Posted by jealibeanz on October 8, 2006, at 14:57:56
In reply to Re: EMSAM and GPs, posted by psychobot5000 on October 8, 2006, at 10:34:37
Yeah that's my general feeling. Although, he's a bit different than most GP's. This is not a good thing, but he's not the most cautious or detail oriented person. I know he makes a lot of small careless mistakes. Hahaha, I know, I said this is not a good thing. But my point is he's not the kind of practitioner who's so paranoid about doing anything wrong or malpractice suits that he's not willing to stray from the norm occasionally.
Still, the reason why I see him is because he cares about me. I trust him, he trusts me. All other doctors and one horrible pdoc I've seen have completely dismissed the fact that I think I even have anxiety or depression!
My doctor is willing to prescribe me only Xanax for anxiety because we've tried other meds and I did not tolerate them. He's also recently prescribed me Provigil. These are both fairly unorthodox for a GP. He almost gave me a script for a diet pill when I was unhappy about by SSRI weight gain. Haha, at this point I'm not even sure I was actually considered overweight, just up 20 lbs from my usual. I know he's not writing these scripts for the rest of the patients, but he's willing to do so for me.
So, who knows what would happen with EMSAM. At the very least he'd be impressed that I know what it is, understand the mechanisms in full detail. I'm aware of the risks and consequences.
I'd obviously have to be very vigilant in monitoring my reactions and aware of drug and food interactions. But that's not a problem. I'm in PA school. I'm taking pharmacology. It's now my job to understand these things. My friends and I practice blood pressures on each other all the time, so that's easy for me to monitor (I haven't mastered the very tricky skill of taking my own BP).
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