Posted by caroline on April 11, 2000, at 16:06:08
In reply to Re: JOHN, posted by caroline on April 8, 2000, at 15:27:42
> John
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> Sorry to bother you again. I found a lot of reassurance in your response to my earlier posting - i.e. that the idea of a Remeron/Anafranil augmentation was not totally stupid or wishful thinking. I have to admit, I am a little concerned that the sedation (particularly daytime) might be too much even for me, but what concerns me more right at this moment, is the fact I am having a really hard time getting my psychiatrist to so much as consider augmentation. He does not believe in messing around with meds, even when they are not working! He is even making very negative noises at the idea of raising my dose of Remeron (N.B. I am still not sure which of these two options I should go with). My Psychiatrist is a junior doctor doing a compulsary rotation and does not seem to know much at all about psychiatric meds - he had not heard of remeron until he met me in August of last year! Perhaps unfortunately, I live in the UK and so cannot request a transfer to another doctor or even a meeting with a consultant. The system says: take what we're offering or go without.
> What I wondered, is whether you would know of any factual information I could hit him with in support of my either augmenting the remeron or increasing my current dosage - something on the net maybe? I am getting very desperate as I am due to meet with him again this Tuesday.
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> I would be extremely grateful for any help or advice you or anyone else could offer.
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> Yours, Caroline.N.B Sorry if this got posted twice!
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