Posted by Rvanson on December 25, 2003, at 5:49:30
In reply to I need help, went to doc and he freaked on me, posted by Jaynee on December 23, 2003, at 21:24:24
> I have been on effexor for about 3 to 4 weeks, lost track. I have been feeling worse on effexor than better. Have not been sleeping and having a bad time with anxiety. I am only on 75mg, and I think maybe I should just quit."
Go with your feelings. That much I have learned.
> Went into the walkin clinic and saw a doctor, who basically told me to just start exercising and about some study about triathletes and his triathlete friend, etc and how exercise helps sleep. I told him I was too tired to exercise, because I wasn't sleeping and he said how can you be to tired to exercise and not fall asleep. I said because that is how the beast anxiety works. I said unless you've been there you can't relate. He started to yell and tell me I was making presumptions about him, etc, and I said well obviously you haven't experienced this or you wouldn't have told me that all I needed to do was exercise. I told him I didn't come to argue with him and proceeded to walk out when he started yelling at me to come back, "you come back here right now, get back here." He started to walk after me yelling at me. Needless to say I was in tears when I got home.File a compliant with the AMA or similar organization. People like this need to be peer reviewed and fined, IMO.
> I am really scared now to go back to my pdoc, because I know he is going to get a note from this weirdo doctor and they seem to look out for one another. I also came to realize that no-one especially doctor can help me and it made me really sad and scared. I just don't know how I am going to get better. I was way better before I started effexor, should I quit or keep trying?
>Yes, they do often cover up each others mistakes and often reapeat the same regimine of meds that didnt work before, after getting the records from a past doctors office.
My advice: Dump this freaking out-of-control Quack pronto! How can he help you if he cannot control HIS emotions ?
If it were me and he was yelling like that at me, I might well have "gotten physical" with him, if you know what I mean (wink-wink).
I'm too old and tired to put up with garbage like that from a doc taking 100 of my hard earned dollars for a 10 or 15 minute "office visit".
The last thing people with mental illness need is doctors who are incompetant and rude, like this joker.
After over 20 years of this illness, I can assure you that there are plenty of shingle hangers that dont know how to handle anything out of the ordinary. No way you will get them to prescribe non-FDA meds that accutally work, for petes sake !Thats why I have decided to go on my own these days after studying the symptoms vs effective medications, like so many others here have done.
HMO's and the FDA have made the practice of mental heathcare a giant mess, IMO.
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