Not sure where to post this..
This is the first visit I have ever had here since I moved to the Houston area, I have been off my meds for 6 months now while trying to find a new doctor.. etc.. First time I've been off this long in over 20 years. I'm Bi Polar, with Severe anxiety/panic disorder, and I knew going in to see this new doctor I would not get exactly what I asked for, but the doctor kept reminding me she had a "Responsibility to the tax payers" or what ever that meant.. I was slightly manic and my mind was ALL over the place, not to mention I was extremely nervous. I give the doctor a list of meds that I have been on most of my life, what worked and told her what didn't.. She again said, "I have a responsibility to the tax payers" what ever that meant.. That is just about the only thing I remember.. It did not feel like I was talking to a doctor and I felt like I had to justify myself way over what a patient should.
I knew I would have to go through a process and show the doctor over time on what works and what doesn't, but she shut me out though she did write me a prescription for Seroquel, she said no one will ever write me a prescription for panic/anxiety, then said I could see her again in 3-4 months..
In all my life I have never seen anything or experienced anything like it.. She said I could continue with taking the Saint Johns Wort I was taking and take a 200mg tablet of Seroquel and see her in 3-4 months??? What kind of quackery is this? I'm dumbfounded.. I'm not looking to get high or anything, I've been taking meds all my life, being Bipolar she didn't even give me a mood stabilizer.. I didn't get the feeling she was there to help, but just to get paid and say NEXT to the next person going in.. I never felt so humiliated.. I didn't even bother to secure a follow up..
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