Psychologist or regular M.D for anxiety issues?

I have heard the whole " you don't go see a heart doctor for a foot problem " spill. I was wondering what people on here thought. After something that happened in the past week I think I may be leaning towards finding a psychologist.

To make a long story short, I have been taking a combination of medications for my anxiety over the past two and a half years and I have seen the same doctor for almost two years now. He put my on clonazepam. He says to take it on a as needed basis but it is prescribed take 3 times daily every 8 hours. Some days I take 1 or 2 , and other days I don't. It really just depends

I have been traveling alot this summer and I had to call to get my new script of clonazepam transferred to another CVS pharmacy. So that was okay but when I called to get it transferred back they said it was a law you couldn't transfer a controlled substance more than once. I did not know this and the problem was , I was flying back to Dallas and where I did my orientation at was about 2 and a half hours away from dallas and I leave tomorrow out of town again. So I needed to get my refill.

I called the doctor's office and was put through to a nurse, she basically made me feel like a idiot and said I am supposed to get every prescription filled from the same place and that they have other people that travel as well and don't have any problems. Basically she said that either I drive the two and a half hours to get it or go without it. She said the doctor was paging her so she hung up on me. I have been on this medication for over a year and a half. The fact that she was not going to call it in or even ask the doctor is alarming. of all benzo's Klonopin, is one you cannot go cold turkey on. I think the withdrawal is a little hyped up but I did not want to find out.

I called and demanded to speak to the doctor, and said I was treated rudely and with no respect. So none the less 10 minutes later the same nurse called back and said that she talked to the doctor and would call it in to the pharmacy that I wanted. I have my medicine but the fact that I was treated so poorly really alarms me especially when dealing with a medication that causes withdrawal. I feel every time I go to the doctor it is the same thing over and over. He just says and gives me what he thinks right.

Also if he had to call in a new script I am assuming that it cancelled out the one I had at another pharmacy? Or does it work like that? If it works like that and I basically got a script for free then I can understand why their might of been some hesitation. Any insight to this?

Thanks for taking the time to read this

Hi Humble,

I am sorry you were treated rudely by your doctor's nurse. ;( That is the last thing you need when worried about going out of town, and needing to get everything ready...including your medications!

I agree with the above...a P-doc has the best knowledge of psychiatric Rx's, as this is their specialized field of medicine! A psychiatrist will also be able to take care of both your med needs, as well as facilitate any therapy if you so desire.

I think if nothing else....just looking for another health care provider...one with professional and courteous staff is probably worth seeking!

You deserve to be treated with respect, and pay too much to settle for anything less.:)

S.C.

Hi Humble (I like your name :D)

I am sorry that you were treated so poorly and rudely by your nurse.
I also agree with others here. I say the best would be trying to get a Psychologist instead and talk about the therapy options (if possible CBT), if you still haven't started one yet.

Good luck with all
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