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Re: What to do about med's when Pdoc abandons you

Posted by Enigma on July 26, 2006, at 12:12:04

In reply to What to do about med's when Pdoc abandons you, posted by Karen44 on July 23, 2006, at 23:07:52

> I am not sure what to do about my medications as my psychiatris is saying that maybe I should find someone else. I am not sure where to even look as everyone I have checked so far is booked up. Is it safe to just go off of Lamictal cold turkey if I run out and don't have anyone to prescribe it?? Isn't it unethical for a psychiatrist to just abandon a patien without a referral????
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> Karen

I've been dumped by at least 2 doctors now, and have horror stories about other doctors. Some seem to actually "take offense" at my being treatment resistant, among other things.

If I say what I really thought about these "doctors", I'd get banned from the board. I'm just getting ripped thinking about these "people".

Anyway, I urge *everyone* with a bad experience to do all of the following. Enough is enough already.

1) Ask their office for a review form for that doctor and rip them a new one on the review

2) Ask to speak to their boss. They most likely have one, depending if is a large office or not. Some small private practices don't apply of course (they are their own boss)

3) Register a formal complaint with the medical board in your area and/or find other ways to register a complaint.

4) If you have a valid case of neglect, and such, sue the pants off them. I normally hate our "sue everyone for everything" culture here in the U.S., but some doctors really deserve it - malpractice is REAL.

5) Keep good notes of your visits - keep a log of everything - when you got meds, what you got, why you got it, what you told them, what they told you, etc. (this should be #1).

Again, enough is enough. p-docs, from my experience, well, like I said, I'll get banned if I really say how I feel. I've been to enough of them that it makes my arguments against them statistically valid. e.g. I'm not complaining about *1-2* bad doctor here...


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