Doctors Frustration Thread

[Wishful]

I'm asking because I have some 8-year-old naltrexone

Mine's only 7 years old. It took a couple recently to see if they'd block my leg pains. Couldn't tell if they had an effect.

Naloxone, a related medication, has been found to retain over 90% of its potency even 30 years past its expiration date in some studies.

Good to know. The only drug I've had prescribed that had a known short lifespan was minocycline, which becomes toxic fairly quickly.

 

[SpinachHands]

My doctor rant of the day- my partner's GP is worried I'm abusing them because I've told her numerous times that my partner is too ill to speak to or be seen by her!!
I've been speaking to her on my partner's behalf since December, but since nothing has helped and their condition hasn't gotten any better, I think she's now panicking and is deciding to blame me, instead of her ineptitude as a doctor, or just doesn't understand how they can be so severe. She seemed baffled that they haven't sat up since December, and couldn't understand why we hadn't even tried (cue me explaining all about crashes and PEM to her). Her understanding of ME is very limited, and I've had to explain to her over and over again why speaking on the phone, or having a doctor do a home visit would crash their health, but she still keeps insisting, and even implied that I was making them out to be worse than they are (i.e. implying Munchausen by Proxy).
I tried to stay polite and cooperative and in the end agreed that during our next call in a fortnight she could BRIEFLY speak to my partner on the phone (which they have agreed to).
This is just the last thing we needed though- will report back if this doctor busts down our door tomorrow trying to find the horrible torture dungeon I've clearly locked my partner up in.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

will report back if this doctor busts down our door tomorrow trying to find the horrible torture dungeon I've clearly locked my partner up in.

Doctors seem to have some ethical obligations if they become concerned about a patient.

I think you should allow the doctor to visit, briefly.

what if somebody is being isolated by a caregiver (or not being properly cared for, what have you) and nobody ever checks on their actual well being.

I was reading it sounds like doctors in the US are required by code of ethics to pay attention and possibly report concerns- obviously that is NOT whats going on in your case but the doctor doesn't entirely know that.

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering...spect-patient-being-abused-what-should-you-do

 

[Artemisia]

Doctors seem to have some ethical obligations if they become concerned about a patient.

I think you should allow the doctor to visit, briefly.

what if somebody is being isolated by a caregiver (or not being properly cared for, what have you) and nobody ever checks on their actual well being.

I was reading it sounds like doctors in the US are required by code of ethics to pay attention and possibly report concerns- obviously that is NOT whats going on in your case but the doctor doesn't entirely know that.

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering...spect-patient-being-abused-what-should-you-do

agree. medical professionals are often only line of defense with abuse victims. one of the few things dr's do i support. how else can they differentiate b/w abuse victims and the commenter's situation besides contact with patient

 

[Hip]

To kick things off, as we were discussing in the other thread, many of us have stumbled onto the fact that benzodiazepine medications seem give us our ability to be normal human beings to some degree.

However, my experience with trying to relate this to doctors (who otherwise are more than fine with doing absolutely nothing for us) runs the gamut from my PCP who cut me off mid sentence to say "I don't do benzos" to my shrinks whom keep telling me that while they aren't against it in the future at some point (allowing for months to go by whereby I suffer needlessly) that there needs to be some parental lecture and "boundaries" discussion first.

Recently I was experimenting with alpha-pinene, an essential oil constituent which binds to the GABA-A benzodiazepine receptor, and modulates this receptor in a way similar to zolpidem, a Z-drug.

Alpha-pinene binds to the alpha1 and gamma2 subunits of the GABA-A benzodiazepine receptor.

When I was experimenting with 3 drops of juniper essential oil taken internally (diluted in 15 ml of carrier oil), I found that it caused a fairly profound relaxing effect on the mind, which was rather pleasant. Though this relaxed mental state only lasted for a few hours; so it may be that frequent re-dosing is required to maintain the effect.

You can buy pure alpha-pinene here cheaply, or you can buy juniper berry essential oil which contains 29% alpha-pinene.



However, because alpha-pinene binds to the alpha1 subunit, it may be subject to a similar tolerance build up as regular benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.

I wish the so called "perfect benzodiazepine" imidazenil was available, as this produces much less tolerance and addiction, as it targets the alpha5 subunit of the GABA-A receptor, rather than the alpha1 subunit. I believe alpha5 is less subject to tolerance build-up than alpha1.