Posted by bearinthewoods on January 31, 2013, at 15:21:48
In reply to Re: Importing meds not available in US, handling docs » bearinthewoods, posted by brynb on January 31, 2013, at 14:53:11
Thanks so much for your reply, I'm sorry if I sounded defensive in the first post - I'm used to people harassing me about what a bad idea it is "self medicating".
I guess the larger problem is what a bad experience I've had with doctors...since it's been impossible to find ones that will even chose to treat me unless they're somehow forced to (school or community clinic, and then they're low quality) finding a doc who would be open minded as well just adds to the issue.
Since the process of finding a doctor like that is going to take a long time, the issue in the meantime may be that I'm going to probably experimenting with things in the meantime, and then going into a doctor already with this "illegal" behavior (even though I don't think in the US it is illegal, since they're not sold here). I just feel like coming into a doctor with that information is going to make them extremely disinclined to treat me, no matter how much relief I could be getting compared to every treatment I've had.
I just don't understand why it should be so hard - say I moved here from Europe and didn't want to chance remission so continued to keep taking and importing my old meds. Would it help my case to actually get them prescribed in Europe at some point so I could wave the prescription at them?
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