I was in a serious car accident when I was a teenager, a lot of orthopedic surgery through the years . Anxiety can get out of control as I've gotten older, especially when I'm having more surgery.. My PCP used to help me out with a couple Valium daily and it worked. Facing another group of surgeries when the opioid problem came, my PCP could no longer prescribe. I was told I needed to have a consult with a psychiatrist. Desperate, I made an appointment went and saw her. Her office was piled high with Charts and paperwork, she had about 200 pound dog that laid in the middle of the room it was tight quarters, I was struggling to walk. I had a messed up ankle/leg that I was getting ready to have surgery , last thing I wanted to do was step over a 200 pound dog. . She said she was a farmer, no problem. I was in Marlette. We spoke for a couple hours seemed like things went well. I told a cousin about her and said I thought I really liked her. She said see how it goes for you, but I didn't have a very good experience. Just see how it goes for you and that's where we left. It . Doctor gave me a script. Helped me get through my surgery really well it was good medicine. After 30 days of feeling good doing well on the meds she wanted to change it, I'm healing from major orthopedic reconstruction of a foot and ankle and a leg, two more surgeries to come. I didn't think that was a wise idea, but she was a doctor.. we went through a trial and error for weeks of try this medicine and try that medicine. Finally, I got mad and said no more.. I still have an email from her that upsets me, when you tell a doctor that medication is not working for you because you can't breathe, you can't sleep at night, all sorts of side effects and it's just dismissed like I was not giving the medication a chance. It wasn't the time to be changing medication.. I asked please can we stay on the medicine that works until I'm through this orthopedic surgery? Answer was no.
Luckily, I did find a doctor to help me with at least one Valium a day when things really get out of control.
My cousin later told me that she had the same experience with Dr wanting to change medication. I don't understand that if something works for the patient, why change it ? I was very disappointed went through a lot of suffering.. read more