Posted by invisiblemanpa on November 29, 2004, at 16:18:08
Hello Group.
Just a quick note in the ongoing saga of chasing down the fountain of no depression and no anxiety...I had been seeing a psy doc..not the best..but ok..she more or less went along with my suggestions that I usually got off this site! Anyway about six weeks ago I got a call from their rude office staff and was told due to some insurance BS (probably made up lie) that I could no longer see her and had to see another Dr. if I was to remain at their clinic as a patient. Well after numerous calls To Blue Cross, they kept telling me see was in the network, and her office would not schedule me I finally gave in and went in to see the new quack last week. I have dealt with numerous medical professional from psy docs, family docs, both knees rebuilt, sports injuries etc..so I have dealt with my share of medical professional...This young probably just hired intern..was the rudest, coldest, uncaring medical unprofessioal I have ever had to deal with. He did not want to see me and made it very clear, did not ask me hardly any questions, tried to make me feel guilty that meds had not worked for me in the past, most recently I had no luck with Cymbalta...he had no suggestions, nothing..I was appalled at his lack of knowledge and rudeness. He ended up asking me if any med ever worked for me ...and I said Remeron..which has helped some...he prescribed 60 mg which is far above the prescribed highest manufactures dosage...I tried it a few nights and was a hungover fool each morning (without the pleasure of the beer!)....and I just about had to beg him for a script on Klonopin as he didn't believe in Socail Anxiety or benzos....let me tell you it is a real deal...as many of us know...anyway I was going to let it go and just find a new doc..which I am still going to do..but it kept burning inside of me on how badly I was treated....and someone with severe depression and socail/ GA does not need to be treated like that..right?? So I wrote a scathing letter, detailing the whole forced doctor switch and the visit with the young quack to UPMC / Western Psychiatry ...they are the big main hospital system in Pittsburgh area and supposed to have a reknowned mental health clinic...I sent it to the webmaster at UPMC as there was no direct email to Western Psy..I received a phone call today from one of the main clinic's directors and they insured me that they would follow up on everything and hook me up with a new doc and therapist, yeah, by the way, at the same time I lost my doc., the old clinic had told me the same thing about my therapis, the therapist I had been seeing, I could no longer see either and had to pick a new one...after a year spilling your guts out...that's a bitter pill to swallow....So I guess they were trying to get rid of me all together..and I was not a problem patient.????..someone at that clinic is going to get the riot act read to them from the administrators up the chain of command....anyway sorry for babbling...STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS..IF YOUR ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR CARE..COMPLAIN..THERE ARE PEOPLE READY TO LISTEN AND HELP.......I just have to hope now for the right new doc.......don'tcha just get sick of it all..the docs...the meds..the insurance...the side effects...etc....
Ed
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