Posted by trouble on March 17, 2002, at 16:24:12
In reply to Re: How do you confront a bad psychiatrist?, posted by spiroll on March 17, 2002, at 15:14:18
Hey Lisa'
Dis I undesrsatnd that right, that he makes you pay for an office visit for the same refill every month, and you don't have a history of suicide attempts? I'm freaking out I can barely get my keys straight on the keyboard here! I've never heard of that, he''s ripping you off! My pdoc sees me every 3 weeks and gives me 5 refills on every drug thtat isn't a controlled substance. I'd write that letter, write two, and complain to the attorney general while yr at it, and no friend, what yr asking for is not at all too much.
Also, and I may get in HOT WATER on this board for advising you of this, but I know what it's like to be desperateed to lose weight, and the appetite suppressant I use for that is foolproof, and LEGAL, but it's dangerous, god I can just see IsoM hit the roof when I say this but Ma Huang, aka ephedra took off 20 lbs for me once in 2 months and gave me the bounce and energy of a 3 year old. It's at drugstores. If you don't abuse substances and can stick to the recommended dose it may be worth trying. Also, weight loss clinics associated w/hospitals may put you on a controlled substance as an appetite suppressant and provide a weekly support group for people struggling w/ weight and body issues, we have 2 in Austin, I went to one and the doctor was responsible about prescribing the right meds and dosage w/regard to the psychotropics I was on at the time, I lost 26 lbs. in 3.5 months. If your appetite is out of whack it can undermine your social life, self-esteem and feminity, f8ck up yuor nutrition and make you feel like a hog every time you put a bon-bon in your mouth. I used to have an elephantine eating disorder, spend an entire day going from one fast-food joint after another, consume as much as 12-15,000 calories in one sitting then wish I was dead until the next binge. None of my doctors addressed the problem, but I became proactive, did my "work" and my weight has been a steady, voluptuous 150 lbs. for the last 3 years. I once weighed over 200 lbs, so I know something about what you're going through, unless I'm blowing this out of proportion, so to speak, then please forgive me, I don't mean to catastrophize a problem for someone else just b/c it was a catastrophe for myself. Guess my hot-buttons on fire today! Anyway... I know you can find a doctor who specializes in obesity to join your team and take all your issues seriously.
Finally, there are books and magazines and websites galore that praise the larger woman and provide practical beauty and fashion tips to keep you walking w/ yuor head held high, I can give more details if you're interested. Women come in all sizes, there are days you just have to keep repeating that to yourself over and over, and quit calling yourself fat, you zaftig, Rubinesque, Amazon Goddess, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14!
Pullin for ya,love, trouble
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