Posted by Kim on June 7, 2000, at 0:40:40
In reply to It's all about the Benjamins, posted by Rockets on June 6, 2000, at 9:54:20
> I think we should set our expectations a little more realistically. pdocs are trained medication dispensers who make quite a bit of money to do that. Sometimes you get lucky and find one that is more than that. They usually charge more too. I personally use a really good pre-qualified psychologist/counselor for emotional support and therapy. I only expect my pdoc to dispense the right medications properly. Most pdocs are not psychologists. Their training is different.
Rockets--That's why I fired my Pdoc. I was only seeing him for "medication management," but he was still a jerk. He once told me I should work with my therapist on my "psychotic delusions"--which was his interpretation of my comment that I didn't feel like I should do something fun unless my house was clean. (Obsessive, maybe, but not psychotic or delusional.)
But the final straw was that he did NOT prescribe my medication correctly. He told me to take temazepam up to three times a day. He thought it was an anti-anxiety, and it's a sleeping pill. Fortunately my pharmacist caught the error.
I think you're right, it must be about money. The information sheet he gave me on my first visit said that his office "chooses not to handle emergencies," and was limited to patients who were not "seriously disturbed." In other words, the easy bucks.
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