Gypsy Rose Blanchard admits her fears of drug relapse

Gypsy Rose Blanchard She admitted she was deeply concerned about falling back into addiction after her release from prison last December.

In her new memoir, Gypsy Rose Blanchard explores how her mother’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy—a mental illness in which a caregiver fabricates or incites a child’s illness to gain attention—had a profound impact on her mental health.

“About four or five years ago, I was addicted to Suboxone (a drug to treat opioid addiction). I gave up and overcame it, then gave up again and overcame it again…opioid addiction,” she first revealed in her e-book. “Sadr: Talks on the Eve of Freedom.”

“I was worried about relapsing before I got out of prison because this idea crossed my mind,” she said. People magazinereflects on her time in prison while promoting her new book, “My Time to Stand.”

Dee Dee Blanchard claimed that Gypsy Rose suffered from numerous medical conditions, including asthma, cancer, Down Syndrome, epilepsy, and more. The gypsy also underwent numerous unnecessary surgeries, such as gastrointestinal procedures, eye operations, and the removal of salivary glands, all based on fabricated diagnoses.

“Her emotions were like a whip that snapped against my self-worth. I found solace and escape from drugs, especially after we started fighting so much,” she wrote.

“I remember the first time I reached for painkillers without feeling any pain at all, and it was after Mama and I had screamed at each other for what seemed like over an hour. I just wanted to relax.”

Gypsies also talked about Her addiction In her Lifetime docuseries, “Jail Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.” “No one knew I was struggling with addiction before prison, let alone prison,” she said at the time. “The doctors prescribed me painkillers after the surgery, but when the painkiller ran out, I was still in pain, and my mother prescribed Vicodin.”

She continued: “So when she wasn’t looking, I would go over and take one or two from her bottle. I didn’t know what addiction really was. I just knew it was the cravings and it was all I could think about.” “About. I wanted another one.”

As her tolerance increased, Gypsy Rose Blanchard revealed that she began taking more and more pills, leading to an addiction that continued after her mother’s murder and continued during her time in prison.

“In the first two years of my imprisonment, I was able to overcome drug abuse,” she said in her docuseries. “I think I first started to know that drugs were available in prison when I started seeing other women getting high. I tried Suboxone and it gave me the same high that I get from taking painkillers. Immediately, I fell back into the addiction I had. To take painkillers when I was “I live with my mother.”

While in prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard admitted to “hunting” for drugs, and recalled telling herself: “You have to find them, really kind of getting into the groove of who has what in prison.”

Now expecting her first child with boyfriend Ken Orker, Gypsy shared that she initially feared the pills would be “more accessible” to the outside world but is relieved she hasn’t felt the need to use them again. “I haven’t looked, so I don’t really know how accessible it is,” she added.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard attributes her ability to overcome her struggles to the unwavering love and support of her father, Rod Blanchard, her stepmother, Christy Blanchard, and her half-siblings, Mia and Dylan Blanchard.

“When I came out, I was surprised to learn that the family dynamic kept me away from those things,” she said. “I didn’t think about doing anything. I didn’t have any cravings.”

Gypsy added that she considers herself “so blessed,” concluding that “even in the hardest moments of this year dealing with social media trolls and the self-esteem that can dwindle in all this scrutiny and how hard it is, I still never thought about going back to… that.”

If you or someone you know is affected by the issues discussed in this story, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).