Posted by Quintal on May 3, 2008, at 4:24:33
Why is it that addiction is so unacceptable, while diabetes, obesity, heart disease, thyroid toxicity and renal faliure are quite alright? I had another bad night after cutting down on zopiclone because of my bastard Nazi of a GP, and bastard Nazi of a psychiatrist won't give me any more. I think I quite possibly have the worst set of doctors in the whole of the UK.
Other people on bipolar forums have been shocked by the treatment (or lack thereof) that I've received. Other people with bipolar disorder are getting prescriptions for zopiclone and lorazepam in the UK because their doctors recognize they need these drugs. The pdoc in the hospital that first prescribed the zopiclone was okay with long-term prescriptions because the illness it was being used to treat was so serious. It's not a case of sleeping tablets being 'comfort medicines' any more (and why would it be so bad if it were?), there's more at stake than a restless night when you have bipolar.
I'm going to ask my social worker to transfer me to the hospital pdoc when she eventually gets her butt back to work. I'm sick of the whole damned lot of them. They're not reliable. I just can't keep on having to fight tooth and claw every single f*ck*ng month just to get a measly 14 tablets. I shouldn't have to. I need 28 tablets every month because the meds I'm taking for bipolar (lamotrigine, amisulpride) give me insomnia, and it was already severe to start with. I just can't go on like this. I'm so angry.
Q
poster:Quintal
thread:826956
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