[wisewoman]

I have been on new meds since begininning if the month now for depression. That switch has helped. I started getting pain meds that are more adequate and appropriate on the eighth, Yesterday I became very ill. I am coughing, my chest hurt, severe dizzy spells and in general really yucky, I think I have pneumonia but doc didn't hear it today, He gave ne a script but told me not to take it unless I was certain it was pneumonia. I can tell you I feel like crap! But I am not sure it's pneumonia crap. Time will tell.

[lenjan]

Wow, good job for having the courage to make doctors listen to you! I'm glad you're finally getting good treatment.

(((((((WW)))))))

[wisewoman]

Candy, I got Mr. Doc to listen and work with me on the change of meds for depression and anxiety. He was fine about it.

I started at a Pain Clinic Jan 8th and I have pretty heavy duty drugs. My pain has been greatly reduced already.

My illness now is severe dizziness, congested, coughing, I hate it.

The way Mr. Doc is behaving I believe he has a better understanding of PTSD triggers, fear etc, I am not speaking with him about this but I get the feeling, Mrs, Doc seemed to take it all personally that I was frightened and started arguing with me about triggers and how I felt, I just realized what a typical reaction that is, It is all about "them"

There are many other issues with that office now that they have started seeing people same day, You have to call that day and get an appointment for that day, I kinda hate it. That is when I saw them being so stressed out, OVEREWORKED wwith 7 min per patient. You can't make call backs, So once again My daughter was told that her bloodwork was "normal". Last time it took us 3 weeks to determine with a million calls back and forth to them, what was normal and what side of normal, she feels xyz, is there room for an increase, So finally I left a message for him and asked that question I had been carrying around. Is their room for an increase in meds at this point. He doubled her dose but did not say she should have follow up blood work. I knew it needed to happen is all, Boy they frustrate me sometimes.

Modern science is oh so not modern,Sorry for the ramble.

i am so very proud of you..........xoxoxo pat

[(JD)]

It's good to hear about your pain clinic and meds! I wish you well on this with continued success. TC