I went for my annual physical today and was very nervous about telling my Dr. about my whole journey into the MYO adventure. Of course I'd never levelled with her in the past that I was a bottle-a-dayer either.
I was so nervous that when the nurse initially took my blood pressure it was sky high. I'd also gained 11 pounds this year from all the drinking. I was most anxious about discussing the Topa and the fact that my psychiatrist had prescribed it for me.
To my absolute amazement she burst out in a big smile, congratulated me and handed me a big smiley face sticker for recognizing that I had a problem and for doing something about it. I asked her if she was at all concerned about the Topa and she said, "oh no." Said that she uses it for many different things. Then she wanted to know all about My Way Out and how I found it and was interested in the ideas. She also retook my blood pressure and it had it dropped quite alot.
I know from reading these posts that this is not the response that many people get from their docs so it was very heartening. I hope she passes on the info to more of her patients. She also put my mind at ease about the Topa and I hope that in turn puts some of yours at ease too. (I don't plan to go over 100mg. and I told her that but that's my personal choice for my body which reacts doubly hard to meds).
I probably shouldn't have started this as a new thread but thought it was good news to celebrate that at least some physicians are open-minded about the Topa and are willing to work with this program. And I wanted everone to see some good news for this evening as we struggle with those "awful hours."
Em
I was so nervous that when the nurse initially took my blood pressure it was sky high. I'd also gained 11 pounds this year from all the drinking. I was most anxious about discussing the Topa and the fact that my psychiatrist had prescribed it for me.
To my absolute amazement she burst out in a big smile, congratulated me and handed me a big smiley face sticker for recognizing that I had a problem and for doing something about it. I asked her if she was at all concerned about the Topa and she said, "oh no." Said that she uses it for many different things. Then she wanted to know all about My Way Out and how I found it and was interested in the ideas. She also retook my blood pressure and it had it dropped quite alot.
I know from reading these posts that this is not the response that many people get from their docs so it was very heartening. I hope she passes on the info to more of her patients. She also put my mind at ease about the Topa and I hope that in turn puts some of yours at ease too. (I don't plan to go over 100mg. and I told her that but that's my personal choice for my body which reacts doubly hard to meds).
I probably shouldn't have started this as a new thread but thought it was good news to celebrate that at least some physicians are open-minded about the Topa and are willing to work with this program. And I wanted everone to see some good news for this evening as we struggle with those "awful hours."
Em
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