If anyone could help me, I would REALLY appreciate it.

Mom was diagnosed two weeks ago tomorrow and the neurologist referred her to a PD specialist. She finally got called back with an appointment date for that specialist: March 24th. That’s over three months from now!

She would like to go back to the original neurologist and get started on some PD medications (I don’t know what kind, agonists, whatever!) because the tremor in her left hand is pretty severe and affects her ability to work. She is also having major trouble sleeping at night. Three months seems like an eternity to even begin any sort of treatment. If her tremor was slight like it used to be it would be more manageable and not an issue.

The neurologist is now acting as if he does not want to see her again. He has called in a prescription for Xanax to help calm her but has not set her up with an appointment to come back in to talk to him and when she mentioned this specifically to his secretary she said that the “Xanax is what Dr.B recommends.”

I would love for her to go see a new neurologist but because of her insurance she needs a referral to do so. How should we go about this? Should we go to her primary care doctor and ask them to refer her to a new neurologist?

We’re lost!