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Posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:19:48
I was pretty wound up to chat with my pDoc, but got a last minute cancellation. "We're sorry, but pDoc..."
She's a nice doc, respects my knowledge and is honest. "When it comes down to it, we don't really know what these pills are doing." She seems pretty down herself. Very messy. I always feel I'll let her disapoint her if I'm not doing well.
I used to have an asian guy who barely spoke and/or understood english. I was more honest with him. (old joke: "Sheep lie") I asked my current doc what happened to him and they said he is now longer with the hospital. He was VERY interested in sexual side affects (effects?). Hmm?
Anyways, I'm doing good enough as it is. I just was looking forward to another anti-depressant roller coaster ride.
Posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:29:10
In reply to My pDoc cancelled at the last minute, posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:19:48
Does anyone enjoy trying diffent meds? Going through the gammit of them has really taught me a lot about human nature.
Talking to a friend of mine, I described the knowledge gained from taking AD's as this: Have you ever looked at something while you were stopped at a traffic light and not been able to make out what it was. Then, after you pull away and images in the foreground and background move at seemingly different rates you realize it was something like a bus parked in front of a billboard.
When you take AD's, you see your emotions change at different rates and begin to understand why you do the stupid (and possibly highly intelligent) things you do. It doesn't help any. Cause stupid is as stupid does. It is, however, interesting.
I wonder how many pDocs mess around with AD's. I think they should.
Some food for some thought.
m7
Posted by Phillipa on August 24, 2007, at 22:30:08
In reply to My pDoc cancelled at the last minute, posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:19:48
Hope mine doesn't do it as she's an eight hour trip. Are you changind your ad? I may can't decide. Phillipa
Posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:44:39
In reply to Re: My pDoc cancelled at the last minute » Mission7, posted by Phillipa on August 24, 2007, at 22:30:08
I don't know. Effexor helps tons, but I still have a low level anxiousness that keeps me avoiding things I need to do. It can trigger anxiety and I avoid avoid avoid. I don't know what to do. Maybe at $124 for 18 minutes she can think of something. (I'd feel more at home if she wore a ski mask.)
Posted by ClearSkies on August 27, 2007, at 11:00:29
In reply to Re: My pDoc cancelled at the last minute, posted by Mission7 on August 24, 2007, at 22:29:10
> Does anyone enjoy trying diffent meds? Going through the gammit of them has really taught me a lot about human nature.
>I dread medication changes more than trips to the dentist. They fill me with terror of what new side effects might be in store, or worse, how I might feel if they don't work as intended. I put it down to having had a particularly unsympathetic pdoc for a long stretch who pretty much told me to suck it up and take another pill. Who was followed by the pdoc who didn't even suggest any different medications, but instead said that ECT was the next logical choice of treatment. (Visual of me crying in the car all the way home.)
Now I have a pdoc I trust - but my bad experiences with medications in the past have made me shy away from being adventurous of new meds. Right now I'm studiously filling in a mood chart every day (bo-ring!!) so we can determine if indeed I need to be on a mood stabilizer. What a novel idea! So far the record shows that I do not. And what a relief that is to me.
ClearSkies
Posted by Phillipa on August 27, 2007, at 20:06:04
In reply to Re: My pDoc cancelled at the last minute » Mission7, posted by ClearSkies on August 27, 2007, at 11:00:29
Not more than I do as they give me really bad side effects would rather live with anxiety and the what I think is now becoming depression. Mine had mentioned at one time VNS. No thank-you. I guess I need to try to switch again. Gee what fun. And I know quite a few people in real life that take or have taken effexor and no side effects and the ones off it no withdrawal either so manybe it's not a bad med? Don't know. Phillipa
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