Posted by 4WD on January 28, 2006, at 23:28:15
In reply to I just don' t even know where to begin......., posted by platinumbride on January 28, 2006, at 17:46:41
> I went to a new pdoc 2 weeks ago. He does not take insurance, and my insurance co. won't take bills from out of network docs.
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> Seeing him is a hardship, but he is highly recommended by many.
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> He began to go over my history (esp. the meds I've been on), and let me interject to tell him that I am desperate, depressed and feel that I need to look into maoi therapy.
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> When we finished my history he said he wanted to see me again ($$$) and that he was not going to prescribe anything at this first visit.
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> He said he was quite sure that th Biploar II diagnosis I had been given was correct and (with kindness) said " I think you were hoping that you would leave here with an maoi and start to feel better, but I believe that you must be treated with combinations of mood stablizers"
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> I have tried almost all of them...I am still back here in a place we all have been.
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> I expressed this and he said he was sorry but not ready to prescribe yet. "What do we do for the next 2 weeks?" I said. "We think", he said.
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> That sounds great, but the more thinking I do, th more upset and confused I become.
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> Are there really mood specialist-types who can make a success of several mood stablizers even when one alone did not work? Would, say, trileptal, work if combined with, say, lamictal when the two alone did nothing for me?
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> I appreciate this man's courage in wanting to get the whole picture, rather than just throwing some samples at me, but I am feeling desperate...suicidal thoughts follow me everywhere.
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> Anyone have any idea how long these combos take to work?
> And WHY can he not just give me some friggin' nardil or parnate while he is doing his thinking????
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> Now I am just angry and rambling....
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> Please help if you can
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> DianeHi Diane,
The pdoc I am now seeing did exactly the same thing. He said he needed time to look over the information I had brought him - the med history, the mood history, etc. I was very disappointed; I wanted to start getting "fixed" immediately.
He has turned out to be the best pdoc I've ever had. He actually listens to me, thinks about drugs before he puts me on them and chooses them based on what I describe from the period since I last saw him. He consults other doctors and does research on my behalf.
I am still very far from well - but that's because I am med sensitive and treatment resistant and possibly have been misdiagnosed for many, many years. But I trust my doctor now, in that he definitely has my best interests at heart and cares what happens to me. I don't think any of the others really ever have.
Hope that helps a little.
Marsha
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