Posted by confetti on March 4, 2004, at 15:29:13
In reply to Re: Prescribed New Medication - Doctor Unresponsiv, posted by Emme on March 4, 2004, at 9:44:05
I wanted to thank all of you for all of your responses. "sjb" talked about being lonely, and even if you have family and friends around, I do still feel lonely in this because they have no idea how I feel. And honestly, I don't think most people really believe this is a "condition", so I *really* appreciated the replies.
I had a very bad day because I was ready to give up and then my mother and sister started nagging me, saying that this doctor has given you medication, one a controlled substance, he at least OWES you a response if you're having trouble. So I did call back and leave a message (again) saying that I was sleeping all the time, yadda yadda, and I also mentioned that I thought it was unprofessional for the receptionist to say the only way I could speak to him was pay for another appointment after I had just seen him a week ago.
He called yesterday evening and said that he thought I had left the country (I'm a flight attendant). I have no idea why he would think that, I think it was just an excuse. But he said he would give me the 20mg Ritalin SR and to come up in the morning (this morning) to see him. I thought it was just to pick up the prescription.
A nurse weighed me, took my blood pressure, he talked to me for about 5 minutes about why they don't have microwaves on airplanes. And then he charged me again for the appointment.
He also wrote "ADHD" on the diagnosis part of the check-out slip. I thought to myself if I had ADHD, I probably wouldn't have come to you complaining about low energy and lethargy, but whatever...
I have my Ritalin for a month, effexor for 6 weeks, and I'm going to find a *good* doctor, like "emme" said. I thought after he called that it may be like "notaddicted" and "snarley" mentioned and we could work past this, but I think the charge for the appointment was him giving me a "what for" because of what I said on the message.
I just want to try to learn to cope with my life, I don't want to play games with a doctor.
Thank you again! Your messages kept me going! :o)
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