patriotsgal
03-15-2016, 11:18 PM
Tomorrow afternoon I have an appointment with a new general practitioner. I have been nervous about this appointment, because since December I have been waiting to get a doctor so I could finally be established somewhere and possibly get a new anxiety medication. I have been taking clonazepam (0.5mg) once-twice a day since January and I would like to get away from it as it only helps me at night, since I cannot take it during the day due to it making me tired then I cannot drive. The doctor who prescribed this medicine is my doctor back home who requested that I find a doctor near college to handle my mental health since I am here for 8 months out of the year, and he only gave me a month supply then I have gone to urgent care clinics since to get more medicine after a period of bad withdrawal symptoms.
I am nervous when it comes to talking to new people and I am afraid the doctor will tell me that she cannot prescribe me anything or ask me to go to a psychiatrist which I cannot afford as a college student and my family having financial issues. I have already requested, last Friday that my therapist forward my information to this doctor’s office and it should have been faxed over on Monday. So the doctor would know that I had sought out help (therapy lasted 6 sessions until it became too expensive in December) and had been diagnosed with severe anxiety.
I am also planning on bringing my two pill bottles from my previous prescriptions, information for my therapist, information for my doctor back home. This is to hopefully help me out, especially since I usually lockup when talking to doctors and panic. I’m just afraid that I will be told I cannot get the medicine I need, which helps me relax and not panic in every social setting and have random attacks throughout the day.
I am nervous when it comes to talking to new people and I am afraid the doctor will tell me that she cannot prescribe me anything or ask me to go to a psychiatrist which I cannot afford as a college student and my family having financial issues. I have already requested, last Friday that my therapist forward my information to this doctor’s office and it should have been faxed over on Monday. So the doctor would know that I had sought out help (therapy lasted 6 sessions until it became too expensive in December) and had been diagnosed with severe anxiety.
I am also planning on bringing my two pill bottles from my previous prescriptions, information for my therapist, information for my doctor back home. This is to hopefully help me out, especially since I usually lockup when talking to doctors and panic. I’m just afraid that I will be told I cannot get the medicine I need, which helps me relax and not panic in every social setting and have random attacks throughout the day.