Jan, could you possibly just say that you don't want to stop your current meds and start the new one until you speak to the doctor himself?

For me, personally, I would be really uneasy about someone I had never met before making such big changes all of a sudden and not being able to even talk to the doctor first... I'm not trying to say she doesn't know what she's doing, however there is a big difference btwn a doctor and an assistant to me, amount of school, etc. There is also a reason that a PA cannot run their own clinic without a doctor overseeing things.

I would want to talk to him at least...

Now, for me, I have been feeling awful lately, pain, depression, etc. Allergies added in, and now possibly an infected (injury). I really just want to hide from the world, but I am still forcing myself to go be social.

Started PT for my back this week. Sore, but not worse than before... really just getting tired of all of this.