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Originally Posted by Susanne C.
I am on narcotics, running a household of 5 and homeschooling, so I hope that you didn't think I was being judgmental.
Rrae, you must have been on OxyContin, oxycodone is cheap. We pay out of pocket up to our deductibles and mine runs about $45 month.
You are asking for more ideas but being dismissive of the ones offered. It DOES matter how you approach doctors about pain medication, and being all freaked out isn't going to help your cause, no matter how much you genuinely need it or how incompetent and uncaring the doctors may be. I have been to my share of nasty doctors. My neurologists dismissed me because there is no treatment and "they don't do pain management." I am fortunate to have a family doctor of more than twelve years who works with me and understands me, but this is rare. You have to build trust somewhere. It does sound like you need to find a new doctor, but try not to carry hostility and resentment into the office with you.
It is fine to vent on here, but it won't get you anything in a doctor's office. They are unfairly inclined to think all women are hypochondriacs and hysterics as it is.
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Hi there, you seem very interested in my thread!
I do not go into the office hostile and resentful. I bring my knowledge and hope in, and always leave upset, which then turns to anger when I return home and have time to let it sink in.
I refuse to be told that I don't have pain, to meditate instead,or increase the lyrica ( can't walk straight, drive, anything on higher doses).
What doctor s want is for you to go in there, shut up, not know a thing about your own body, and take the prescription, walk out, and not come back.
Sorry, but I will not stand for that kind of health care. Its disgusting.
And just so you have an idea,Susanne, I agreed to his taper plan, said that I would try the Cymbalta, and see him in a month. Not exactly hostile. And this IS a brand new doctor, because I moved to a different town.
I am allowed to have an opinion, and be angry with the way I have been treated.
I was also under the impression that this group was to be supportive. Perhaps you could rephrase your answers in the future so that they do not make the other person feel like they are being scolded by their mother.