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Re: Update! » elanor roosevelt

Posted by jealibeanz on April 10, 2007, at 4:33:46

In reply to Re: Update!, posted by elanor roosevelt on April 9, 2007, at 22:44:01

> it's a controlled substance. Can't be alled or faed.
> have you considered printing articles about the bad reaction consumers are having to the xanaxXR?
> I have been try to work with my doctor in this way (with a bit of success)
>
> When you say you are always keeping it together in front of your doctor it mad me sad. I get myself in trouble over that one. The doctor thinks I seem good enough when that isn't the case. For now on I think I will try to see my pdoc at my worst time of the day.
> Good luck.


Yeah, I knowwww "keeping it together" hurts me. I just can't change that.

I don't lie about symptoms or when asked questions. I'm honest.

But I don't exactly look or act overly anxious when I'm in the office. I'm not. I'm there quite a bit. I'm used to my doctor. He makes me comfortable, which is very good, except when he needs to observe the anxiety that he's helping to diminish by his demeanor.

It's a controlled setting. I can't worry too much because it's like I'm being taken out of my real world, and placed in a little box. My only duty when I'm there is to sit in a chair and talk to a few people. I can't do much else and don't have a lot of time to think about anything other than health-related matters.

Plus, I've trained myself. I know how to act in public in order to appear to have as little anxiety as possible. It's the way to function and prosper in the real world, it's just not beneficial when I'm seeing my doctor.

So, I'm not putting up a false front for my doctor. I just don't walk around in a public setting with my feelings written all over my face. I'm not stoic by any means, but I can and do act much happier and relaxed than I am. That's not going to change, and I don't really want it to, since this is to my own benefit in terms of my future advancements in the workplace, just not terribly helpful when seeking medical care.

To further this a little, I did a college internship at that office a year and a half ago. So yes, I'm very used to putting on my happy face and professional act there. It's hard to take that away. I have to remind myself sometimes that I am the patient when I'm there now, not a the future employee, and must act accordingly... but I don't.


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