Posted by Saragram on January 9, 2003, at 7:49:41
In reply to Re: New doc is not only benzophobic but stimuphobic!, posted by utopizen on January 8, 2003, at 21:14:11
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> She halved the number of Xanax tablets I can get at one time (says she's afraid I might get robbed by a coke addict if they found out I had them).
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> My p-doc's benzophobic too, but at least he gives solid excused based on actual experience he's witnessed, not paranoid obsessions like this. Your doctor needs help, and I'm not being sarcastic. That's just NOT a rational statement for a doctor to make, and I'm not just saying that because I'm pro-benzo. I actually respect my doctor's reasons for not prescribing me Klonopin, but your doctor's reasons rest on undocumented, unverifiable paranoia.
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> Switch doctors, and not just so you can get benzos- what other thoughts are going through this guy's head? Do you really want to trust your life to a person who bases his prescribing habits on absurd hypotheticals?Utopizen,
I agree with you, but the problem is that I switched GPs because the previous one wouldn't listen to me -- he was generous with benzos, but for 6 years pooh-poohed my complaint that I had leg cramps at night if I took my diuretic as directed, and the straw that broke the camel's back was when I went to him last year for a persistent sore throat, told the nurse that was why I was there, told the doctor that was why I was there, and was back in my car in the parking lot with a year's worth of blood pressure prescriptions before I realized he had never addressed the issue of my sore throat! He just ran through a list of blood-pressure related questions, entered stuff in his computer, and hustled me out of the office! I hate to switch again after waiting 4 months for an appointment with the benzo/stimuphobic one who was recommended by my gyno.
I'd also like to make her eat her words by coming back from the psychiatrist with a clear-cut diagnosis of ADD, which I am SURE I have. I'm not denying that I might be a bit bipolar, too, but she seemed so sure that I would have a much worse history of failures in life if I really had ADD -- she doesn't know what it's like to, every day, face a series of competing tasks and messes and NEVER have a clue as to where to start or how to climb out of the chaos!
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