Posted by garnet71 on May 30, 2009, at 4:15:02
In reply to Re: Need an alternative to Abilify, posted by greywolf on May 29, 2009, at 23:00:10
Not necessarily. I already talked to the one about it, briefly, and the other one I have an appt. with already knows I was sent to him for that reason. They are not oblivious to the reasons you are switching doctors, are suspicious to begin with considering their responsibililty, and they talk among one another. I'm sure any new PDoc I'd see would call the former one. If anyone here thinks their doctor doesn't talk to another on the phone about you, for whatever reason, think again.
Last doctor who prescribed me a benzo, outside of PDoc, was when I was having bronchial spasms from Adderall. I decided to talk to her about drug seeking behavior and told her my PDoc had prescribed me .25 xanax. We had a nice little discussion about the so-called drug-seeking behavior, and she told me a story about one of her patients who was actually drug seeking, and how she got screwed. I walked out of there with .5 Xanax.
If you come across as a sincere person, I found doctors are pretty open and like to talk about other things besides your care. I always talk to my OBGYN about dating, for example, as strange as that may sound. I know what your saying, appreciate it, but honestly, I come across very genuine and its obvious that I'm a very open person because of the things I say, out loud, thinking of some of the conversations I have provoked in the past. I'd rather just say what's on my mind and discuss it in the open, well most of the time, rather than them thinking it, and me thinking it; that creates tension and uncomfortableness that you can sense/feel. When there is comfort and ease in the room, people perceive you as honest and warm.
People like to talk about controversial topics when they feel at ease, and will be more receptive to your bringing up controversial topics when they feel comfy.
Some people are just mean though.
But I guess I'm too much of a chatterbox sometimes, like tonight. lol
ps like your screenname
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