Posted by waki on August 17, 2004, at 14:42:03
In reply to Another DR's visit down the drain, posted by linkadge on August 17, 2004, at 13:59:09
I understand you are dissapointed that you have to wait until the next visit for another change.
My experience may or may not help you out.
I saw a p-doc for about 3 years. My visits varied in span from 4 weeks to 12 weeks. It all depended if I was trying a new med.
If you devide 52 weeks in a year by my average 8 weeks span, I received about 6 changes per year.
6 changes per year for 3 years equals 18 total med changes.
At the end of three years we were running out of med experiments.
I applied for this research treatment program and got accepted.
I visit them for the time being once or twice a week. They change my med in a new york second if we are digressing.
The result is I have made more progress in 4 months then I did in 3 years.
Okay, so your not in a research program, but what about emulating my frequiency of visits.
Advise your P-doc if you are digressing you want it addressed imediately.
I never did what i am asking you because I never thought about it. What I would do is anticipate each visit as if it were my first date with the prettiest girl in school. I used to call and he would say "Okay quit taking it", but no added changes.
Hind sight tells me I'm going to do something different next time.
When i default going to my personal p-doc again I am going to interview them and find one that accomidates me the customer.
I am going to set the expectation that if the recent change digresses at what time point do we walk away?
I am then going to set the expectation that I want the next experimental med in the line up to be known.
This way if I call him in 2 weeks and we are digressing, we can stop what I was doing and start the next step.
Mind you this looks like a great idea on paper and I don't know if it will work.
What i do know is seeing a p-doc under a microscope through micro management has generated 10 times faster results for me. When and If I am ever close to normal, i will then go on a routine maintainence visit at very long intervals.
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