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19-11-09, 03:29
I have been going to my doctor off and on for about three years and she has been very supportive and also offered compassion about anxiety until lately.
Last time I went to the doctor I had to wait almost two hours to see her. I had taken it on myself to withdraw from an anti-anxiety med that was low dosage to start with . She told me that anxiety was caused by just the anxiety of knowing the withdrawal symptoms and not the actual symptoms.
After waiting for 2 hours I was very anxious and already anxious from not having my meds for 15 days. The nurse took me in and took my blood pressure and said oh my its high. I told her that it was white coat syndrome and if she would look at the chart she would know that. She said nope.. its pretty high. At this moment my anxiety shot even higher. It scared me. I had to sit and wait another 40 minutes for the doctor to come in and announce my blood pressure was high.
She had never been so stern and always had just said I probably just had white coat syndrome and then just blew it off..She stressed it, although it had always been around that reading or just below.. She checked me out for about an hour checked everything she could and then said for my piece of mind she would give me an ekg and then said everything was fine.
She did say however that she was going to up my beta blockers.I knew this wasn't the right decision as up until I pulled myself off my anxiety meds I had felt fine with no problems. She upped them from 2.5 to 10 mg which was a high jump.
So I started taking the meds and was so tired and cold and breathless along with other side effects.. I have been taking them but cutting them into half but still not feeling back to normal although not as tired .
I tried calling her yesterday to ask her about the meds and she didn't call back . Today I called and finally got her nurse which said they had 48 hours to return calls. I couldn't understand the official statement since I only ask to talk to the doctor that had told me that if I ever had any questions to please call her and she would surely call me back.
Ok getting back to the nurse. She said the doctor had instructed her to call me and ask me what the issue was . I told her that I wanted to take my beta blockers back down to what they were and monitor my own blood pressure. She said that she would ask the doctor and she would call me back later or the doctor would. She did not call me this morning as she said the doctor requested nor did she call me back this afternoon.
My wife got angry and called and talked to the receptionist and she finally got the nurse and told her that she wanted me back on my regular meds and that she wanted me to have enough refils and that SHE would take my blood pressure and call the results in once a week. The nurse said it was important for her to call the results in and as a matter of fact she wanted me to come in once a week for a bp test.
Anyway after my wife talked to her I asked her if maybe my BP was up because I was nervous that day and perhaps I didn't have High BP. She said NO it was really high and that for sure I probably had high blood pressure. She is a new nurse that works for the doctor .its the first time I have ever had any contact with her other than at the office.She is the one that was sure my BP was high whether anxiety or not. So why
if my BP is that high didn't they have me on a 24 hour BP monitor or
have me come in to check my blood pressure on a regular basis? Why did
the doctor if so concerned didn't call me back yesterday and the nurse didn't call me today . How come if they were all so concerned about my high blood pressure they didn't even bother to find out what my question was.
My wife said she is pretty sure I don't have high blood pressure because she has been around someone on a regular basis that did.. and I didn't look or act like those people.. Also she questioned why the doctor or nurse didn't call me back to ask what my question was about my BP meds..
But the nurse did act as though she was so sure that I had high bp and also insistent that I call them once a week to report the readings.. None of this makes any sense other than to scare the living daylights out of me.
Care enough to say call us with the readings but not care enough to call me when I had a question about the bp med? I think im going to change doctors but for the life of me I can't understand the change of a compassionate caring doctor to a doctor that doesn't care and is so sure I have high BP but doesn't call me back to ask what type of problem I was having with my meds.. Im just really upset. I trusted her and her opinion now I am not even sure of what to think.
Would they just get amusement out of telling you that you might have high BP and scaring you on purpose? Why would a good doctor turn on you and try to convince you that you had high blood pressure with just one higher than normal reading when she knew you were upset? Im really disappointed.. I truly am and now I feel really alone in this little place where there aren't that many doctors especially ones that care at all.
Last time I went to the doctor I had to wait almost two hours to see her. I had taken it on myself to withdraw from an anti-anxiety med that was low dosage to start with . She told me that anxiety was caused by just the anxiety of knowing the withdrawal symptoms and not the actual symptoms.
After waiting for 2 hours I was very anxious and already anxious from not having my meds for 15 days. The nurse took me in and took my blood pressure and said oh my its high. I told her that it was white coat syndrome and if she would look at the chart she would know that. She said nope.. its pretty high. At this moment my anxiety shot even higher. It scared me. I had to sit and wait another 40 minutes for the doctor to come in and announce my blood pressure was high.
She had never been so stern and always had just said I probably just had white coat syndrome and then just blew it off..She stressed it, although it had always been around that reading or just below.. She checked me out for about an hour checked everything she could and then said for my piece of mind she would give me an ekg and then said everything was fine.
She did say however that she was going to up my beta blockers.I knew this wasn't the right decision as up until I pulled myself off my anxiety meds I had felt fine with no problems. She upped them from 2.5 to 10 mg which was a high jump.
So I started taking the meds and was so tired and cold and breathless along with other side effects.. I have been taking them but cutting them into half but still not feeling back to normal although not as tired .
I tried calling her yesterday to ask her about the meds and she didn't call back . Today I called and finally got her nurse which said they had 48 hours to return calls. I couldn't understand the official statement since I only ask to talk to the doctor that had told me that if I ever had any questions to please call her and she would surely call me back.
Ok getting back to the nurse. She said the doctor had instructed her to call me and ask me what the issue was . I told her that I wanted to take my beta blockers back down to what they were and monitor my own blood pressure. She said that she would ask the doctor and she would call me back later or the doctor would. She did not call me this morning as she said the doctor requested nor did she call me back this afternoon.
My wife got angry and called and talked to the receptionist and she finally got the nurse and told her that she wanted me back on my regular meds and that she wanted me to have enough refils and that SHE would take my blood pressure and call the results in once a week. The nurse said it was important for her to call the results in and as a matter of fact she wanted me to come in once a week for a bp test.
Anyway after my wife talked to her I asked her if maybe my BP was up because I was nervous that day and perhaps I didn't have High BP. She said NO it was really high and that for sure I probably had high blood pressure. She is a new nurse that works for the doctor .its the first time I have ever had any contact with her other than at the office.She is the one that was sure my BP was high whether anxiety or not. So why
if my BP is that high didn't they have me on a 24 hour BP monitor or
have me come in to check my blood pressure on a regular basis? Why did
the doctor if so concerned didn't call me back yesterday and the nurse didn't call me today . How come if they were all so concerned about my high blood pressure they didn't even bother to find out what my question was.
My wife said she is pretty sure I don't have high blood pressure because she has been around someone on a regular basis that did.. and I didn't look or act like those people.. Also she questioned why the doctor or nurse didn't call me back to ask what my question was about my BP meds..
But the nurse did act as though she was so sure that I had high bp and also insistent that I call them once a week to report the readings.. None of this makes any sense other than to scare the living daylights out of me.
Care enough to say call us with the readings but not care enough to call me when I had a question about the bp med? I think im going to change doctors but for the life of me I can't understand the change of a compassionate caring doctor to a doctor that doesn't care and is so sure I have high BP but doesn't call me back to ask what type of problem I was having with my meds.. Im just really upset. I trusted her and her opinion now I am not even sure of what to think.
Would they just get amusement out of telling you that you might have high BP and scaring you on purpose? Why would a good doctor turn on you and try to convince you that you had high blood pressure with just one higher than normal reading when she knew you were upset? Im really disappointed.. I truly am and now I feel really alone in this little place where there aren't that many doctors especially ones that care at all.