Posted by fachad on July 3, 2002, at 1:26:12
In reply to Re: Uncomfortable Visit with Primary Care Physician » fachad, posted by judy1 on July 2, 2002, at 23:07:41
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I really think I was just projecting my negative feelings onto him.
I have been told my whole life that amphetamines are as dangerous as radioactive waste, and that they ruin good people and turn them into drug addicts, so it's hard to get over that uneasiness even though I know it's not true.
And every non-psy doc that I tell that I am taking Dexedrine gives me a look like "OMG, you're taking WHAT? Why are you taking THAT?"
That reaction does not help improve my comfort level with pstims. All I really wanted was for an M.D. who is not a pdoc to tell me that it was medically safe for me to take Dexedrine.
It's just that all those negative feelings had the effect of making me anxious, and then I came off like a nervous idiot, or some kind of hypochondriac, worried about my heart beat and such. Add to that I'm taking amphetamines and then turning around and asking for Vicodin!
It just LOOKS so bad, even though, individually considered; each concern was totally medically legitimate.
In retrospect, you are correct, he did order the holter monitor, and he did RX for the Vicodin, so I probably have nothing to worry about.
In general, I'm not an approval addict, but I have to admit that I do crave the approval of my doctors, both pdocs and GPs. Thanks for reassuring me that the paranoia around asking for narcotics is fairly common.
Now I’ve got to wait two weeks to get that holter monitor, and then see how the results turn out…
> Honestly I read your post twice and your doc sounded like he behaved in a very professional manner unless I'm missing something. Obviously he understood your concern about your heartbeat since he ordered a holter monitor, and he gave you vicodin without a lecture. I think like most of us when we ask for narcotics we get paranoid that the doc thinks we're addicts or something. You have a mdeical condition that warrents a narcotic and he gave you some. I think you may be projecting your own paranoia on him, and like I said that's pretty common. If I missed something here, please write and let me know. Take care, judy
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