 60 minutes).
The day of the test make sure that you urinate a few times before you take the test.

The idea is as follows:
The caffeine acts as a diuretic which keeps you from building it up in your system because you're constantly urinating.
The water does what water does.
The Gatorade replenishes salts in your urine to high concentrations than would be present in soley water diluted urine.
The B vitamins color your urine yellow instead of clear.

The outcome:
Your urine will pass the color test because of the B vitamins and should pass any specific gravity tests due to the salts in your Gatorade while maintaining a highly diluted urine and, therefore, passing the test by not showing anything in your urine.

Your results may vary.

This was found many years ago and testing equipment may have changed.

Use at your own risk.

Protip: Replace the Gatorade with a water + SN mixture and the test results become irrelevant.

 

[Xaphous]

They should be prescribing it nevermind demonizing it.

 

[Sadddd]

update!

ordered some online tests and have testing negative on two separate ones since tuesday (only 2.5 days after i last consumed). tested them on a mate and they are definitely working so that is a good result!

now just need to be brave enough to go into the surgery and let them do the test

thanks for your responses :-)

 

[LittleJem]

Bloody hell. I cannot believe this intrusion. Good on you for your strength! Good luck.

 

[-Link-]

What.
The.
Fuck.

The UK sounds about as bad as the US for mental health treatment these days. If not worse. Too many years of Conservative rule.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

I told my cpn I was going to try cannabis to see if it helps me sleep at night. He wasn't impressed but they haven't discharged me yet.

 

[Rome Horseman]

Scoob, stay strong...