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Posted by Quintal on July 28, 2008, at 10:16:54
So.... I've been left in the lurch again by the mental health team. I was told to persevere with Lyrica on Wednesday and not take my sleeping tablet until Moday when the doctor would review my case, and prescribe temazepam if I needed it. This sounded too good to be true at the time. It's nearly four thirty and I haven't heard back from either the social worker or the pdoc. I tried to send the social worker two text messages, but got an error message saying 'Incorrect Number'. I've tried ringing her cell phone from both my landline and my cell phone and got no response. How am I supposed to take this? I'm left in limbo not knowing what's happening. We were discussing in my T appointment last week how stressful it is to be kept in the dark, not knowing the score.
I feel very let down by both of them. It's odd because my social worker has always been very good about getting back to me, but in the last two weeks I've felt she might be starting to ignore me. I really don't want to be a nuisance - I know she's a busy person and has other clients besides me. Still, how much effort would it take to make a quick phone call or text? This is what's she's paid to do. To be honest I haven't been taking the Lyrica because I could tell it just wasn't the right drug for me and the side effects were serious. If I had gone without the zopiclone I'd be in a very bad state by now, still hoping for some relief. Do they realise how painful it is to have your means of support cut off like that? I can tell already (barring some miracle) I'll be getting no relief today. Still I keep hoping. Shouldn't I have learned better by now?
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Posted by Phillipa on July 28, 2008, at 10:57:17
In reply to Extreme frustration, posted by Quintal on July 28, 2008, at 10:16:54
Q I feel your frustration sometimes I have to wait over a week for a call back from like the endo to change my thryroid doseage and they always do. Going without sleep is the pits and not healthy I do hope she's called back. Phillipa
Posted by okydoky on July 28, 2008, at 18:00:33
In reply to Extreme frustration, posted by Quintal on July 28, 2008, at 10:16:54
You posted that things were ok before the Lyrica. Why was it added?
I had terrible problems with it and they did not disappear in just a day or so. Perhaps by tomorrow you will be feeling better. Kind of ironic since you most likely will hear from the medical professionals by then:)You're interaction with me seemed to be quite lucid and calm.
Do you have enough medication to sleep tonight?
Let's hope for a better tomorrow and try and stay calm about that which we have no control over.How are you dong on the rest of your meds now?
Perhaps they perceived you as doing quite well, at lest relative to their other patients and so did not recognize your need for more immediate follow-up. Sometimes in my experience the only way to get my needs met is to make it an emergent situation else I am not taken seriously by the medical community. Something I am abhorrent to do.
How are you fairing now that it is later in the day?
Posted by Quintal on July 29, 2008, at 8:42:44
In reply to Re: Extreme frustration, posted by okydoky on July 28, 2008, at 18:00:33
I phoned the office where she works just before closing time, and they put me through to her. It turns out her cell phone was switched off because she forgot to turn it back on again after a meeting. It must have generated that weird error message for some unknown reason. She called the pdoc's secetary and asked her to get me a script for temazepam. It was too late to pick it up yesterday, but I just went and collected it this afternoon.
I suppose I feel better that there wasn't some sort of consipracy against me afterall, but it has left me wondering if I'm as well as I seem to be. I still need to work on self-soothing skills in therapy, but I think there will always be this knee-jerk reaction to perceived abandonment. I'm still a toddler at heart.
Q
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