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Originally Posted by lucydog
I'm a PA at an urgent care clinic and I see patients who need anxiety meds every single day. Most providers have no problem whatsoever writing a short term Rx to get you through a rough patch. Please, please don't feel embarrassed about it. On the subject of medical referrals- all the referal means is that it's a doc your T has a past relationship with, it does not mean that he/she is the only person on the planet who can give you the care that you need. Call around, find a doc who has an opening and make an appt there. If you need a referal from your t for insurance purposes (which doesn't sound right to me), than go and ask him for one. Why wouldn't he do it? The goal here is to get you seen, not to line his buddy's pocket with a referral.
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Thanks for the info.. My T was the one who suggested that he refers me b/c I don't have a primary right now. And he has a list of trusted Drs. that he ususally refers his patients to, I am sure I am welcomed to go wherever I want... Although, I do want a Dr, who I know is confident in rx psychatric drugs and will not just rx them and send me on my way w/o follow ups... b/c the lady who was my primary care did that last year. Said take this and that was it.. she didn't want to follow up, she didn't tell me to get thearpy or anything. I was thrown off by that. And anyways.. I wasn't in a place where I was ever going to take any meds then anyways. So, I am just a little nervous and leary of it all. I am however very encouraged that the PA was willing to sit down with me and talk to me next week!!