He’s a good doctor but it is too difficult to get in contact with him when I need him, front desk never answers and rarely gets back to me. I’m already looking at different doctors in the area.
Today I couldn’t get out of bed. I have personal training soon so hopefully that will lift my spirits.
It’s good that you can “shop around” .
I hope you can find a doctor that better suits your needs!
My doctor always answers my calls when I want to talk about side effects, etc. I don’t call the hospital often but it helps when I need some advice without visiting him.
Good luck!
If he’s a good doctor then I’d be careful switching docs.
It is hard to find competent pdocs these days especially.
Take your time before acting upon it.
You can’t change them, they will always be jerks. The first lesson they learn in psychiatrist school is to be annoying and condescending.
Haha not quite what I meant. My doc is a bit haughty but overall he’s funny and is very good at listening and working with me to find out what med is best for me. And I’ve met worse docs who outright laughed at my symptoms before…so
It’s really just cuz his front desk person apparently can’t do her job for jack. Not very worth it to have a good pdoc if you can’t ever see them bc you can’t ever reach them to schedule an appt
I feel like it is so hard to find someone good. I put up with my guy’s empty room because his med combo works for me and he himself is not annoying.
One other guy refused to believe that I might have anxiety even because I am too old to have it (I think that is their reason). He kept talking about my migraines as if they were something more. Like a stroke or something. And kept thinking that I had some sort of physical reason for my symptoms (the anxiety, hallucinations, and delusions). He said that some of they cysts that I have in my brain could be something more even though my neurologist clearly said that they were common and were nothing. These kind of guys I need to avoid. I would have never gotten on my meds and I would have gotten much worse.
My current guy has a room that is empty except for his desk and chair, a couch for me, and a TV. There isn’t even a rug or carpet. The echos and empty space cause me anxiety and I have to wear ear plugs to meet with him, otherwise I get very anxious. Also, his contact system means that I have to write him a note online in an encrypted email system. This is fine with me, except that all the emails are filtered by his aid. So, now his aide knows that I was suicidal. Probably not a problem, but I would rather keep this info to me and my pdoc. But, he got me on abilify and celexa and I stopped having paranoid delusions and seeing things, my mood stabilized and I stopped having panic attacks and in general, my state got better, not worse. So I put up with his issues.
For you, could you talk to him about how you can’t contact him if he is needed? Maybe he has an encrypted email system too? If he is a good doc, I would wait on getting rid of him and see if he can train his front desk person or get a new one. If enough people complain, he might do just that…
yeah, reality is that they can sometimes be kind of obtuse. but you have a good dude! maybe thats a reason to stick around?
why are you constantly contacting your pdoc anyway? are you having having any serious issues? for many of us it is enough to just meet with them once every couple of weeks or whatever.
if you have other options to contact him versus phone, like email or through some sort of patient portal (that’s what we have at our clinic) then try the other ways. at your next meeting ask him “how can i contact you in an emergency…etc”.
Maybe you should complain about the front desk person to your doc??
I’ll try but it’s awkward because I’m pretty sure it’s his wife.
It’s sad because he has awful reviews online but if you actually read the reviews they are all rated poorly for the same reason I mentioned, people can’t get in contact and aren’t actually about him.
I really don’t know what else she does…every time I’m there she’s in the office, and only occasionally goes back to hand papers to whoever. It is a very small practice…
I don’t usually see him regularly, only when something goes wrong and I need a med change/adjustment (ie the situation now) do I try to make an appt earlier than our normal check in one.
That sounds frustrating. But if he does provide competent med management then you may be better off sticking with him. You could say you would like a second opinion so maybe you can check out another pdoc without ending your patient relationship.
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