GEEZ! ...are some medications worth it?

You look 'em up , and the side affects and long term affects really make me wonder if its just better to hack it out med free.

Do doctors even pay attention to what you say? Ive just been given stuff that made my blood pressure sky rocket to stroke levels .

This isnt the first time my doctor has been ignorant . I want to throttle her . She takes no notes , and shoves pills at me with no questions asked.

And i chose her coz she's indian, [you know , India indian , not red indian,] Not to stereo type , but i thought she might be open to more treatments than just shoving tablets at a person .

Im so over this .
I think ill stick with cold Turkey .....and booze😏

You have any bad choices by doctors thrown at you ?

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SW-User

I have recently found much better docs. I was taking a med for 12 years that gave me kidney disease......he just threw pills at me also.....i developed diabetes and high cholesterol. He didnt check my blood work as he should have!! Some docs just dont care......they are all about the money.

OogieBoogie · F

@SW-User this is what gets me!
Ive noticed ive had no blood work done .....no checking for any other inderlying causes .
Its just, treat apparent symptoms and shove you out the door.

My mum wnded up taking about 30 tablets a day! Half were to couneract side affects of the other half . But she just kept slowly deteriorating .

I shudder to think how much she must have paying each month, just in meds!

SW-User

@OogieBoogie i know what you mean. I finally found a psych doc that truly cares and wants to take me off the meds that are causing me harm. I also have a family doc that doesnt believe in putting people on meds unless its absolutely needed. I feel for you and your mom. Your poor mom paying for all those meds......geez......i pay quite a bit for the ones i take. Its all a racket!! You need to get off that med that raised your blood pressure that high!! Take care of you!! 🤗

OogieBoogie · F

@SW-User oh i was only on it for a few days before o took myself off.

Then i took them for two more just before my doctors visit, to show her what was happening .
She actually didn't believe me till i asked to have my blood pressure taken .
AND, sje didn't even think to try and find a substitite drug. So basically , i paid her to give her information 🤷‍♀️

Its just one example of this doctor, who i wont see anymore .
In fact, being a small place, ive ended up in conversations with people who saw her too, and the stories are all the same .

Yet, she still practices as we have a shortage of doctors since covid.

I dont know why .....med students are still coming out of university each year. Now it takes about 2 weeks to get in to see a doctor.

Its never been this bad before .

SW-User

@OogieBoogie god, i hate this for you!! Its hard to find a good doc that will take you here also. Its like so much red tape you gotta go through. Paperwork , turn downs due to psychotropic drugs Im on. I even explain that i have a psych doc that takes care of that. Its so much BS!! I hope you find one soon.....also, its ridiculous that you had to pay her for YOUR information. Crazy!! 😔

OogieBoogie · F

@SW-User in short though, it turned out to be a blessing .

Ive taken another more naturpathic approach . Ive been looking into "food as medicine " and finding out that certain foods cause inflammation in some people .

And ive actually felt better.

Mind you , of course its the foods i really love that cause it - typical 🙄😏

But youre right.....i do need to find a good doctor, im not getting any younger.

SW-User

@OogieBoogie i have a feeling that youll be just fine. You know what youre doing!! 😁

OogieBoogie · F

@SW-User thanks 🤗
I think im over the worst of it.

And , i realise im kinda lucky to have made it this far in my life and not be on medication.

Some aren't so lucky .

SW-User

@OogieBoogie that is so true!! Im very happy for you!! 😀