Kind of like saying what came first the chicken or the egg, I know. Now I have worked ER for a very long time. And all those drug seeking patients of the past and present. Im now seeing their children come in with the same multitude of bogus drug seeking complaints. Now what this makes you think is ahah there really is a drug seeking gene in some people. But then is it really genetic or is it learned behaviour.
Just think that while growing up, you see one of your parents always going to the ER and getting lots of attention and drugs from their significant others and the positive reward of getting doped up for their behaviour. Does this tend to make you exhibit the same behaviour when you grow up and want attention or drugs to feel better. Or is there really some unknown, unmapped gene that causes all this behaviour.
I've noticed the offspring drug seekers all have the same allergies their parents do, so that they can get the same meds their parents do. Now I can see allergies as a genetic trait, but what about drug seeking. In fact, I know one family of drug seekers that covers 3 generations of their family. Wow, just think, Multigenerational drug seekers. Boggles the mind.
