10-06-2018, 06:27 AM
(10-05-2018, 04:20 PM)Froggy Wrote: Reading over all of this is so sad and frustrating! I know there are those out there WAY worse off than me & until recently I naively thought I would be spared. I have a great doc, she’s known me for ever. I’m a good patient & a happy productive member of society. I own my own business, which is a very physical job. I’ve broken my back twice & neck has arthritis which makes my demanding job impossible without the 6 little helpers my doc allows me a day. I’ve made due with a little help here & there from IOP’s. But at my physical this year on her way out the door she says, how do you feel about cutting your meds in 1/2? I doubt you’ll even notice. And before I could even answer she zoomed out the door! She would never consider such a thing with my functional blood pressure meds! But apparently now these are “luxury meds “ & not necessary for survival. ?I had a similar situation albeit worse if you can imagine that. I have been dealing with depression, anxiety and insomnia my whole life. I was prescribed benzos. Dr tells me to stop cold turkey. I know better than that but listen to him. I proceeded to have 3 seizures and broken bones because of it. I don’t understand what these drs are thinking sometimes. The dr I am seeing now prescribed me a lot of benzos knowing I had problems with them yet has such a look of disgust on his face when I asked about xyrem which would help me sleep without the negative consequences of the benzos.
Now it’s really beyond difficult to manage my job. I have clients that want to send horses & riders to me & i have to say that I can’t take them. I’m trying to lump all of the work into a few hours where I can take most of a days meds & be comfortable enough to ride & teach for that timeframe. Once it wears off, I’m done. I love what I do & the depression of not being able to do it is setting in as well. I’m sure they’ll be happy to treat that though! SMH