How to make yourself pee for a drugs test – Step 3: Discuss Options
You’ve got your diagnosis, you’ve informed the drugs testing team, now it’s time to discuss options with them. For examples:
- Is it possible for you to take an alternative type of drugs test by providing a blood, breath or saliva sample?
- Can a urinary drugs test be replaced by a hair test?
- Is the provision of additional privacy and additional time a possibility?
If an alternative means of testing is not possible it should be possible to agree some additional degree of privacy to satisfy the needs of both parties.
How to make yourself pee for a drugs test – Step 4: Plan In Advance
Sometimes this is not possible but if you are given even some additional notice of a urinary drugs test it means that you can plan ahead and fill up with fluids (water) which will make it far easier to make yourself pee. Additional fluids will not affect the accuracy of the result – all they will do is make it easier to start a flow.
How to make yourself pee for a drugs test – Step 5: Use A Catheter
As a last resort and after the steps laid out above then there’s always the use of a catheter to fall back on.
A catheter is a thin tube made out of extremely flexible plastic or rubber which can be inserted into the urethra and pushed up to the bladder. At this stage there’s probably a lot of men crossing their legs at the very thought of doing this but, believe it or not, it’s not painful or too uncomfortable – it just takes a little practice. For more information you can read our feature about self catheterization for paruresis.
You can buy catheters very easily (even from Amazon) and don’t need to rely on anyone else doing the inserting – you can easily learn to do it yourself. Once in position it’s just a case of turning on the tap and, hey presto, there’s your sample!
As we said though – this should be the fall-back position if it’s not been possible to agree on any alternative solution. Sometimes just telling the testers and showing them the catheter is enough to make them realise it’s a genuine issue and to agree on some other way of testing.
What if they won’t budge?
If you follow the 5 steps on how to make yourself pee for a drugs test as listed above one would hope it won’t get to this stage. But if the drugs testing team won’t budge then we suggest you get the International Paruresis Association or the UK Paruresis Trust involved or speak to a legal advisor. There’s a genuine case for disability discrimination.
How To Make Yourself Pee For A Drugs Test – Self-Help
Whilst the steps above are designed to provide a fast solution to the question of how to make yourself pee for a drugs test perhaps it’s time to find a permanent solution to you shy bladder syndrome. That needn’t involve costly and time consuming therapy (unless you prefer to go that route) as there are a number of self-help treatments that really do work.
The one listed below is a particular favourites of mine as it worked for me – why not check it out and give it consideration?