Posted by JohnX2 on March 13, 2002, at 23:02:02
In reply to Anyone have this prob w/ pdoc?, posted by Janelle on March 13, 2002, at 20:28:58
I think it would be ill advised to maintain a relationship with this pdoc.-John
> Several of those who've been kindly following my saga of switching pdocs and possibly switching all my meds asked why I switched docs to begin with (note: I've since decided to go back to the original pdoc and try tweaking the meds she's got me on) ...
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> Well, a problem arose with the original pdoc, namely that she was NOT returning my calls, especially ones that were URGENT (I was "in crisis" a phrase she uses).
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> During one really bad period, I and a family member tried REPEATEDLY to over the course of six days leaving messages and getting NO RETURN PHONE CALL. During another bad time (I was having a very bad reaction to what proved to be too high a dose of Zyprexa) several urgent phone calls for guidance went UNRETURNED.
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> We decided perhaps it was time to try another pdoc who might be more responsive after we became concerned, frustrated, angry, bewildered, upset and bothered by what was a pattern of the original pdoc not returning calls (she had also failed to return calls in the past, then got *better* but then became non-responsive again).
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> This business of needing to talk to her on the phone but not getting a response only adds to my already bad anxiety.
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> What do you folks think of this - have you experienced this kind of problem with your pdoc? Is it reason enough to switch docs?
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