Posted by Bonnie_CA on July 14, 2007, at 2:39:21
In reply to watch out for yourself, posted by KayeBaby on July 14, 2007, at 1:29:39
Being a Kaiser patient made me start looking out for myself. The quality of care while I was there was eehhh in most departments and THE WORST in psychiatry. Ever since being a psychiatric patient of Kaiser, I now know that I have to look out for myself, because the pdoc just randomly selected meds for me and then his nurse would just put me off like I was just imagining my problems with the medications. Had me stop a medication cold turkey that should never be stopped like that. Although with all providers I've ever had, not a single soul ever told me to be careful with cold medicine and SSRIs. Never. I had to learn that the hard way. Got very sick and no one seemed to know why. I had to do many hours of research to find my answer (serotonin syndrome). Having problems with Effexor was what made me find this board. I just couldn't accept their assurances. How dare someone tell me that my symptoms are not from the medication! They weren't there before, and now they are, and the only thing that has changed is this medicine. I really do think that we know more about the medication than the doctors sometimes.
However, in your clinic doc's defense, he is a clinic doctor, with waiting rooms full of sick people. He does general work all day. Infections, minor injuries, maybe a couple immunizations. He may have heard of EMSAM a few times, but didn't really understand its action and the things that are bad to pair with it. Definitely call and let them know what they did. But I'd be more ticked if it were my psychiatrist making a mistake like that, or my general doctor whom I see on a regular basis. It sucks what that doc did (or didn't do), but it's awesome that you look out for yourself in regards to contraindictions.
-Bonnie
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