Posted by JohnX2 on November 3, 2001, at 5:17:26
clues your pdoc is good and tips
to get into the good doctors office,
especially for newbees.- You have a good GP. He will know the
good pdocs.- The pdoc waiting list was huge or
the doctor is not taking more patients.
Good restaurant analogy. Ask to be put
on a cancellation list and/or speculatively
book a far-out apointment. Get into see an
earlier doctor, but keep the original appointment
on the book because you may find a few months
later that you want to switch doctors. You
can always cancel the good rec doctor appt if
your 1st doctor works out. Note: This *doesn't*
imply the 1st doctor won't be good, its just
a barometer.- Your doctor knows the generic name of medications.
I.e. Inderlal=propranolol. Prozac=Fluoxetine,
Paxil = Paroxetine. You can sneak in a question
mentioning a generic name instead of a trademark
and if your doctor fails to know what you are
referring to on a common med then
he most definately *sucks* in my opinion.- Simple on the sly screening question. "I drink a
lot of diet coke, is all the phenylalanine
in aspartame affecting my mental health". Phenylalanine is the stuff in
food that makes norepinepherine and dopamine.
If your doctor claims ignorance to phenylalanine,
then he is a loser, imho. This would be like an
electrical engineer not knowing what a transistor is.
My 1st pdoc didn't know the conversion path
of phenylalanine- >norepinephrine/dopamine. I.e. he
sucked at science. I actually found this question out by
accident, because I was drinking 12+ diet cokes a
day and the doctor didn't know how to respond.- The doctor is not hyperfocused on prescribing certain
meds, and is willing to openly discuss alternatives
and listen to your viewpoint and concerns. You shouldn't
feel like you are in a debate with your physician.- Your doctor remembers your meds or has prepared
himself when you come in for follow up appointments.- Casually asked what your doctor studied as an
undergraduate. If not science or engineering, then
probably he stinks. (Sorry if this offends anyone).- Your doctor is attentive. Sometimes they are tired
and forget things and this is understandable, but if
he shows a repeated pattern of being unattentive
then dump his ass.Please remember, you are paying a lot of money for
critical service and deserved to be treated as a
respected customer!Maybe this should be on the other forum, and
I'm sure others have opinions. Sorry if this
info is redundant from older threads. But I
do believe some of my sneaky screening questions
are useful, but you need to be careful on the
more technical ones so the doctor doesn't
think you are neurotic.-john
poster:JohnX2
thread:83056
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