Posted by calamityjane on October 2, 2008, at 16:25:15
In reply to Re: side effects - anesthetic?can u answer this drBob? » calamityjane, posted by Quintal on September 30, 2008, at 14:41:39
> Hi CJ,
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> I understand your anger. It does seem like an unusual choice of meds. Halcion in particular has been associated with psychiatric disturbance, and I think it has been withdrawn from the market in many places because of this. You're right - he really shouldn't have been given a large supply of those two antidepressants if he was suicidal, and it is unusual to be prescribing two TCAs together. It's a shame you can't discuss this openly with your family. Have you ever had bereavement counselling or some sort of therapy to talk through why these things happened? Have you ever looked into family therapy? It sounds as though you might all have wounds as a family that need to heal, but from what you say they don't sound open to that kind of thing. It must be painful to hold all that inside. I hope you can find some peace somehow.
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> QWell, there was some minimal family therapy in the beginning, but that ended in about 1987 - only about one year after his death. that particular guy told my mom to tell me that my dad had a heart attack. then one day during a session he told us all to go home and stand around my dad's picture and hold hands, and chant "we are mad at you for leaving us" over and over. Can you imagine? So I said "why are we mad? its not like he CHOSE to die" then they all just stared at me. the doctor cleared his throat, my brother told me to shut up, and about that time everybody kind of stood up and said "well, see ya next week"....
So, bad experience with counseling. I dont know. maybe i should try again.
And as a side note - I called the family doctor who was cited on these hospital records I acquired recently. He is still in practice, yet denied my request to meet with me. All I wanted was for him to discuss the surgery with me - the same stuff I posted up above. His office manager was a total you know what. Told me:
"Dr. C was NOT your dad's friend - he was his doctor - and he cannot help you with this."I was like "HUH>????" Cause I never implied they were friends! I called her supervisor and told her what she had said. The super. called me back today apologized for her employee. Told me that she reported the incedent to her own boss.
But she said Dr. C still would not see me. When I explained a second time my purpose, she said she would attempt one more time.
So now I wait.
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