Posted by zeugma on May 28, 2004, at 13:36:03
In reply to Re: Oh, another thought., posted by linkadge on May 28, 2004, at 13:12:18
> I am just seeing a regular doctor right now. One who has probably never heard of using selegeline for depression. I feel too embarassed to go and ask for a medication by name, even though I know of a few killer cocktails that would help.
> The last few doctors got *really* pissed off when I asked for a specific medication. It is like they think they had a more intricate sence of my body's workings than I do.
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i have asked for medications by name (most recently anafranil). It does seem to piss off my pdoc but what am I supposed to do when I spend all my time researching my condition and am suffering from tons of symptoms and i know he would MUCH rather continue me on what i have been on? I never ask for any meds by name, or even make general suggestions, unless I am desperate for alleviation of my symptoms. for example I have suffered from longstanding extreme fatigue and I naively mentioned Provigil, also I have always had terrible social phobia and brought up Paxil. He knows what my symptoms are and would always ask me "has your social anxiety improved?" and would seem content when i told him "No."With the latest incident, i was in severe despair earlier this week, I called him and told him I wanted to try Anafranil. He knows I have been in a terrible depression for over a month, and at our last meeting i had mentioned anafranil so this was not coming out of the blue.
The real issue is that given the current state of psychiatry the PATIENT knows more about what is going on inside his/her head than the doctor. My doctor is not there when I experience gut-wrenching despair when I leave work and my mood sinks like lead. He is not around when my sleep is disrupted by painful headaches and I feel like I'm having an epileptic seizure after i finally fall asleep. I have so many symptoms that i feel like a freak when i sit there explaining what's been happening, i feel like mentioning some drug or other might actually make me sound more normal :)
by the way linkadge it sounds like you're feeling, better, has your shivering stopped?>
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