Posted by Else on July 22, 2001, at 16:18:17
In reply to Re: How effective are MAOIs? » Else, posted by Elizabeth on July 22, 2001, at 13:06:28
That's good advice really although I agree it's unfortunnate. But admission of drug use ends up on your file and sometimes even changing doctors doesn't make a difference. 6 or 7 years ago I had this deranged, bitchy psychiatrist who had like 5 Rottweilers protecting he office. She was of the type who never says a word to you. Anyway, she prescribed Prozac & Xanax for me for SP. I was about 18 years old and partied hard so one night I had a bit too much to drink and blacked out because of the Xanax. (She had never told me I couldn't drink while on these drugs, BTW). I naively reported this to her on our third appointment thinking this was worth mentionning. There was no fourth appointment (she dropped me), stopped all my prescriptions and told the GP who had reffered me to her I was an alcoholic. (I actually found this out years later when said GP asked me if I was still dependent on alcohol. I said WHAT!!!!!!!!. I've never been dependent on alcohol in my life. I can't even drink on two consecutive days, it makes me sick. To this day she's not convinced). I was 18, I drank like an 18-year-old. But to some doctors, any drug or alcohol use (or misuse, perhaps) means you are an incurable drunk or junkie and you'll never get anything other then Prozac. I'm warning you. Doctors are like the insurance company people : You've never had a drop of alcohol in your life and you favour the death penalty for pot smokers. That way, maybe you can have a medicine cabinet stocked with pharmaceutical speed and still look like a good upstanding citizen.
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> In that case, I'd just keep working on this one. I think that he could probably be persuaded to come around. He might just need to get to know you better in order to feel that you're reliable and trustworthy.
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> It's a sad world where doctors punish their patients for being honest. I've never taken cocaine, but even if I had, I would be very hesitant to tell a doctor about it, at least until I'd gotten to know him.
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> -elizabeth
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