Venting new doctor fucked me over lol

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i went to meet a new doctor a while ago. i haven't had a gp since i was a child, so i was looking for one. the doctor is nice and helpful, but they made changes to some of my medications (without even telling me!).

i had been prescribed three new meds after being hospitalized. i don't want to name the prescriptions, so i'll just abbreviate everything:
rx 1 (treats depression): had to take this one twice a day
rx 2 (treats anxiety): also took this one twice a day
rx 3 (sleep aid, also treats anxiety): it's a sleep aid, so i only took it before bedtime.

my doctor made comments about how this was a lot of medication, then asked me if i was feeling any negative side effects from all of it. i told her that i wasn't experiencing any side effects and the medication was helping me, which was the truth. i still felt suicidal, but after being prescribed those meds, i could actually (mostly) function like a normal person.
they just told me that it was good to hear that and we moved on.
i went to refill my prescriptions and everything was changed. the dosage amounts were all changed so drastically.

rx 1: now i'm instructed to take it once a day. also, the dosage amount was cut in half.
rx 2: went from "take twice a day" to "take as needed", so now i can't even really access this one. i've gotten it refilled one time since seeing this doctor and i haven't been able to get more
rx 3: again, it's a sleep aid. nothing changed.

i can hardly even function now. i'm constantly anxious. i'm on the verge on an anxiety attack literal moments after waking up. with my original dosages, i was able to somewhat push my suicidal thoughts to the side so i could focus on other things. i just can't do that now. as i've said many times before, uni was the only thing bringing me any sort of joy, but now it feels torturous. i'm constantly about to break down and have an anxiety attack, i can't shut my suicidal thoughts up for one moment. focusing on anything uni-related is impossible. it makes me miserable now.
there have been a few physical symptoms as well, but i don't care enough to get into them.
i know i might just be experiencing withdrawal, but it's still terrible. i thought i would adjust by now, but it's getting worse by the day.
at the very least, i would've appreciated some sort of warning that my medication would be reduced so drastically.

i would still be setting up ctb if my medication went unchanged. i would still be miserable, too; but at least i would've been able to function.

i'm not sure if i even made sense throughout this post, i can barely think.

 

[needthebus]

i went to meet a new doctor a while ago. i haven't had a gp since i was a child, so i was looking for one. the doctor is nice and helpful, but they made changes to some of my medications (without even telling me!).

i had been prescribed three new meds after being hospitalized. i don't want to name the prescriptions, so i'll just abbreviate everything:
rx 1 (treats depression): had to take this one twice a day
rx 2 (treats anxiety): also took this one twice a day
rx 3 (sleep aid, also treats anxiety): it's a sleep aid, so i only took it before bedtime.

my doctor made comments about how this was a lot of medication, then asked me if i was feeling any negative side effects from all of it. i told her that i wasn't experiencing any side effects and the medication was helping me, which was the truth. i still felt suicidal, but after being prescribed those meds, i could actually (mostly) function like a normal person.
they just told me that it was good to hear that and we moved on.
i went to refill my prescriptions and everything was changed. the dosage amounts were all changed so drastically.

rx 1: now i'm instructed to take it once a day. also, the dosage amount was cut in half.
rx 2: went from "take twice a day" to "take as needed", so now i can't even really access this one. i've gotten it refilled one time since seeing this doctor and i haven't been able to get more
rx 3: again, it's a sleep aid. nothing changed.

i can hardly even function now. i'm constantly anxious. i'm on the verge on an anxiety attack literal moments after waking up. with my original dosages, i was able to somewhat push my suicidal thoughts to the side so i could focus on other things. i just can't do that now. as i've said many times before, uni was the only thing bringing me any sort of joy, but now it feels torturous. i'm constantly about to break down and have an anxiety attack, i can't shut my suicidal thoughts up for one moment. focusing on anything uni-related is impossible. it makes me miserable now.
there have been a few physical symptoms as well, but i don't care enough to get into them.
i know i might just be experiencing withdrawal, but it's still terrible. i thought i would adjust by now, but it's getting worse by the day.
at the very least, i would've appreciated some sort of warning that my medication would be reduced so drastically.

i would still be setting up ctb if my medication went unchanged. i would still be miserable, too; but at least i would've been able to function.

i'm not sure if i even made sense throughout this post, i can barely think.

can you call your doctor and tell them this or request a new doctor?

 

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can you call your doctor and tell them this or request a new doctor?

yeah, but the damage has already been done. i'm very behind in all of my classes now, so the one thing that actually kept me productive/motivated and somewhat happy is ruined. i know i should try and sort this out just to regain some function, but i don't see the point anymore.
thank you for responding

 

[NoPoint2Life]

i went to meet a new doctor a while ago. i haven't had a gp since i was a child, so i was looking for one. the doctor is nice and helpful, but they made changes to some of my medications (without even telling me!).

i had been prescribed three new meds after being hospitalized. i don't want to name the prescriptions, so i'll just abbreviate everything:
rx 1 (treats depression): had to take this one twice a day
rx 2 (treats anxiety): also took this one twice a day
rx 3 (sleep aid, also treats anxiety): it's a sleep aid, so i only took it before bedtime.

my doctor made comments about how this was a lot of medication, then asked me if i was feeling any negative side effects from all of it. i told her that i wasn't experiencing any side effects and the medication was helping me, which was the truth. i still felt suicidal, but after being prescribed those meds, i could actually (mostly) function like a normal person.
they just told me that it was good to hear that and we moved on.
i went to refill my prescriptions and everything was changed. the dosage amounts were all changed so drastically.

rx 1: now i'm instructed to take it once a day. also, the dosage amount was cut in half.
rx 2: went from "take twice a day" to "take as needed", so now i can't even really access this one. i've gotten it refilled one time since seeing this doctor and i haven't been able to get more
rx 3: again, it's a sleep aid. nothing changed.

i can hardly even function now. i'm constantly anxious. i'm on the verge on an anxiety attack literal moments after waking up. with my original dosages, i was able to somewhat push my suicidal thoughts to the side so i could focus on other things. i just can't do that now. as i've said many times before, uni was the only thing bringing me any sort of joy, but now it feels torturous. i'm constantly about to break down and have an anxiety attack, i can't shut my suicidal thoughts up for one moment. focusing on anything uni-related is impossible. it makes me miserable now.
there have been a few physical symptoms as well, but i don't care enough to get into them.
i know i might just be experiencing withdrawal, but it's still terrible. i thought i would adjust by now, but it's getting worse by the day.
at the very least, i would've appreciated some sort of warning that my medication would be reduced so drastically.

i would still be setting up ctb if my medication went unchanged. i would still be miserable, too; but at least i would've been able to function.

i'm not sure if i even made sense throughout this post, i can barely think.

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you in? I am in the US and if you are on a lot of psych meds, a GP does not want to handle that nor should they be as evidence of them changing the prescriptions so drastically. And if you got those prescriptions from the hospital and they did nothing to help you or at least warn you to follow up with a specific doctor then shame on them.
I would suggest finding someone like a psychiatrist here who specializes in those meds. Of course that is much easier said than done no matter what country you are in as all good mental health workers are in short supply these days.

 

[ishiguro]

I'm so sorry

 

[needthebus]

yeah, but the damage has already been done. i'm very behind in all of my classes now, so the one thing that actually kept me productive/motivated and somewhat happy is ruined. i know i should try and sort this out just to regain some function, but i don't see the point anymore.
thank you for responding

Just report the problem now so it doesn't get worse. You're behind now, but people catch up from being behind. Just call, leave a message. Just do it. Please. It's going to possibly be worse if you do nothing. CALL.

 

[milkcarton]

yeah, but the damage has already been done. i'm very behind in all of my classes now, so the one thing that actually kept me productive/motivated and somewhat happy is ruined. i know i should try and sort this out just to regain some function, but i don't see the point anymore.
thank you for responding

People get behind and catch up. You can let staff know what you are going through. Obviously you don't have to say everything but just about the med change. Universities are usually quite understanding of mental health issues. Who prescribed your meds before? Can you go back to them? Or can you let your doctor know that the new dosages are not working? Sounds like you are taking a quarter of what you took before, so no wonder. But I also recommend seeing a specialist instead of a gp when mental health is concerned if at all possible.