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Posted by Phillipa on June 29, 2007, at 22:41:06
The ER doc said not to pay attention to stuff you read on meds on the internet too much info is wrong. So no place to research now either. Love Phillipa
Posted by chiron on June 29, 2007, at 23:39:40
In reply to ER Doc, posted by Phillipa on June 29, 2007, at 22:41:06
I think I heard once that ER docs aren't quite as competent, but I don't remember why.
I know when I saw a neurologist in the ER, he mentioned that my phosphorus & potassium levels were low but didn't know what that meant. It was later when my psychiatrist & outpatient neurologist saw the lab results that they thought that could have been a factor. So I wasn't too impressed.
Posted by stargazer2 on June 30, 2007, at 9:12:04
In reply to ER Doc, posted by Phillipa on June 29, 2007, at 22:41:06
...and you believed him...they don't know everything as you already stated...of course alot of what you read on the Internet is BS but lots is more information than you'll every get from your MD, they can be threatened that their patients are asking very good questions today based on internet research. As a matter of fact, my pdoc is using information I got from the information I gave him to add wellbutrin to the nardil I am on.
You should know this with yor background and know you can't belive everything but lots of infomation on the internet is valid and legitimate especially published papers, etc.
Stargazer
Posted by Honore on June 30, 2007, at 10:03:19
In reply to ER Doc, posted by Phillipa on June 29, 2007, at 22:41:06
Phillipa, don't pay attention to everything that this Dr. said. As I recall, he's given you uninformed and not good advice in the past.
Some information on the internet is extremely reliable and worth using. Some isn't. You can often recognize which is which-- and other times, you can ask here, or ask you pdoc. But you need to ask people you can trust, not this emergency room Dr., who seems possibly a little too casual with his advice. He may not be being at all careful in how he says things.
Don't be discouraged by an off=hand comment by him.
Honore
Posted by Phillipa on June 30, 2007, at 10:35:09
In reply to Re: ER Doc » Phillipa, posted by Honore on June 30, 2007, at 10:03:19
Honore I wish it hadn't been off hand but since that bite I've been getting more tired each day and told my husband I know my body and something is wrong. I've been forcing myself around. Well one after thyroid testing in a GPs office the Endo who absolutely knows nothing said now I'm hypothroid again. Was told by both the endos nurses that the way the endo told me to take the synthroid was totally wrong as he said to take it with the valium around 5 am when I wake up for the bathroom and come to find out both the nurse and the pharmacist at the ER were right valium interfers with synthroid. I said look now they the endo wants me to combine cytomel with synthroid one says take together the other apart and that they can cause anxiety and then called pharmacist ours too who confirmed it and then goodgled it and they're right. I've gained 20lbs in two months on hardly any food at all. So the therapist at the hospital checked with the pharmacist there too and he said that after years of luvox weight gain can happen. I begged the ER doc to admit me for one night and I'd pay for a consult with one of their endos and get this stomach looked at as I can't eat either. Seriously I'm terrified really terrified as with my history of lymes and no OB-GYN and the indigestion, dirrhea , exteme fatique I know something is wrong and all she says is I can only make sure you're not dying now. Find a new pdoc, therapist, endocrinologist, and internist. I googled the synthroid and it does interfere ofr vis versa with the valium now why wouldn't an endo know this? And with past history of thyroid sky rocketing in a matter of 24 hours to unbearable anxiety. I've been my own advocate and there is no place to turn I have no idea what to do. Take the endos cytomel and synthroid and the nurses one hour before food and separately as the endo said or together as his nurse said or do nothing for now? My head is spinning I will definitely be crazy. And of course the assessment proved I'm not crazy. Just panic and if I'm tolerant as everyone hear says what do I do? Love Phillipa
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