Out of a job. Due to my fling with (completely legal) hemp edibles a good while ago I could not pass a drug test. I was forced to decline my wonderful dream job offer due to this. If they would have seen a failed drug test they would’ve had to report me to the board of nursing, even though again I did nothing illegal and certainly never took the edibles at or before work. It’s a real shame. Certain states are actually mandating that thc be taken off drug tests or otherwise the results can’t be reported/not to hire the employee. But not mine. Yes there are nurses in my situation who have gone to court before and won, but I can’t afford to go to court.
So now I am stuck unable to work until I can pass a drug test. Which I dont know when that will be because I already hadn’t touched any edibles in weeks and took 2 separate highly rated detox products before I failed my home test. I guess since I am fat it stays in my system longer. Idk.
I’m depressed. Most days I just go between sleeping and laying on the couch doing nothing because I can’t focus on anything. I haven’t been taking care of myself. My family and fiance have been wonderfully supportive and my parents are actually supporting us financially right now. I am still badly in debt as is my fiance and we are supposed to be having a wedding in 3 months somehow.
I am trying to be positive and say this is time to work on me and my mental health but it seems my mental health is just declining without a job for me to do. This is a real low point for me.
Are you sure it was the edibles that made you fail the drug test? Just to be on the safe side, what if some of your prescribed medicine messed with the test result? Are you sure you know what substances they test for/against?
None of my medications should show up as thc on a drug test. The at home drug test I used was specifically for thc only. I have never failed a drug test for a job before and I have been on the same meds for years. The edibles are the only new thing. I only took them for a couple of months too. Its just ridiculous.
In that case, yes it is very unfortunate. I’ve no idea how much longer the traces will stay in your blood.
You mentioned taking huge doses though, maybe the surplus got stored in the liver or fat tissue, just a wild guess.
The heavy use actually stopped 2 or 3 months ago as I got really sick from it. I didn’t take any at all for those 2-3 months. Then several weeks ago I took just a tiny amount, low dose 1 or 2 gummies a day, for like 4 days. That was it. But like you said it’s probably stored up in all my fat. Lovely.
Do you still feel lingering effects from the hemp?
Did you notice a withdrawal symptom that made you resume taking it a few weeks ago? If so, maybe you should wait until withdrawals go away completely. Another wild guess.
I had withdrawals after I stopped the heavy use that were pretty miserable but I made it through them without using at all because I literally could not use without becoming very ill.
The only reason I picked it up again was because I was absolutely miserable and under a huge amount of stress at my old job and thought I was stuck with it. But as soon as I got the new job offer I stopped so like I said I only took them for 4 days.
Too bad you are out of work. I know what it’s like. Hopefully it clears out of your system and you will find a job again. I find many herbal teas are good for lifting mood, maybe you could try that.