Found my old IP records
 

Hi,

I ran across my copies of records from my IP stay from 10/9/1992 to 10/13/1992.
I had had started prozac about six wks before.

I was given:
~fluoxetine hcl 20 mgs
~clonazepam 2 mgs
~multivitamin

I see no mention of the lithium I was supposed to be on.
Total bill for the room and meds and everything else was $2,529.84.
My insurance probably covered most of that -- not sure.
Hurricane Andrew hit us August 24.
I entered the hospital October 13.

I can give this to my nudnic internist. ;)

M

I guess that I have always thought/heard that lithium dealt with mania not with depresson.
I take lamictal and am happy with it.
bizi
who is overwhelmed with the things that I need to do since coming home from vacation.

Hi, Bizi,

I hope that you had a good time. :)
Yes, sometimes we need a vacation from the vacation. :cool:

Mari

Web site of potential pdoc
 

Pdoc #1

Hi,

Could use some help deciding if I want to call this pdoc.

He has a good web site. -- including pics of his office.

According to the state licensing site, he was first licensed in 2004.
I called the phone number a minute ago to see what his answering service sounds like: The recording picked up and gave me an option to leave a message --
-- much nicer than 4-minute pdoc's phone recording.


I am feeling that I am not good at decisions.


M

Pdoc #2 and tdoc
 

Pdoc #2

Pdoc #2 does not have a fancy website and I am not 100% sure that my insurance covers her for the location I want although I have talked to the insurance company twice now about her. The insurance is probably only confusing because I am easily confused.
(One odd thing is that insurance covers practitioners for one office but maybe not their second office. It is weird.)

Pdoc #2 is a she, is much closer than pdc #1, and has an an original liscense date in the state that is the same as his: 2004. She does not have a fancy web site.

I guess I will call pdoc #1 for the earliest afternoon appointment and call my insurance company about pdoc #2.

I recognize that I am becoming weird about this non sense.
It has been 7 1/2 weeks since I decided to look for a new tdoc and 6 1/2 weeks since I found out I had to look for a new pdoc.
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Tonight I left a message on old tdoc (let's call 911)'s machine to tell her that the pdoc of the 28th did not work out and that I was calling my insurance company later Monday and that I felt it best to wait until the meds get worked out before I talk to her -- something like that.

I feel that she and I are not right for each other but I am not shutting her out completely at this time. I give myself the option to change my mind.


Mari

new pdocs and old tdoc
 

This makes good sense.

This is all very hard, Mari. You are doing well staying on top of the process. You may not feel on top of it, but you really are.

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This sounds good. She has been dealt with for present purposes. Now you can focus on finding someone to help you.

waves

Regarding my Trileptal experience
 

It was a long time ago (2004), so I don't remember clearly. I might not remember clearly because of the fogginess, too. I don't remember feeling scared as such.

I do remember becoming hypervigilant of my bodily reactions and bewildered as to the cause the first time. Initially, I could not link it with certainty to Trileptal but I suspected it because I couldn't think of anything else. After it happened again, I remember becoming very mindful of the timing every morning and evening when I took the med, and watchful for onset of sx.

I don't think I get scared easily by med side effects - not that kind anyway. When I had more "activating" type side effects (incl. akathisia) from Paxil, it was upsetting but even that did not throw me into a panic. I once had a Tegretol OD, from a defective time-release pill and had to call 911. I assure you, *lots* of really nasty, unmistakably baaaaad stuff happens before you lose consciousness.

A Trileptal OD would have been similar, so maybe somewhere in my head I felt what was going on was not immediately dangerous. Even though I got incredibly sleepy, I was not passing out.

waves

Mari

I think you are doing great. And I find it very odd the insurance
company wont cover one site but will cover the other.

This is so odd.

Wow.

Donna:hug::grouphug:

Donna,:hug::hug::hug:

It is a new odd thing for me. And it is a hassle.
The tdoc I want to see has an office near me that they do not cover so I am going to stop thinking about a tdoc for now.

M

appt!
 

Hi,

I have an appt with the new new pdoc
Tuesday, July 16. I am optimistic that he can help me.

I am not sure what to tell him about Trileptal pdoc.
He will be pdoc #3.

M