Long after a woman leaves an abusive relationship, it’s not uncommon she’ll be dealing with some aftermath. Even when you make a decision for yourself, sometimes an abusive ex will still try to get the upper hand and take control of your life. They’ll interfere with your daily routine, send a mountain of texts, or show up at your usual spots. One Washington woman found out just how dangerous an ex could be when he started interfering with her prescriptions.
Posted on TikTok by @fannetasy, captioned, “POV: Your ex is still coercively controlling and trying to provoke you 3 years after you ended the relationship. But I’m supposedly his abuser. Sure. Post-separation abuse is real. Stay strong ladies,” you can hear OP speaking with a pharmacy tech as she tries to pick up her medicine. The tech tells her, “Somebody picked up for you yesterday” to which she responds, “So, that’s my ex-husband. He’s not allowed to pick up my prescriptions.” She explains he’s manipulative and abusive, but wasn’t sure what to do with her possibly tampered prescription.
Fannetasy asks for a prescription refill but a new tech tells her the medication was actually returned to them sealed. According to the tech, her ex-husband never opened it. A third pharmacy tech then tells her he isn’t sure why their profiles are linked and how the mix-up occurred. She tells them, “We have children together,” but that doesn’t mean he’s allowed to take her prescription home.
In fact, he even admitted to taking them. According to Fannetasy, he told her, “Hi, when picking up [our child’s] medicine they also gave me yours (it’s in a separate bag, I didn’t look.)” She stated this was a clear admission he took her medication. She said the prescriptions included “controlled substances, cancer medications, antidepressants, and meds to treat my various PTSD symptoms that he caused!”
Still, commenters said they noticed some obvious red flags here. Even if the pharmacy tech said it appeared the prescriptions had not been opened, I wouldn’t be taking chances. One person commented, “Ex pharmacy tech here… NEVER TAKE MEDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK.. I would have gotten them to give me a fresh refill while I’m standing there. This is so unacceptable!! The pharmacy needs to be reported to the board immediately… and tell them they took pills back that left the building.. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!!”
In response, a commenter made a good point: “If someone has your address, DOB, last 4 of phone number, and a way to pay, anyone can pick up your meds. This isn’t on the pharmacy.” I’ve had firsthand experience of that myself, so that tracks.
However, allowing you to take home another person’s medication, without proper oversight, may be on the pharmacy. Fannetasy thinks it was an honest mistake, which is likely is. Hopefully, OP has taken the necessary precautions to protect herself, especially with an abusive ex husband stalking about. One commenter put it perfectly: “They’d be making a new prescription for me.”
