Finding a doctor who realizes you have a brain when you're physically disabled is extra hard in my experience. The Urgent Care doc was convinced I didn't have a uti because the dip test came back negative. Well my dip tests almost always come back negative, but do a culture for a couple days and guess what..
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sj - Nov 19, 2020 11:22:31 am PST #7373 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dana - Nov 19, 2020 12:04:44 pm PST #7374 of 8218
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's so crazy-making when doctors won't believe you know your own body. This has happened before. Yes, the same thing. Yes, in the same way. Yes, even though you have a medical degree.
JenP - Nov 19, 2020 12:46:26 pm PST #7375 of 8218
Preach it, sisters.
sj - Nov 19, 2020 1:24:44 pm PST #7376 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The ER doc did not believe me when I said I could only raise my arm when lying flat on my back. He said it wasn’t possible and made me demonstrate several times.
Dana - Nov 19, 2020 2:06:26 pm PST #7377 of 8218
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fuck that guy.
Laura - Nov 19, 2020 2:22:12 pm PST #7378 of 8218
Our wings are not tired.
I listen to doctors pretty frequently because of work and my favorite doctors are the ones who say things like 'you know what is normal for you better than I do' or will give flexible instructions on meds like 'if you feel like X take a full dose, and if you feel like Y only take the morning dose'. Some of them really understand that we have a lot more experience with our bodies than they do, others, not so much.
Volans - Nov 19, 2020 2:45:17 pm PST #7379 of 8218
move out and draw fire
sj, SO glad you've found a good doctor.
I was on Wellbutrin for a few months post-partum, because it isn't prone to transferring via breastfeeding...but it also did exactly nothing for my depression, so I went back to Zoloft and shifted to formula (it's been 15 years and the kid doesn't seem to have suffered).
sj - Nov 19, 2020 3:12:44 pm PST #7380 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was on prozac the whole time I breastfed, ltc seems okay.
sj - Nov 19, 2020 3:17:33 pm PST #7381 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Prozac stopped doing anything for me about a year after Francesca was born. So, I switched to zoloft, which takes the edge off but that's about it. I'm hoping the combo, which I've never done a combo of meds before, will really help.
JenP - Nov 19, 2020 4:42:30 pm PST #7382 of 8218
I was on Zoloft and Wellbutrin together a couple decades ago, and it was uneventful. I've also been on both separately. Really the only side effects that I noticed were for Zoloft - the libido dampening effect, and it also scrambled my brain in terms of short term memory acuity when I took it. I was on Zoloft during the Hospital Year recently, so who cares about either of those effects there, but I've tapered off now. Don't think I need anything right now, but we'll see.
I hope the combo works well for you, sj.