Posted by CEK on April 4, 2006, at 15:49:21
In reply to Re: How do you get help NOW?, posted by Racer on April 4, 2006, at 15:15:56
Racer, I just love you. Thank you for the responce. He is just horrible! It makes me want to drive the 100 miles to Memphis and cause a big scene in the middle of the waiting room! How he can say that he's treated patients for 35 years and then tell me medicines won't help my problems and basically slam the door in my face just sounds nuts to me. It makes me wonder what kind of problems his other patients have that he's been treating. What does he treat people for if he can't treat any of my problems? He has offered no help for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, compulsive eating, nothing! Oh yeah, no help with the rapid cycling either. Evidently the Lamictal was doing something even though I had only been on it for a month, because since not taking it since Saturday, I feel worse. My mother thinks I should be fine without the meds because there is nothing going on bad in my life anymore. The doctors took me off of work because I can't function anymore and I am drawing my disability that I had through my work and my husband has been absolutely wonderful since my breakdown in January and other than that nothing else is bad. I tried to tell her that's the problem, I feel terrible even if there isn't anything necessarily to feel bad about. I told her that's part of my sickness. I told her I am sick, but she refuses to believe it. She thinks it all has to do with outside stressors, but they're not there anymore! My GP use to be wonderful about helping me with problems like my depression. She was the one that started me on ADs 6 years ago and when I had my breakdown she was the one that got me into the treatment center for a week. Since then it's like she's scared of me. She almost completely avoids my phone calls and I can't even get in to see her. I use to be able to call and either she'd squeeze me in with in a day of call me in something. Now that I have gotten this bad, she treats me like I'm out of her leage and she doesn't want to fool with me. She thinks I need to see someone else for my problems. I called her office last week and left her a message about if she could refer me to another pdoc (since this one is such a bite in the butt) and that everyone I called had a six week waiting list and I needed to see someone sooner. Her girl that makes the referred appointments called me back later that day to tell me she was only able to get me in to one doctor and that would be 6 weeks from then. I thought I would have more luck with a doctor referring me, but I didn't. It is so hard when it feels like the medical field has completely abandoned you. Even worse when the doctor that you have been seeing for 10 years brushes you off. I'm going to try the emergency room. I just hope that they don't try to commit me. I'm going to make sure that I don't mention the suicidal thoughts or they'll lock me up for sure. Done that before. I know it's only 3:00 but I took 25mg of Seroquel to see if it would put me to sleep. At least asleep I have some sort of escape. Thank you so much Racer.
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