Posted by shasling on January 25, 2006, at 22:36:14
In reply to Re: Psychiatrists who don't have time to talk » ed_uk, posted by 4WD on January 25, 2006, at 22:21:35
> I think my old pdoc had a list of meds. (Seriously). He'd start at the top and go down the list. But first we'd have to try various doses of the first one and then next visit, try adding an augmentation to it, then next visit try a different dose of one or the other (the med or the augmenter) and then next vist, switch to a different augmenter and so on and so on.
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> I got the distinct feeling that the whole process was simply designed to keep me coming back for those $160 med checks as long as possible. He was perfectly happy to have the process last as long as possible. Never mind that I'd go in for a vist, he'd make a minute change and consign me to another month of hell. He'd never change two things at once (he said it would be too hard to tell which was causing the effects). Finally after almost a year I gave up on him.
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> Marsha
>-- aaghgg. Thats so aggravating. How much of that kind of docting can be taken care of over the phone??? Like 100%?
Another thought: Last doc I had I went in with all the ideas, and I'm thankful she'd give me just about anything I'd ask for (NOT the MAOI, don't even ask!), but why was I paying her? For the last two years I was doing ALL the thinking. Can't say it isn't going to be a little bit sweet to go back and tell her the MAOI was the one that worked...
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