Why is amber portwood in rehab

It's very dangerous. I was using that the whole time I was in rehab According to the National Institutes of Health's website , fentanyl skin patches are used to control severe and chronic pain. The drug can be habit-forming. Portwood admitted to the TV doctor that she was pretty much high for everything. She even copped to chewing one of the patches during a drug test.

According to her, the "Dr. The appearance will air on Friday, Dec. The MTV reality star went on to explain that she abused the drug Fentanyl while she was in rehab.

It's really dangerous. I opened up the patch and I would eat the patch. It's like a three-day patch. It's very dangerous, and I, um, I was using that the whole time I was in there. Her decision this week to leave the program after three months means that her initial sentence has been reinstated. Portwood is in jail, and is expected to be transferred to prison soon, where she could serve two and a half years of the original sentence.

In the interview with ABC News, Portwood said she doubted that she would succeed in the drug-rehab program so she believed it was best to serve her time. And it was very uncomfortable. I was not using my anti-psych medication even," she said. I felt like that wasn't the life I wanted to live, I felt like I'd rather do my time, and get it over with, and make the best out of the situation that's been handed to me. Portwood was also slapped with a domestic violence charge after she was shown hitting Shirley, her daughter's father, on an episode of "Teen Mom.

Shirley now has custody of Leah, 3. I felt like that's what I was put on this earth to do, when I had her I lost my whole family, I felt like, they moved away from me," she said. Asked how her absence while in prison would affect Leah, Portwood said she really hadn't been seeing much of her daughter, as a result of the time she spent in drug court and because she and the baby's father didn't have a set schedule for when she could see the girl.

And I felt so selfish. I was so depressed. It became kind of scary for me," she said. When I walked in a courtroom, I was like, if I don't do something, I'm going to have to.