My old pdoc I only saw twice a year for maybe 20 minutes. There was barely enough time to talk about anything and it was always the wrong time for changing meds, so it was forever put off. I think the few times I called him when I was really having problems it took a couple of weeks to see him. And there always seemed to be miscommunication between what I told the nurse and what the nurse told the doctor.

My new pdoc it's different, the whole practice is different. There's a 24 hour crisis line - and someone will call you back after hours and you can go in and see the crisis counselor and they can get the ball rolling. I think when I really needed to see him it still took a week to get an appointment, but he made some med changes over the phone based on what the crisis counselor told him.

It's so different than what I was used to, but I live in a smaller area with a different type of practice.