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hiddenmuse) wrote2004-07-27 11:34 am
hiddenmuse) wrote2004-07-27 11:34 am
calling dr. love
While I think that my internist is a good person, I've come to the realization that perhaps I should have a psychiatrist to handle my antidepressants, since that can be a rather tricky matter in and of itself.
Sure, an internist can intially prescribe them - even help me out by giving me an additional script in between visits, or increasing the dosage between doctors - but, when it comes to the "3000 Mile Oil Change", as I call the medication maintenance visits, I've found that it's easier to have a psychiatrist do that for me.
This involves looking for a doctor. After going through the lists of providers on my insurance company's website, it's making the calls. In the past, I would call the doctor and end up speaking with his or her secretary/receptionist. This time, I call the doctor, and end up speaking with the doctor personally. It feels kind of weird, really. But, it's what has to be done.
I'm still making calls - one doctor is mainly child/adolescent psych, another was going out of town - but said that I could call her if I didn't find a doctor in a couple of weeks, left a voice mail for one, and another - I was unable to leave a message.
So, I have a few more doctors to try and call. I just think it would be helpful for me to find a doctor to discuss the antidepressants - how they're working, my concerns, if anything can be done about PMS making me feel seriously horrible ... no matter how good I feel any other time of the month.
Sure, an internist can intially prescribe them - even help me out by giving me an additional script in between visits, or increasing the dosage between doctors - but, when it comes to the "3000 Mile Oil Change", as I call the medication maintenance visits, I've found that it's easier to have a psychiatrist do that for me.
This involves looking for a doctor. After going through the lists of providers on my insurance company's website, it's making the calls. In the past, I would call the doctor and end up speaking with his or her secretary/receptionist. This time, I call the doctor, and end up speaking with the doctor personally. It feels kind of weird, really. But, it's what has to be done.
I'm still making calls - one doctor is mainly child/adolescent psych, another was going out of town - but said that I could call her if I didn't find a doctor in a couple of weeks, left a voice mail for one, and another - I was unable to leave a message.
So, I have a few more doctors to try and call. I just think it would be helpful for me to find a doctor to discuss the antidepressants - how they're working, my concerns, if anything can be done about PMS making me feel seriously horrible ... no matter how good I feel any other time of the month.