Dazza123
12-02-13, 10:36
I thought I would see my doctor today, to discuss my problem and see what else short term can be done. My usual doctor wasn't there so I saw a different lady.
Have lots of different therapies arranged, ie speech, physio, CBT etc but these are a longer term help, so Im looking at 2-3 months before they start to help me, and I need more immediate resolution for my dysphagia, and the anxiety related to it. I also wanted to get a prescription for liquid dosulepin, as this has helped in the past for agitation/anxiety and Im hoping it will help again. Cant take the tablet version because I cant swallow them.
Anyway, I go in there and discuss things, and the first thing she says is 'Well, you are not very good at doing what you are told to do are you'
She then goes on to tell me I have ignored 2 letters from the Endoscopy dept at my hospital, and also ignored 3 letters from my diabetic nurse asking me to go in for a review.
I have only ever received 1 letter from the endoscopy dept which was 2 weeks ago, it gave me 14 days to ring and arrange an appt or id be taken off the waiting list. The letter took a week to get to me, and I then rang 10 days later, only to be told I was removed 2 days earlier. My mistake I know, but in a haze of medication, the days all seem to roll into one, so it wasnt the first thing on my mind to get sorted.
With regards to the diabetes, I have never received a letter from my nurse asking me to go in for a review, ever. So have no idea what thats all about, yet im accused of ignorning them when I didnt even know anything had been arranged.
She then went on to tell me that my psychiatrist doesnt want me to take Diazepam any longer, apart from the odd ocassion where I feel I may need it (I take it to relax me enough to be able to eat) I have been on it for 10 months, and yes id love to be able to not take it at all, and sometimes I dont, depending on how anxious I am that day. If I feel I can eat without it then I do so, but a lot of the time I am too anxious to eat so will take it and then eat once it kicks in. It stops the anxiety about choking which is what has happened to me on more than one ocassion when eating.
I have seen 2 Psychiatrists in the past month, the 1st one wanted my dose of Diazepam increased from 10mg per day to at least 20mg, and now this other one is saying I shouldnt be taking it.
So, I went down there to get some help today, with a view of getting better more quickly, and came out furious having been accused of deliberately missing appointments with endoscopy, diabetic nurse, and being told the exact opposite of what my Psychiatrist had told me.
Talk about a bad day, why dont these people just help instead of making things worse?
I am now very anxious about what has just happened, and am also very annoyed, I feel like cancelling my future appts with the speech/physio/cbt, cancelling my next Psych appt and just not bothering with any of them. These people are useless. I woke this morning feeling a bit better about things knowing I was seeing a doctor, and now I just feel a whole lot worse :mad:
Have lots of different therapies arranged, ie speech, physio, CBT etc but these are a longer term help, so Im looking at 2-3 months before they start to help me, and I need more immediate resolution for my dysphagia, and the anxiety related to it. I also wanted to get a prescription for liquid dosulepin, as this has helped in the past for agitation/anxiety and Im hoping it will help again. Cant take the tablet version because I cant swallow them.
Anyway, I go in there and discuss things, and the first thing she says is 'Well, you are not very good at doing what you are told to do are you'
She then goes on to tell me I have ignored 2 letters from the Endoscopy dept at my hospital, and also ignored 3 letters from my diabetic nurse asking me to go in for a review.
I have only ever received 1 letter from the endoscopy dept which was 2 weeks ago, it gave me 14 days to ring and arrange an appt or id be taken off the waiting list. The letter took a week to get to me, and I then rang 10 days later, only to be told I was removed 2 days earlier. My mistake I know, but in a haze of medication, the days all seem to roll into one, so it wasnt the first thing on my mind to get sorted.
With regards to the diabetes, I have never received a letter from my nurse asking me to go in for a review, ever. So have no idea what thats all about, yet im accused of ignorning them when I didnt even know anything had been arranged.
She then went on to tell me that my psychiatrist doesnt want me to take Diazepam any longer, apart from the odd ocassion where I feel I may need it (I take it to relax me enough to be able to eat) I have been on it for 10 months, and yes id love to be able to not take it at all, and sometimes I dont, depending on how anxious I am that day. If I feel I can eat without it then I do so, but a lot of the time I am too anxious to eat so will take it and then eat once it kicks in. It stops the anxiety about choking which is what has happened to me on more than one ocassion when eating.
I have seen 2 Psychiatrists in the past month, the 1st one wanted my dose of Diazepam increased from 10mg per day to at least 20mg, and now this other one is saying I shouldnt be taking it.
So, I went down there to get some help today, with a view of getting better more quickly, and came out furious having been accused of deliberately missing appointments with endoscopy, diabetic nurse, and being told the exact opposite of what my Psychiatrist had told me.
Talk about a bad day, why dont these people just help instead of making things worse?
I am now very anxious about what has just happened, and am also very annoyed, I feel like cancelling my future appts with the speech/physio/cbt, cancelling my next Psych appt and just not bothering with any of them. These people are useless. I woke this morning feeling a bit better about things knowing I was seeing a doctor, and now I just feel a whole lot worse :mad: