Posted by med_empowered on January 5, 2007, at 12:11:43
In reply to Re: Saw Old PDoc and New Meds, posted by cgd092 on January 5, 2007, at 12:08:34
yeah..its weird. Even these days, with short p-doc visits, your average visit with a p-doc lasts a lot longer than your visit with a standard, "real" doc, and yet these people don't seem able to remember...anything.
Example: back in the day, I had a doc who kept trying to push both Abilify and Straterra on me, visit after visit. The problem? In the very first visit, I had explained a) I don't do neuroleptics b/c of long term risks and b/c they all (especially abilify) gave me akathisia and other problems and b) I had tried Straterra and found it didn't work well, so I wasn't going to give it another go. Did any of this sink in? Apparently not.
So...don't feel bad, I guess...I mean, it sucks, but that seems to be how p-docs operate.
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