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Posted by drrisin06 on April 28, 2004, at 12:24:47
I feel I'm not beeing treated in a right way and as My DR is a DR I feel she has the power and I dont know what to do.
My History: I have long carried various symptoms of depression,severe anxiety and ADD.
In my youth I selfmedicated, to alleviate these symptoms. I got myself meds to help manage the pain. Part of my History is Beeing addicted to pain meds.
Now its been a decade since any abuse of any drug.
However I lean toward self-medicating when my Dr will Nor prescibe me meds, That she would to Other people that may or may not have substance issues. I fealt, and always do to be honest with her, so I told her of my past selfmedicating.
I am not a drinker, I do not smoke pot at least very seldomly,once in the last year. The only meds
I need to just feel"ok" are ambien and or a benzodiazipine for anxiety, which has gotten worse,because my DR refuses to properly treat my ADD Symptoms.
I will tell her Of Nightmeares, and how ambien seems to work well, Im only aloud 10 ambien a month/per insurance.I also report that the wellbutrin i have been on hasnt taken any effect except an auful stabbing migraine.
I tell her I was on Concerta and it worked well. This is what she says.
" from what I'm hearing,your asking me for 2 addictive drugs" she previouseley wanted to put me on straterra, since it was not covered by my insurance, I asked about ritalin.
I know that benzos can be addicting, anything can be addicting, ad's whatever. They are the only thing that have helped my nightmeares and insomnia.,
Also My ADD symptoms add to my insomnia as straterra 's side effects.
She told me That given My past It would be malpractice for her to prescribe me any addicting stimulant.
also she has me on 10mg of diazapam,when I started i was on 40, her 1st decision w/o asking me anything was to take me completeley off the diazapam. the only reason I am On 10mg is because i freaked out and told her she was setting me up for relapse. I feel she is discriminating, and only prescibing her own off-label group of meds regardless of my symptoms or the fact that I havent any desire to abuse any drug, and have a proven track record.
im afraid if I drop her, I wont get another, or I'll get One w/ the same limited views.
any suggestions
drisin
Posted by Rainee on April 28, 2004, at 14:05:57
In reply to How To Determine If My P-doc is discriminating?, posted by drrisin06 on April 28, 2004, at 12:24:47
It might be wrong but I never tell any Dr of any self medicating I did. They immediatly freak and label me. If I was still active it would be different I suppose. But I'm not and if they hear I took percodan when my mother was dying 20 years ago right away ..no benzos' no nothing. I keep my mouth shut. I would switch Dr's.
Posted by greywolf on April 28, 2004, at 20:14:17
In reply to How To Determine If My P-doc is discriminating?, posted by drrisin06 on April 28, 2004, at 12:24:47
I would address your concerns directly to her. I'm not sure you can blame a doctor for being reluctant to prescribe meds that present the potential for abuse when she knows that you've self-medicated in the past. I know my doc would not rx a benzo or a med with a real overdose risk if I had told him I had self-medicated, regardless of the absence of any history of abuse.
Posted by rvanson on April 29, 2004, at 5:30:08
In reply to Re: How To Determine If My P-doc is discriminating?, posted by Rainee on April 28, 2004, at 14:05:57
> It might be wrong but I never tell any Dr of any self medicating I did. They immediatly freak and label me. If I was still active it would be different I suppose. But I'm not and if they hear I took percodan when my mother was dying 20 years ago right away ..no benzos' no nothing. I keep my mouth shut. I would switch Dr's.
I agree 100%.
Get a new doctor!
Posted by King Vultan on April 29, 2004, at 8:10:00
In reply to How To Determine If My P-doc is discriminating?, posted by drrisin06 on April 28, 2004, at 12:24:47
I'm not sure how it would affect your other symptoms, but you might try desipramine for ADD. This is a generic drug that your insurance company should not have a problem with. My insurance company currently applies a $50 monthly copay to both Ambien and Strattera--what a ripoff. Beyond that, I agree that it might be better to make a fresh start with another doctor, as it seems like your current one may be harboring some prejudices against you.
Todd
Posted by drrisin06 on April 29, 2004, at 11:08:51
In reply to Re: How To Determine If My P-doc is discriminating?, posted by King Vultan on April 29, 2004, at 8:10:00
Thanx, Yeah well one of the reasons I went to her in the first place was because I needed to find a DR to prescribe me medicines also the place I was refferred to was for dual diagnosis, I heard good things, that they treated your mental illness and any substance abuse, but they understod alot of people use drugs because they were undiagnosed
and that w/ the proper medication ,people would have no reason to "self-medicate"
I started off there in a group-setting. One doctor monitored us all. Than the group leader and I decided that this group was more for people that couldn't stop drinking, or smoking crack or using other drugs. I was not at that point.
I knew I had some symptoms, and I really wanted to see a 1 on 1 dr. However Things got twisted.
When I was in the group, The DR kept me on 20mg of valium, I was fine on that, than when they transferred me to this other Dr, she automatically
started to take me off the diazapam, she didn't listen to my symptoms of panic-attacks..ect...also she heard that I had talked to The group DR about Ritalin. She told me that a "red flag" went up , she didn't even hear any
of my complaints. kept taking me off the valium,than when I had gotten a good job that recquired real intense attention, she put me right on wellbutrin. She will not budge. I have not ever asked for my valium early, she just looks at is as an addiction, and could care less about actual anxiety symptoms because she knows I dont feel the valium but refuses to up my dose. I dont understand because if she's so against me beeing on benzo's. It seems If Im on them im on them so I might as well get a theraputic effect.
I know I need to find another DR.
I try to voice these things to her, but she
will not stray. I could give a shit about the actual drugs, thats not my focus, but she makes it be By continually treating me like a full blown junkie. I am so stressed from just going to her appointments, I cannot get out what I want to say to her, I trip on my words.Because if i say the wrong thing she will use it against me. I wrote her one letter because it was the only way I could communicate w/her,But now I'm scared of having anything in writting she could use the wrong way.
So My biggest problem is feeling I'm stuck with her.
I 1st fealt if I stuck with her, she'd get to know me, and not keep steriotyping-labelling.
Also finding another DR, Im not sure the best way to go about it. What do i say to the new DR. Can I not give the New Dr the old Dr's Name. I'm sure he will ask,God i feel like the feeling when say, a cop ask you a question and you know your not guilty, but feel the need to be defensive.
i'm 31, I've been on many different meds, and I do know what helps, but I dont want to give off the impression Im just drug-seeking,however it seems that the dr's go there all on there own.
I'm going through EMDR w another psychologist, he
advises the same thing about finding another Dr.
Perhaps its the whole starting over w another that I hate doing. However I need to do something because one should not go out of a dr's more stressed than when comes in.
I'm on medicaid, and usually the dr's are hard to find and the clinics are months and months booked up. I could request a new Dr in the same place,but im sure My Dr would tell the new one her twisted perspective, But at this point i really haven't a choice.
thanx
ris
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