Posted by yesac on June 24, 2003, at 13:49:23
In reply to Re: please read » yesac, posted by fallsfall on June 23, 2003, at 20:17:58
> Please do not go off your medication. Please. If you really can't take it any more, then call your pdoc and at least talk about it. Maybe you even want to call in the morning and make an appointment for as soon as you can. Then you only have to "emergency" call if you can't hold out until the appointment.
I considered it. I feel like I either see him or call him practically every week. I feel so ridiculous about that, but I've managed to get passed that most of the time. It's just so hard for me to let myself cry out for help after years of never ever doing that, not even for small things like help with school work or asking for directions.
It's weird. I've become so impatient with medication. After months and months (well, years really) of trying to find something that works, with no success, I just get so frustrated with it. I want to push my doses up early on because I don't want to waste time, even though it wouldn't matter anyway since they take a while to kick in no matter what your dose is.
Before my current psychiatrist, I used to never call with complaints or to say I need an earlier appt. But then, I never really had one who I could do that with until now. Right now, I hesitate to call him because I just think "what can he really do?" (a very usual thought for me which has often been what keeps me from asking for any sort of help). I just started Parnate. I need to just wait. Oh well. I'll call him if I really need to, if only for some reassurance.
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