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If you can, get a second opinion. I'm so so sorry, it's very frustraiting, I know. AND .......HERE MY STORY IN A NUTT SHELL. GO BACK THREE YEARS, THE FDA PUT THE BOOT TO DR.S. DUE TO THE ABUSE OF PAIN PILLS. BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE, DR.S ARE NOW HAVE ING TO BE VERY CAREFULL.
BUT YOUR NOT CRAZY DONT GIVE UP ON YOURSELF, THE MORE RESEARCH YOU DO....FOR YOURSELF, THE BETTER.
I HAD A FAMILY DR FOR 18 YEARS, THIS DR. KNEW ME AND MY FAMILY, PROBLY MORE THAN HE WISHED, I COULD CALL THE CLINIC AND 98 % of the time he would call me back. So moving forward, for the last 3 yrs I have seen other Dr.s the clinic just moved me out and to incoming Dr.
I missed my family Dr. So much. ��
I've been in this tornado of one after another Dr., The last one had dropped me off of valume had been taking for 5 years, not because they felt I didn't need it, but that they would loose his / her licence.
I'm off of benzos and agree they are only for extreme anxiety, butt.......Please! Anyone reading this......DO NOT....
allow the nightmare of detoxing be sudden. I KNOW MY own experiance, I could of died. There were
times fter going to bed In my sleep, I bit my tounge, I was on sleep aid, so I didn't wake up. I also know I had a mini
stroke, because half my face drooped and the top of my head down through my jaw was numb, for a day. My blood pressure went sky high, because of detox, I tried to explain to my Dr. That it was because of the sudden drop from valume, his replying was..."oh no your bp, would not do that because of lack of valume, I was a complete basket case for 3 months. I'm sharing this because.....I do not want the same thing to happen to anyone else.
If there was a way I could help just one person, I would at least had gone through all that hell, for someone else not to.
It is up to your pharmacy to keep you updated to meds, side effects. TWO DR.S PRIOR TO MY LITTLE STROKE tried to take me off, suddenly, when I would check with the pharmacy, they would say oh no you must not suddenly go of these, and I would get my rx. But the last New Dr. That I was seeing said NO again, I was so sick of life Dr.s and pills I was pretty convinced, that they won this battle, but no I should of kept fighting, looking back I wish I had taken a family member with me to my visits. The last new 3 Dr's I saw were all weird, degree or no degree, the first New Dr. I SAW I requested to see my regular Dr. She said "oh he doesn't do pain killers anymore, so if you want to see him, you have to be off them, Wow!,,,,really? Because my husband sees this family Dr. And still gets pain scripts. Liar.
The second Dr. Was pushing me through like a cow, and wanted me to see a shrink, well....I just thought. OK jump through another hoop, oops I missed an important part, the poor Dr. That said I couldn't see my Family Dr I had for 18 yrs, well she just up and disapeard, quite, I never got a phone call so I missed an Important Dr. Appointment for med refill.
I went to the shrink so I could stay sane, she said "uh why are you here? I told her well it should be in your notes my last Dr said I had to see you. She looked puzzled.
So the next Dr. App He walks in the room and it felt like at the top of his lunge said"so, you see your shrink yet?
Guess what, he also quite, out of the blue, and yet another missed appointment, high bp again.
Moving on ...yawn, Dr. # 3 oh he was a great actor and one visit my second to be exact, he said "so no one cares about you you know! What weird!
Then the next appointment I was told I was a ticking time bomb with high blood pressure, well ya. HE played checkers in the pill department for 4 months. He said and did the weirdest stuff.
And low and behold,,,,,,,you guess, He quite too, no phone call to warn me about my appointment, nothing, now I'm seeing Another Dr. And seams leave headed.
I've been to (her) twice, and we click. I CAN TRUST THIS ONE,,,,,,KNOCK ON WOOD.
WOW, THIS WAS A LOL OF TYPING, AND THE FIRST TIME I'VE SHARED SO MUCH. SO MORE OF THE STORY.......THE DR.S ARE PAID TO SEE US, WE HIRE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF US, NOT SHOOTING US DOWN AND DISASEMBLE OUR BRAINS.
It's been a nightmare, and I just pray to God this one is for real!
Well that was long winded
Happy weekend!