^^^ What spikes said. Pay close attention and advocate for yourself.

I schedule appointments at times that are comfortable for me. That helps me to be on my toes.

Last week my pdoc raised my dose of neurontin to help my sleep. The med also is helping chronic back pain. I've spoken with my pdoc about that benefit. Not being in chronic pain helps my mental state. Pdoc said That's good...but of course, I'm not able to prescribe this medication to treat your pain.

Uh, right. So if I go to my GP and she says, Okay...lets raise the dose of your neurontin, since it's helping your pain. Then I go back to pdoc and tell her my dose is raised. She's going to be upset that my dose is different than the dose she prescribed. Crazy, right? Yeah, it is.