New Dr. Appointment
New Dr. is an Osteopath and Internist. Good: BP is down a bit & I've lost 10#; he has no prob continuing my current meds at present dosage (especially after I mentioned the fact that I am not "In violation of my Opioid Contract," with UW Health as stated in the notes from previous MDeity, and: I would have to be taking at least 10x present amounts or equivalent to >100mg of morphine daily.) Bad: he feels that I'm "Fixated," another lovely psych term, and wants a psych eval, explained that I've had 2 in the last several years (which SHOULD be in my chart as well as a whole bunch of other stuff and then many things that SHOULDN'T, but that's a whole other rant) and the only depressing thing in my life is having to deal with doctors (stress, yess, depressed, no) but he wants documentation of that (need to call tomorrow) also wants me to try Amitriptyline for my anxiety, which he feels is uncontrolled (as if it's something separate from my fibro pain levels) and which I've heard of before and asked what the common name is...but he danced around that saying that: "It's been found to be very helpful for fibromyalgia patients, and I'd like you to try it." Looked it up when I got home and found out IT'S FUCKING ELAVIL!!!!! I specifically said (nicely) NO GODDAMN ANTIDEPRESSANTS!! I'd prefer to pass on being a zombie, thank you very much, Halloween is over already! That's the same shit that put dad in la-la land and with my extreme chemical sensitivities...well, not gonna happen. Fixated. That's precious. Fixated upon being treated decently?? By a Dr. who has at least some REAL understanding of fibro?? Well, at least I've got my meds for now until I can get some other stuff sorted and then search for a better Dr.