Well, the verdict is in on whether or not I am a drug addict and my dr decided that I am indeed NOT an addict!!!!!!!!!!! It has been horrible and stressful. I have been having anxiety attacks for over a week and I didn't know why but they have mysteriously stopped :-). I felt like I was suffocating, it was awful so I spent A LOT of time sleeping so I wouldn't have to deal w/ it.
But, Louis and I went to my appt today. They acted odd when I came in and the receptionist didn't come to the window like usual, it was a nurse (keep in mind I haven't actually seen the dr many times so he didn't know me well but what do y'all wanna bet that he won't forget me now). They called me back straight away and the dr came in very fast. He sat down and asked me to tell my story which I did. Then he sprang his trap. He told me he would NOT, could not, prescribe me fiorinal. I just kind of sat there and said, meekly, "Well, if you can't then you can't. It does help and I cannot give myself my Imitrex but if you don't cut me off from that I will get by I suppose" Then Louis got a bit angry and hostile and the dr told him to hold on. He then told us that I had passed the test, I did not behave like an addict in any way and he said he has seen many and he has never been wrong. He told us that he would prescribe me fiorinal but it would be difficult since my other dr had me flagged at every pharmacy in S. Florida!!!!!!!! We then discussed our plan of action which I won't go into bc my head is still spinning from all we talked about. But, he was very nice, even funny, and he is slick. He didn't just barge in there and accused me or treat me in a condesending manner in the least.
Then he told me something that practically made my blood turn cold. He had talked to my first dr here, whom he said he did not like at all, and he said that Dr. Gleisner made me out to sound like a total addict that was in need of serious treatment and possibly JAIL!!!!!!!! He would not go into specifics but he said Dr. Gleisner wanted to talk for a very long time, indeed he had trouble getting off the phone w/ him, and all about what a junkie I am. Before my dr told me this about Dr. Gleisner asked me how many times I saw him. I told him that I had been to his office 3 times but only saw him twice and was under his care for no more than 2 months. That is when my dr told me how horrible Dr. Gleisner talked about me. He told me that he wasn't sure whether to believe Dr. Gleisner or not but felt he had to heed what he was saying so he had alerted the entire office and if I had made false move, becoming belligerant when he said he would not give me fiorinal or even begging, he was going to discreetly himself and have a nurse or receptionist ring the DEA and FBI and have me arrested!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He said I would of most likely spent the wkend in jail and then sued him and won :-).
That scares the hell out of me. To think if I had made one wrong move I
would be in jail now. Louis would probably be in jail also bc he was
the one that was upset.
But, alls well that ends well. I have Fioricet now, I am not in jail and I believe I have developed a rapport w/ this dr. I do like him, he loves to chat and I like that in a dr. He even told us a story of how he had a problem w/ pharmacists in the past, he says they can be odd but he isn't convinced that the Eckerd pharmacist is the culprit. My story was believeable to him, it is common for painkillers to be stolen here, and elsewhere, and sold on the street.
He did give me a piece of advice. He told me that I can't be afraid of doctors and pharmacist down here bc of this, I can't be afraid that some criminal ring is behind this either.
Sorry this is so long and I have been offline lately. It has been a terrible week, just wretched. I have had those panic attacks on top of the worst period I have ever had. I thought I was going to have to go the ER for the pain but then again, i was flagged and they may of arrested me :-)
Thanks everybody, I truly appreciate the support and if it takes me days I am going to catch up on the 72 emails I received when I came online tonight.
Steph
Steph,
I'm not sure what to say about this. Especially since after al this you like this doc. He sure used one hell of a scare tactic on you. I don't know the laws by heart but you could not have been taken by the DEA or the FBI unless you were dealing the meds.
If it was me... I might have decked the guy and reported the first doctor. But I am me and you are you so I won't go into it anymore than that since you are happy. I am surprised the whole episode did not send you right into a migraine.
I'll just wish you good luck with your new doctor and hope he continues to work with you and your pain.
Mistress Bunny
Migraines & Guilt
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