What Justifies Medication?

[Fire Courage]

I had an appointment with my primary care clinic this morning hoping I could get prescribed something for this anxiety, memory loss, and anger outbursts. Just something to help me function better on a daily basis. Last month for some strange reason the VA psychologist told me to follow up with my primary care clinic for any medication. But today my primary care doctor started to prescribed some medicine but changed her mind and didn't prescribe anything and told me she was going to get me back up to mental health.

After pouring my heart out and telling her all the things I am experiencing (which I can't discuss without becoming very emotional), she handed me a tissue and suggested that I go to a book store and read some "self help" books! Also, told me the door is always opened if I needed to come back. She made me another appointment to come back in 4 weeks to see her. If I don't get some help, I'm afraid I may lose my family. This is my second marriage. I want to do better. My family means everything to me. Anybody ever been told to go and read some self help books?

[Testvet]

I had an appointment with my primary care clinic this morning hoping I could get prescribed something for this anxiety, memory loss, and anger outbursts. Just something to help me function better on a daily basis. Last month for some strange reason the VA psychologist told me to follow up with my primary care clinic for any medication. But today my primary care doctor started to prescribed some medicine but changed her mind and didn't prescribe anything and told me she was going to get me back up to mental health.

After pouring my heart out and telling her all the things I am experiencing (which I can't discuss without becoming very emotional), she handed me a tissue and suggested that I go to a book store and read some "self help" books! Also, told me the door is always opened if I needed to come back. She made me another appointment to come back in 4 weeks to see her. If I don't get some help, I'm afraid I may lose my family. This is my second marriage. I want to do better. My family means everything to me. Anybody ever been told to go and read some self help books?

did she at least tell you the names of some "GOOD" books? Is there a vet center near you? You might get treated better there......but realize who I am giving you advice I have been married 5 times, 4 divorces and am 100% PTSD schedular so I know I am messed up multiple DUIs etc, so I have been down the bad road if there is something wrong to do, I have probably done it, I am experienced at screwing things up and the people here over the years have guided me down the "good road" I am now SMC S and in treatment for over 7 years now, I am still such a good interview tha Chief of Clinic still sees me 7 years into it, when he wants to give his residents a shock he lets them sit in on one of our one to one sessions. He can pass me off to one of the other psychiatrists, or the PTSD team, or a psychologist but he doesn't, when he learned my history I don't know who had harder problems with it, me or him. But I get good treatment so I am not complaining..... but really try the Vet clinic can you ask to see if you can get a new primamry care doc due to personality issues? Or are you going to a small VA clinic? I had one primary care doc I just could not get along with, I went to a patient rep and they arranged it. I have been treated great ever since then. I had one of the docs that felt at Vietnam era vets were nothing but drug seekers, and treated them like a piece of chit, I had to have a new doc, other wise I night have gone "postal" on him and that is saying a lot since I spent 20 years delivering mail I was good at going postal just ask any of my old superviors rofl

[Vync]

Psychologists typically do not write prescriptions. Sometimes VA primary care docs will write you something, but sometimes they tend to want to refer you to MH for a psychiatrist, who knows what to prescribe for each person's unique situation.

I did get something like xanex from my dentist at the VA, but that was because I have anxiety about seeing dentists. My jaw was royally screwed up my oral surgeons in the military and I am now in constant pain. This shows that clinics other than MH can write scripts for anxiety.

During my divorce, I saw a counselor for a couple of months. My primary care (non-VA) wrote me something to help me sleep and relax. They also recommended I read a Dr.Phil book: Relationship Rescue. I thought it was a totally stupid idea, because the author is a real loudmouth, but it really did help. There is a separate workbook, but it is not all that different from the book.

[Fire Courage]

Psychologists typically do not write prescriptions. Sometimes VA primary care docs will write you something, but sometimes they tend to want to refer you to MH for a psychiatrist, who knows what to prescribe for each person's unique situation.

I did get something like xanex from my dentist at the VA, but that was because I have anxiety about seeing dentists. My jaw was royally screwed up my oral surgeons in the military and I am now in constant pain. This shows that clinics other than MH can write scripts for anxiety.

During my divorce, I saw a counselor for a couple of months. My primary care (non-VA) wrote me something to help me sleep and relax. They also recommended I read a Dr.Phil book: Relationship Rescue. I thought it was a totally stupid idea, because the author is a real loudmouth, but it really did help. There is a separate workbook, but it is not all that different from the book.

Thanks Vync! It seems to make more since when you spell it out that way. I am also going to the bookstore later today. Hopefully, this MH appointment will be soon.

Oh and I was cracking up on that "real loudmouth" statement! Too funny! B)

Thanks.

[Fire Courage]

did she at least tell you the names of some "GOOD" books? Is there a vet center near you? You might get treated better there......but realize who I am giving you advice I have been married 5 times, 4 divorces and am 100% PTSD schedular so I know I am messed up multiple DUIs etc, so I have been down the bad road if there is something wrong to do, I have probably done it, I am experienced at screwing things up and the people here over the years have guided me down the "good road" I am now SMC S and in treatment for over 7 years now, I am still such a good interview tha Chief of Clinic still sees me 7 years into it, when he wants to give his residents a shock he lets them sit in on one of our one to one sessions. He can pass me off to one of the other psychiatrists, or the PTSD team, or a psychologist but he doesn't, when he learned my history I don't know who had harder problems with it, me or him. But I get good treatment so I am not complaining..... but really try the Vet clinic can you ask to see if you can get a new primamry care doc due to personality issues? Or are you going to a small VA clinic? I had one primary care doc I just could not get along with, I went to a patient rep and they arranged it. I have been treated great ever since then. I had one of the docs that felt at Vietnam era vets were nothing but drug seekers, and treated them like a piece of chit, I had to have a new doc, other wise I night have gone "postal" on him and that is saying a lot since I spent 20 years delivering mail I was good at going postal just ask any of my old superviors rofl

Thanks! Im calling the vet center tomorrow. It turns out, they are about 10 minutes away from me.

[john999]

You need to see a psychiatrist who knows what he is doing. Drugs interact with each other and good shrinks know how this happens and what to avoid. I would not want a PCP handing out prozac.

[Vync]

Thanks! Im calling the vet center tomorrow. It turns out, they are about 10 minutes away from me.

Best of luck! I hope you are luckier than me and get a study scheduled in less than three months.