Posted by Janelle on April 2, 2002, at 18:31:40
In reply to Re: Hi John, response and small question here! » Janelle, posted by JohnX2 on April 2, 2002, at 18:02:00
You are so right - from a medicine prescribing standpoint I also think my current pdoc (it's a SHE btw!) is good. And I have good news about the professional relationship problems regarding her not returning calls -- I had a talk with her (the second one I had to have over the course of a few months I'd say) and I think I finally REACHED her! I've had to call her a few times recently, and she has promptly returned each of my calls. I hope that telling you this doesn't jinx it; I don't want her to go back to her old ways!
It's good to hear someone as knowledgeable as you confirm my pdoc's practice of only try to change one variable at a time. She generally doesn't like adding or changing (meaning new prescriptions) actual meds without seeing the person in the office, but she will do dosage changes on an existing med over the phone.
Again GMTA - I have been thinking that I'm experiencing some kind of "mixed/agitated/dysphoric hypomania/panic with the racing thoughts and all, but who am I to be able to accurately assess my own situation!?!!
Thanks for letting me know that caffeine will set you into "overdrive". I know it is a stimulant but had no idea it is a "convulsive" - yipes!
Coffee aside, do you think that the EffexorXR 150mg dose may be too activating for me - even though I'm not bouncing off the walls like the last time I was on 150, could it be a subtle factor in my unusually hyper-anxious state?
Thanks again for your further comments about my having guts (I needed to hear what you said!) and also thanks for saying that you "know" I will do well because I keep coming back. Well, I'm nothing if not tenacious and persistent, apparently these traits don't fade away unless I'm in a deep clinical depression, which at this point, thankfully I'm NOT. When I go there, I don't do ANYTHING, no computer, no nothing. Just veg (usually in bed).
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