Having trouble transferring to another state

I have been a stable suboxone patient for over 3 years now. I started on Suboxone as I was taking too much Vicodin/Darvocet. etc, for some crinic pain problems due to a previous injury. Although it seemed as of my Dr. at the time had the goal to evnetually wean me off (as was my goal too in the beginning), I wnet through a series of medical problems where I foulnd out that I had a lot more issues than I started with (PCOS, high blood sugar, low thyroid). It took all most 2 years of testing to sort it all out, and I have finally stableized all my meds and have been on a steady dose of 4mg per day.

Now I have moved to WA state from Tx, and I haven't been to my sub dr for almost 2 months, and I have had to dose myself even lower as I have been searching for a dr for over a week now. I am very frustrated as my dr at home said he would galdly fax my records, and now that I am here, I have called over 30 drs, and have only found one or 2 that will even give me an appt......I am still waiting for the records to be faxed, and if they aren't in by inthe morning, I will have to start over as a new pt., complete with drug screen, etc., and it will be an all day affair. I also have to travel 21/2 hrs., and as a new pt I'll have to go back every week until I am "stabilized". SO do I have to lie at the drug screen and say that Ihave been using to continue the program, as I am afriad that I won't have opiates in my system and they wiil turn me away. I know this sounds crazy, but I had no idea how hard it would be to transfer!!!

Hi Candigrll.
I really wish I had some answers for you as I can only share in your frustration. I know it well.
What I can say is that I would do whatever it takes to get in as soon as possible. If it came down to getting in in a couple of days or a couple of weeks? Or staying clean vs using? I would tell them I'm Barack Obama and if I don't get in soon i'm raising your taxes. LOL. All kidding aside. I really would tell them whatever I needed to. That's me though. Do what your comfortable doing.
Just a thought, if you have friends or relatives still in WA State could your doctor/ former doctor write you a script and have a friend or relative fill it and then mail it to you? I'm not even sure if that would be legal so take it for what it's worth.

Isn't it great that you will have to drive 2 1/2 hrs to get to a Doctor that will help? Not only that but if you have to start over it's the first four weeks.
Grrrreat. I find it hard to believe that they would hold you to the four week thing but at the same time it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
I had my own little nightmare involving my Ins. Co. and finding a doctor. The drive I was complaining about is nothing compared to yours and I was stunned that they expected me to drive 1 hr to a doctor when there were 10 within ten miles of me And 1 could take me within a couple of days.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! So here is an update in how it went..
After calling my former provider for over a week, I was never able to recieve the fax. Normally, I would just bring my reg med records, but at mty last appt with my old dr, he actually brought up the subject of providing a letter about my compliance, so I was really mainly upset that he went back on his word.

Although I was very stressed about starting over, I am actually extreamly happy that I did. Although this new dr has many regulations (and I'm not sure if this is everywhere or just him), I think that he knows ALOT more about managing addiction and long term pain management than my previous one in TX. I now realize that I was on such a low dose that it really wans't helping me, and that I was racked with guilt for being on Suboxone for so long. This new dr reassured me that there is no pressure to wean down (which was a constant pressure at the old one). So even though he is 2.5 hrs away, I'm going to return, this friday to make sure I am finally stablized at the right dosage, and then I am going to attempt to find a therapist in this area (Goldendale WA) that I need to see on a weekly basis. The new dr even said that he would transfer all my records if a find a closer provider (I've been told this story before, but I really hope this one means it!)

I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, and maybe this happened to get me back onthe right course. I didn't even realize how much constant pain I was in, and how I constantly had to pretend that I felt OK (it's the addict in me, I'm always trying to put up a good front...) This morning is the first morning that I have experienced in several years where I have woken up from bed and not been in pain, and I actually enjoy waking up with my child instead of pretending that I feel great when I really didn't, so at least I feel like I have hope!

On a final note, why does it seem that everyone that is complient and sucessful on Suboxone is punished by added fed regulation due to a few people that abuse the system! There are so many rules now, and I kknow they put these rules in place to weed out the ones who are abusing it, but it frustrates me that there are SO MANY who could benefit from treatment, yet it is so complicated to find!