Doctors

[seminolewind]

I left some wonderful doctors in Florida and here in Kentuckiana (near Louisville in Indiana) it's nothing but awful.  Any doc I call has a 2 month waiting list for new patients.  I'm still waiting for my appt. with a Nurse Practicioner (sp) instead of a doc because it was easier to get and this is just for general practice.

The other one is a shrink.  I have antidepressants .  I get an appt. with one 90 days ago.  I got an appt. because she doesn't take insurance.  But one of the meds she wrote for was written for once a day when it should have been twice a day so I'm calling since last Friday (8 days now) trying to get a refill and have the doc note the error and refill the script.  No one calls me back.  A secretary called me once and said she'll pass the message on.  No call.  What do you do when a doc doesn't return calls?  
Now I'm waiting for a new group to call me back .  This is insane.  Is the rest of the country like this?

[dawg53]

Fortunately for us, doctors or one of their minions call us.

[maryellen]

It depends on the state. Here in nj drs call back . But specialists have a 2 month wait list.

[seminolewind]

Seems everyone here has a 2 month wait. Another person complained about her too not calling. She said she was without a very needed med for weeks before that doc called. The doc told this person "well, I do only work part time". So far I've called about 12 psych-docs yesterday with nothing. Many require counseling prior to giving you meds. Good Gawd, I've been on these meds for 15 years, and I don't need counseling.

Or they're supposed to call back but don't. So I've gone thru 2 doc groups . Now I'm starting on ones that may not take my insurance. Then there's the hope that this nurse practitioner next month can write for these antidepression meds. They are not a controlled substance. Maybe I can get all my pills from one person!