Posted by mair on January 6, 2004, at 7:50:25
In reply to Re: my life feels like a big bad drug side effect » mair, posted by zenhussy on January 5, 2004, at 10:49:59
A couple of year's ago I had to switch pdoc's because mine retired. I had seen him for several years and through numerous drug trials. The letter which he wrote to the new doc accompanying my records contained a summary of his 4 year's or so of treating me. He more than implied that I baled out on several drugs prematurely because I didn't like the side effects, totally forgetting that he took me off a couple of them because they did absolutely no good! Anyway, I was pretty much determined to prove him wrong and when I started taking and reacting to serzone, I probably waited much too long to let my pdoc know what a rough time I was having with it because I wanted to prove I wasn't the stubborn wimp my previous doc seemed to think I was. I really only ever contacted her because my therapist started getting very concerned about how suicidal I was starting to sound and she (my therapist) hounded me so much about calling my pdoc.
Anyway, don't feel reticent about letting your pdoc know about the side effects - it sounds like you're pretty good about this already - tons better than I was.
Mair
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