Posted by jealibeanz on March 25, 2007, at 19:11:22
In reply to Re: If you were my doc, what would you do?, posted by notfred on March 25, 2007, at 18:25:52
> > I want him to tell me it's OK to take Xanax.
>
>
> But you are Blanche, you are on Xanax.
>
> I think he is sending clear signals that he is OK
> with it as he is the one who prescribed it for you.
>
> If you have questions about your docs treatment of you, ask them directly. Setting up these "tests"
> where the other party does not know it is a test
> is not effective in getting answers. Your doc will
> be more effective in treating you when you are direct and honest.
>
>Right, of course that's true. This would be easier for me to be direct if he scheduled a recheck, but I have none. (Which is a bit strange. Even if he didn't think he needed to see me in a month, there should have been a 3 or 6 month appt. He just checked PRN. Haha, as if he doesn't expect me to need to be back. I've been there about 15 times in the past year.)
My actual reason for calling tomorrow is for a refill for a different medication. I was just going to throw the Xanax XR info in with it. I suppose I could just tell the nurse that it's not helping and ask what he would like me to do.
I know that stopping cold turkey is not physically healthy and there are risks, so proposing a dangerous idea doesn't add any credibility or intelligence to my character. I'll just ask for advice.
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