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RE: What do you tell your GP? - Laxfinity - 01-21-2019
No worries, FBKing. Vent away... please. We all need to do that once in a while.
No one would help me with my insomnia. The neurologist said my body clock was off.. use light therapy. I had one doc subscribe traz and that sucked. I could not function the next day on the lowest dosage. I just lagged. I tried every herbal, internet suggestion under the sun... no help. OR it would work for a week and done. I had to come to the forums for help. I used the two magazines, that are out of business at the moment, and tried everything out there. Some worked but I would have an extremely crappy morning, some worked for a spell, some did nothing for me as I have a high tolerance to everything. I finally found the one thing that works.. and I don't even take a full dose. It has been a Godsend and I feel very fortunate that someone on the previous forum suggested it. My problem now is I work too much and take it too late sometimes....
Barq.. I agree and understand. I just told her that, even though she is lying to me and telling me she is not subscribing to anything. I know she heard me, though. As a rule, I don't lie. It is just too much work. I could not tell them about the subscription I use for sleep as it is not prescribed in the US and id illegal in my state.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - FootballKing - 01-22-2019
(01-21-2019, 05:36 AM)Laxfinity Wrote: No worries, FBKing. Vent away... please. We all need to do that once in a while.
No one would help me with my insomnia. The neurologist said my body clock was off.. use light therapy. I had one doc subscribe traz and that sucked. I could not function the next day on the lowest dosage. I just lagged. I tried every herbal, internet suggestion under the sun... no help. OR it would work for a week and done. I had to come to the forums for help. I used the two magazines, that are out of business at the moment, and tried everything out there. Some worked but I would have an extremely crappy morning, some worked for a spell, some did nothing for me as I have a high tolerance to everything. I finally found the one thing that works.. and I don't even take a full dose. It has been a Godsend and I feel very fortunate that someone on the previous forum suggested it. My problem now is I work too much and take it too late sometimes....
Barq.. I agree and understand. I just told her that, even though she is lying to me and telling me she is not subscribing to anything. I know she heard me, though. As a rule, I don't lie. It is just too much work. I could not tell them about the subscription I use for sleep as it is not prescribed in the US and id illegal in my state.
Traz is horrible!! Felt like I was paralyzed!
Glad you found something that works!
RE: What do you tell your GP? - Pepperman - 02-13-2019
I don't say anything. Dr's Write everything down. Don't want it on record that I am taking something without a prescription
RE: What do you tell your GP? - Jackie99 - 02-19-2019
I just wanted to chime in here as I see a LOT of different doctors for a lot of different things. I do have a valid rx for one magazine but not others. In my personal experience, I don’t really trust doctors as their rx for daily severe pain is to take no more than 1 Aleve per day. Don’t even ask about how they handle panic attacks. I keep everything to myself because I don’t want to get in trouble. If it were something major like surgery I might disclose a little but that’s it.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - thepianist - 02-20-2019
IMO, unless there becomes a major problem with ‘self-medication’, I don’t mention it. Docs these days, especially new docs that don’t know you, will write you off as a drug seeker with ‘addictive personality’ and make it very difficult to see things through your eyes.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - Xfizzler - 02-25-2019
(02-20-2019, 01:42 AM)thepianist Wrote: IMO, unless there becomes a major problem with ‘self-medication’, I don’t mention it. Docs these days, especially new docs that don’t know you, will write you off as a drug seeker with ‘addictive personality’ and make it very difficult to see things through your eyes.
Oh! Well said!!
RE: What do you tell your GP? - hoppybird - 03-09-2019
(01-18-2019, 04:10 AM)Laxfinity Wrote: I only subscribe to one magazine, at the moment, for sleep.... but I was just curious in reading through the threads in the forum... if something happens and you have to go see your doctor or have surgery do you tell them about everything? With all the possible interactions do you research it yourself? Just curious....
It depends on your relationship with the doctor. I wouldn't trust most, but I have a good one, and they know that I'm suffering from a chronic as of yet undiagnosed illness. So, I've told them about a couple of what I take which helps.
Also, I tend not to use any magazines regularly - and I make this clear. So I can take time out easily.
If going for surgery, you can tell the surgeon directly just before maybe, or take some time out from those mags.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - Wilsonc - 03-23-2019
Ideally you would have a good, long-standing relationship with your GP. I would ask yourself, is the mag I am taking something the doctor may prescribe? I.e, for the poster's subscription for a mag for insomnia. Have they discussed their insomnia with their doctor? If not, bring it up, they may not rx you your current mag to start with, but may eventually.
If you have an understanding doctor, honesty will help you out. It'll help inform them of what works for you. And maybe what doesn't.
They will obviously tell you not to order mags online, but it might actually encourage them to be more aggressive in treating you as your symptoms were so severe you resorted to ordering online. This is what I would do if you came to me.
A safer alternative may be to tell them you tried one of your spouse's/friend's mags - again this is frowned upon but will probably be treated more lightly.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - pokey - 03-25-2019
Someone on a different forum entirely said their relative who is a GP told them: "5 years ago I would have advised you to tell your GP anything and everything. But with the way they're cracking down on opiate prescribing and denying it for any little thing, don't tell them anything about problematic drugs/medications that you don't have to." Not the ***** you smoke on weekends, not the ****** you got from an online pharmacy, not the ******* your sibling gave you because you couldn't afford the co-pay to see your GP and get your own prescription. And not the SSRI's that you took many years ago but aren't in your record because you've changed doctors twice since then.
What I'll be doing is knowing everything I can about what I'm ingesting that isn't from my GP and what possible things they might give me for my complaints. Do I need a new PPI? They don't need to know anything. Am I a candidate for an opiate painkiller? They don't need to know I was on Prozac for a few years or that I have been using my post-surgery left-overs while I waited to see them. Am I on my way to ER in immense pain and spewing blood? They need to know everything.
RE: What do you tell your GP? - Otim07 - 03-26-2019
I concur, you never know when you might be in a situation of not being able to comminicate to a medical precessional a medication that could have unforeseen interactions with the dose or just receiving a medication in the Er or Surgery. You’re life is precious and in life threatening situation not having all the info your treatment can harm you.