Duane Garner
12-08-2012, 09:39 PM
Hi everyone,
I had a questions, maybe others here have some advice.
I'm currently under the care of a GP.
He treats me for chronic pain, so I have to visit him monthly. I'm on a CII for herniated disks and other back/chest related problems.
He's very compassionate and we have a great relationship.
The problem is this; I have treatment-resistant depression and GAD. I've suffered from GAD ever since I was a teenager. I am now 25.
On top of this, I'm currently going through a divorce.
We've tried innumerable antidepressants over the past year and a half with no success.
I started having panic attacks and stress-related chest pain a few months ago, after mentioning it to him, he changed my anti-depressant regiment again.
After going back this last visit (Wednesday, the 4th) and mentioning it again, he did the same thing. I'm currently on Amatriptyline 100MG and Zoloft 50MG (I was on Prozac previously, this is the change he just made..) but I'm still having panic attacks on a regular basis. (Almost daily)
He says the Zoloft should help immediately, the Pharmacist said it would take up to 2 months...
He seems hard-pressed to want to prescribe any anti-anxiety medication, which unofficially, I know helps.
I'm leaving town this Wednesday for vacation for a week or two and want to talk to him again before I leave to try and convince him to prescribe something that will help now so I can enjoy vacation and life during this lengthy divorce, at least...
Any advice?
I had a questions, maybe others here have some advice.
I'm currently under the care of a GP.
He treats me for chronic pain, so I have to visit him monthly. I'm on a CII for herniated disks and other back/chest related problems.
He's very compassionate and we have a great relationship.
The problem is this; I have treatment-resistant depression and GAD. I've suffered from GAD ever since I was a teenager. I am now 25.
On top of this, I'm currently going through a divorce.
We've tried innumerable antidepressants over the past year and a half with no success.
I started having panic attacks and stress-related chest pain a few months ago, after mentioning it to him, he changed my anti-depressant regiment again.
After going back this last visit (Wednesday, the 4th) and mentioning it again, he did the same thing. I'm currently on Amatriptyline 100MG and Zoloft 50MG (I was on Prozac previously, this is the change he just made..) but I'm still having panic attacks on a regular basis. (Almost daily)
He says the Zoloft should help immediately, the Pharmacist said it would take up to 2 months...
He seems hard-pressed to want to prescribe any anti-anxiety medication, which unofficially, I know helps.
I'm leaving town this Wednesday for vacation for a week or two and want to talk to him again before I leave to try and convince him to prescribe something that will help now so I can enjoy vacation and life during this lengthy divorce, at least...
Any advice?