Damn stupid doctors who cancel peoples appointments that they have been waiting a frigging month for ! I understand about jury duty damn it, I’ve served myself. But I need my medication !
This pisses me off Mr Doctor, if I had canceled less than a week before my appointment, I would had had to pay for an office visit, no matter what the reason was.
But you, YOU can cancel 3 days before I’m supposed to see you, and then have your receptionist give me the names of 2 other doctors who I can call. Wonderful. NOT ! Asshole, since I am a new patient it will take a month to see either of them too. You won’t be able to see me now untill the end of JULY ?
What the hell am I supposed to do until then , watch grass grow out my navel ? You dumb shit, I told you people when I made this appointment a month ago that I would be out of my anti-depressant by the first of July, that’s why I needed to see you no later than this Wensday.
Now what am I supposed to do ? You couldn’t even call me in a partial refill to last until I can see you ? Oh hell no, you can’t. First I’m told not to stop taking my meds, now I have no choice !
I’m so bummed about Wally but I think he might have called your doctor a putz.
There must be a way to keep your medication going without a doctor visit… they won’t do this over the phone? I know my doctor has… ask around. If they can’t get you in they should give you at least 7 days on the meds until you can visit.
Ask them.
Honey, my best to you and just between us: Thanks for that e-mail. I’ll always remember that you broke it to me as gently as you could. Thank you. Miss you, Wally.
Byz,
This is just one screwed up mess. My old doctor won’t refill for me because he has one while I was waiting for the appointment with the new doc. The new doc won’t because I haven’t seen him yet.
And I can’t see the old doc because the new insurance won’t cover it, and shrinks charge prices that make me want to jump up my own ass and bark!
And now we can add the fact that my son came home with a earring in his face today ! Right under his bottom lip !
I’m getting close to f word time.
ps. I was hoping you would get the email before you came across the threads here.
Damn. DAMN. That is a potentially dangerous situation. Leaving a mental patient without meds is like leaving a car unlocked in Central Park. Nothing may happen, but the worst happens too often. Ayesha, I hope you have the ability to get something before symptoms return. I have been in depressive ‘periods’ (more like feeling half-awake, stuck in a very passive nightmare and sitting around feeling bleak than sizing ropes or buying guns) and I know how bad a relatively mild case can be. If your doctor leaves you on your ass, he is criminally negligent. He has full knowledge of how your disease can hurt you and those around you. If anything happens, SUE HIS ASS OFF! Doctors who leave patients who need attention unattended are criminals. (On a side note, don’t try to self-medicate. Supposedly ‘herbal’ drugs are unregulated in dosage and can cause interaction problems. Don’t compound your agony.)
What a fucking mess. (If you won’t use the f word you know, for a fact, I have no problem doing so) but I don’t know what to say about your situation. You must be able to make this situation clear to SOMEONE who can keep you current on your meds. ANY doctor knows that it’s so fucking miserable to take someone down from them, it can be even life threatening… make, yell, scream if you have to to get them to understand that.
And yes, I did, get your email before I posted. I always read email first. Again, thanks. I met you and Wally almost in the same post… it is somehow, very fitting to my mind, that you told me about his passage to another place.
Because I don’t think he’s dead. His body has stopped and that happens to all. If you are born you will die. But Wally, his spirt, it is beyond me, my comprehension. I’m sad that he isn’t here to brand, “Putz”, but I’ll bet he’s found a better place where he doesn’t need that label. Miss you, Wally.
And for your son, his piercing… how tribal… give him some African Tribal lore and customs to read. He might think he is oh so trendy but all he really is doing is looking for a tribal identity and the rite of passage.
Byz, have you seen the new smilie yet ? :wally I think it is great that this was done in memory of Wally. I remeber my first posting here well and how he and I tormented C#3 beyond belief.
As for son, well he graduated from high school earlier this month, and is way to cool to listen to his Mother. After all Moms are born grown, we were never young ! We know nothing of the world, and doing things that freaked our parents out.
ARGH. Ayesha’s doc is a major :wally! grrrrr… bastard. Now I’m worried about you, can you go to another doctor? I couldn’t deal with you having a relapse now, hon. When will DoctorJ get his MD?
Esprix, somehow I don’t think the LIONsob would approve if I started dating a doctor. But then again if it saved him money, he might go for it.
SwimmingRiddles, hon, don’t worry about me. I/'ve rlapsed on the Hep C already, so it can’t get much worse than that. But hopefully things will go well when I get to start the new treatment.
Zette, The old doc won’t do it because he already did it once, when the insurance changed. For him to do so again I would have to go see him again. That wouldn’t be covered by the new insurance. It’s one of those catch 22 things.
Sili, I gave up MJ a long time ago. It only depressed me worse. I don’t need that now.
Please folks don’t worry. I just needed to bitch about this. I don’t get suicidal, I just have mood swings from hell and am hard to live with. I don’t like me without my meds. I see a new PCP on the 5th of July, maybe he will give me some of my Serzone untill I can find another shrink.
Doctors suck. When I was diagnosed with clinical depression by a psychiatrist, my doctor took FOREVER to write a prescription for anything. I became an alcoholic in that time and tried to kill myself. Had I been successful in my atempt, that doctor would have been fucked. Assholes. Not too mention that everytime I go for my follow up appointments, if they aren’t cancelled first, the doctors tell me I’m “fine” so I have to go to a therapist everytime I need to fill my Prozac. Last week, when I went to fill my meds, the doctors (typically) told me I was fine. So I went to my psychiatrist and she told me she would no longer provide me with the prescription recommendations. WHAT?? Why the hell not? Well, apparently, I’ve been on Prozac long enough (3+ years) and I should be able to do okay without it…Are you CRAZY?? No?? Well guess what, bitch, I still am. Give me my damn Prozac!!! Nope, still didn’t get it. So now I’m Prozac-free and smoking damn near two packs of cigarettes a day. Gee, that’s healthy. Not to mention I’m losing my damn mind. Okay, whew I’m done now.
Silver_Fire: Show them your sig. If that doesn’t convince them, nothing will. Seriously, all of you, if you aren’t getting the medication you need, I’d check around for other physicians. Extreme situations may call for checking yourself into a psychiatric ward (if you check yourself in, you can check yourself out) if you are suicidal and out of options. Thing is, a suicidal person isn’t thinking rationally (been there, couldn’t open the gun safe), so the feat of getting to a hospital may be too much to handle. That’s where friends come in handy. A good one will hide the pills, knives, etc. while he checks the phone book for the proper facilities. Such a friend may seem overbearing (to say the least) if you want to off yourself, but it’s better to live than to die.
RUN, do not walk to a new doctor, or call a depression hotline, or something. I am DEAD serious. I have been on Prozac/Paxil for almost 2 years. I expect to be on them the rest of my life. The drugs will not magically fix you in 3 years…and any doctor that told you that is a quack. If the drugs helped, you (like me) have a chemical imbalance. That DOES NOT CHANGE!!! If I go off my meds, I immediately start slicing my arms. My doctor told me flat out when I asked after 6 months of Prozac that I was a good candidate for being on them for the rest of my life. My father has been on antidepressants for at LEAST 24 years.
I realize I’m preaching to the choir here, but…this just pissed me off. No doctor - no GOOD doctor should have done what yours did. Please talk to someone, hon. I’ll be worried about you.
I’ve been known to do that once or twice. My arms are so ugly that I have to wear sweatshirts even in summer because I’m embarrassed of them. I don’t cut myself anymore though, I cut paper. Less painful and my arms are starting to look better. I still don’t trust myself though.
Yep. My dad’s been on some form of antidepressant since he got back from Vietnam. Post traumatic stress disorder.
Thanks. That means a lot to me. Two days ago I burst into my mom’s house crying like a little girl, shaking, and throwing up every 5 minutes because I was afraid I would kill myself if I was at home alone. It’s scary and it’s not something I’m about to try controlling by myself. But my thing is, I can’t go to therapy no matter how crazy I get. I don’t trust doctors anymore because of the problems I’ve had with therapists and such in the past. My mom says I should move back home for a while. I might consider that.
Derleth says:
Last year I needed to get a pediatrician quick for my son. He had tested positive overseas and we landed into a town I had never been to before. I knew no one and diddlysquat about the docs in the area, so I went to the emergency room at the big hospital on Sunday afternoon [a slow period]. I demanded a confirmation test and the name of the best ped in town and walked out with a negative test result [he had been asymptomatic] and an appointment with the ped the very next day. Insurance covered the emergency visit altho I still had to pay the deductible.
I share this with you for what it is worth. Good luck.
Well, the whole story of my craziness goes over the period of over 4 years. So you haven’t ever heard (read?) the worst parts. But I’ll save that for a time when I really need to vent.
And thanks for your offer. I’ll be sure to keep that in mind if I’m ever on the edge and just need to let it all out.
