[ SECRET POST #4485 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4485 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Rookie]


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[Good Omens]


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[Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) and ex-boyfriend Wilco Froneman]


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[Pennyworth]


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[The IT Crowd]


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[Rise of the Guardians and Carmen Sandiego]

















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Comments

Re: Vent thread

[philstar22]

My pain doctor keeps trying to push this other anti-depressant on me. We already tried that before, back when I was having period pain due to endometriosis. It didn't work for me and made me suicidal. So I've currently got bursitis in my hip. Had a steroid shot last week that helped some but didn't completely cure it. And yet again he's trying to push this other anti-depressant on me. I had to be pretty forceful to get him to stop. He did not offer another steroid shot. The only other thing he offered was PT. Which is fine. I figured I'd have to do PT. But why can't I get another steroid shot? And why keep pushing this med on me we know doesn't work for me.

Re: Vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

What did he say when you straight up asked him 1) why can't you get another steroid shot and 2) why is he suggesting a drug that had extremely negative side effects the last time you tried it?

Re: Vent thread

[philstar22]

He didn't give me an answer for why no second shot. He did suggest that if I'm still having issues at my next appointment in two months, we could talk about another shot then. And he dropped the drug when I pushed, but I had to push pretty hard. He didn't just take a no for an answer.

Re: Vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

You should follow suit and demand answers for why no second steroid shot. If there's a logical medical reason for why you can't have it, then you deserve to hear it. And if he pushes hard, then he needs to have a damn good answer for why the negative side effects aren't an issue, or why it's so important to try THIS antidepressant instead of finding something else that doesn't make you feel suicidal.

Pain management doctors tend to be rather cynical, IMO. It's because they see a lot of people abusing the system, and they're extra wary and not always the most empathetic despite their role. Unfortunately, it means patients have to do a lot more advocating for themselves, and they can't get upset or pushy while doing so because it looks like drug-seeking behavior to a medical professional.

Re: Vent thread

[philstar22]

Okay, thanks for the advice. At this point, I leave for Mexico on Sunday. But I'll set up my first PT appointment for when I get back, talk with them and see what they think. And then if I need to I'll set up another appointment with the pain doctor.

Re: Vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

There's a huge, huge variety of types of anti-depressants and they are not all even remotely the same, though. Most people have to go through trying a few before they find the one that works for them, and just because you had a bad reaction to one doesn't mean that you'll react badly to them all.

Having done the antidepressant roulette myself, I really would not veto the entire idea of anti-depressants just because one didn't work. I did not do well with Welbutrin at all (it made me physically ill) but Prozac works amazingly for me.

Re: Vent thread

[philstar22]

No, no, you misundestand. I am on Prozac. Prozac works great for me. My pain doctor wants to switch me to Cymbalta because it supposedly helps with pain as well as depression. About 6 months ago he had me do the same thing. That time we switched because of my period pain. Only it didn't work for my depression, didn't help for the period pain, and made me suicidal.

today he was again trying to push to switch me from Prozac to Cymbalta. And kept pushing until I was really firm that I wanted to stick with Prozac and that Cymbalta had given me suicidal thoughts. He wouldn't take a simple no.

Re: Vent thread

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, sorry! When you said "other antidepressant" I thought you were talking about a new one you hadn't tried before. Yeah, if you've already tried Cymbalta and it gave you nasty side effects then you definitely shouldn't go back on it and I'm surprised your doctor would even suggest it. When I told my doctor that the Welbutrin was making me sick she put a note in my file saying to not prescribe that for me again.

I'm sorry your doctor is being such a jerk about it!