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Originally Posted by BuggsBunny
There are some real jerks out there, that's for certain. I had a GP who kept looking at my meds list every visit, and shaking his head, saying I was on too much, why did I need TWO antidepressants, etc. I told him to call my shrink. And I wasn't on near the stuff I'm on now! Last fall, I had a nurse practitioner refuse to prescribe me an antibiotic when it was clearly indicated, and I had used it multiple times before. She said she was intimidated by my list of meds.
Yeah, that really built confidence in her skills.
You are not alone, my friend.  Hugs and good wishes, Buggs |
To be fair, she actually did the right thing. NP's don't have as much training as doctors. She was clearly out of her depth with you. You should never, ever treat a patient if you don't know what you're doing. Can you imagine if the antibiotic had a bad interaction with one of the meds you were on, and you got seriously ill? She would be in a lot of trouble for prescribing something when she didn't have the proper expertise.
The best thing she could have done was to keep you in the clinic and consult with a doctor, to make sure it was okay to prescribe you the drug. But maybe that wasn't possible at the time.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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