Any of you who have been dealing with Bipolar and are on Seroquel may be battling the same issue I am, rapid weight gain. It seems unavoidable from what I can tell from researching the issue. I'm up almost 40 pounds now which is bringing new issues because of my COPD. My psych doctor did not want to risk taking me off the Seroquel because is has made such a difference for me but my psych and pulmo agreed I needed something to help with my weight and said should see my primary doctor. So off I went to get the help they said I needed. Appointment made and I just sat back and waited for the day to come with excitement because someone was going to give me extra something to help. I already adjusted my diet and started to exercise.
The day came and I was off! I went in and got to see the physicians assistant, she prescribed Belviq. Yay! Something that was supposed to help me! I went to the local pharmacy to fill the script. Local pharmacy says, "No, mam, can't fill it because it has a reaction with the Zoloft you are on." They call both doctors. My psych asks to put me on the phone. After speaking to her she decides we try to take me off the Zoloft for a 15 day trial period to allow my to try the Belviq. Once I'm off it for 5 days they can fill the prescription. Great, I think! I'm out the door, thinking I'll see you in 5 days.
Five days later I return and ask to have the prescription for Belviq filled. "I'm sorry, mam, there's no prescription on file." WHAT! They call my primary doctor's office to see what's going on. Well, here's what I'm told, "I'm sorry, mam, the P.A. decided to rescind her prescription of Belviq since you were here last time since there was a drug interaction." So now I've been taking off one of my anti-depressant meds for nothing and I'm standing in the middle of the pharmacy crying. Wonderful!
I went home, still crying, and curled up in a ball on my couch. My husband came home after work and I relayed the whole story to him. He called the doctor's office the next day to find out what was going on. He was told to have me come back in and see the actual doctor, the he would be more receptive to writing the prescription for me and was already made aware of the problem. Okay, so I'm good to go! We thought. Wrong!!!
My actual primary doctor ends up putting me into tears in the office. Why did I come in a second time if they didn't want to give it the first time? What do I need it for if I'm already dieting and not cheating on the diet? The list could just go on and on. Basicly he had no interest in listening to me at all and definitely had no interest in helping me. Plus he just prolonged me staying off the Zoloft again for no reason. Again I am sitting in front of him sobbing as he just keeps going at me. Finally he leaves the room and comes back with a print out of about 25 pages about Belviq (I've read every website I could find about it already, the risks, side effects, etc) and I tell him that. I'm still sobbing and he says just read about it so you understand why we won't prescribe it. Still crying, I remind him yet again I just told him I already read all the research on it and DON'T need to read it again AND that they did already prescribe it once and then rescind it. ?????
He starts lecturing again. At that point I couldn't mentally take it anymore. I stood up, handed him back his print out and through tears said, "I need to leave, I need to go NOW!" He started in on me more as I opened the door and I turned to him and said, "Maybe I needed it just as much mentally as physically would it have killed you to let me give the 15 day free trial a swing?" As I walked down the hallway I could still hear him behind me spouting off the list of bullshit as if he was reading it from the papers. I was so upset and angry I just let it come out, " This place sucks!" Man, it felt good coming out! This group of doctors used to be one of the only "games" in our small town (they are old and not up with the times), their reputation is going downhill pretty quickly. Well, a few days later I get a letter to me house to call the doctor's office. It literally made me sick to my stomach. I woke up in the middle of the night having nightmares about the appt. to the point I actually threw up. That's how upset this whole thing had me. It took a few days for me to pick up the phone and what I heard I couldn't believe. "This office will no longer see you because you have been deemed a non-compliant patient." WHAT? I mean I was already in contact with a new doctor and going to transfer, but are you serious? I'm non-compliant? To what? I told her, "The doctor is non-compliant because he didn't listen to 2 specialists and his patient when they asked for help with a very specific problem for very real medical reasons. " "I will be happily going somewhere else with a doctor who actually listens and cares about his patients, thank you."
Please help me! Between 4 doctor visits within every 4-5 weeks, and over 14 meds, 3 inhalers, nebulizers, oxygen tanks, etc. I cannot afford my medical bills which are now over $1000/month. Please click here to help me!
The day came and I was off! I went in and got to see the physicians assistant, she prescribed Belviq. Yay! Something that was supposed to help me! I went to the local pharmacy to fill the script. Local pharmacy says, "No, mam, can't fill it because it has a reaction with the Zoloft you are on." They call both doctors. My psych asks to put me on the phone. After speaking to her she decides we try to take me off the Zoloft for a 15 day trial period to allow my to try the Belviq. Once I'm off it for 5 days they can fill the prescription. Great, I think! I'm out the door, thinking I'll see you in 5 days.
Five days later I return and ask to have the prescription for Belviq filled. "I'm sorry, mam, there's no prescription on file." WHAT! They call my primary doctor's office to see what's going on. Well, here's what I'm told, "I'm sorry, mam, the P.A. decided to rescind her prescription of Belviq since you were here last time since there was a drug interaction." So now I've been taking off one of my anti-depressant meds for nothing and I'm standing in the middle of the pharmacy crying. Wonderful!
I went home, still crying, and curled up in a ball on my couch. My husband came home after work and I relayed the whole story to him. He called the doctor's office the next day to find out what was going on. He was told to have me come back in and see the actual doctor, the he would be more receptive to writing the prescription for me and was already made aware of the problem. Okay, so I'm good to go! We thought. Wrong!!!
My actual primary doctor ends up putting me into tears in the office. Why did I come in a second time if they didn't want to give it the first time? What do I need it for if I'm already dieting and not cheating on the diet? The list could just go on and on. Basicly he had no interest in listening to me at all and definitely had no interest in helping me. Plus he just prolonged me staying off the Zoloft again for no reason. Again I am sitting in front of him sobbing as he just keeps going at me. Finally he leaves the room and comes back with a print out of about 25 pages about Belviq (I've read every website I could find about it already, the risks, side effects, etc) and I tell him that. I'm still sobbing and he says just read about it so you understand why we won't prescribe it. Still crying, I remind him yet again I just told him I already read all the research on it and DON'T need to read it again AND that they did already prescribe it once and then rescind it. ?????
He starts lecturing again. At that point I couldn't mentally take it anymore. I stood up, handed him back his print out and through tears said, "I need to leave, I need to go NOW!" He started in on me more as I opened the door and I turned to him and said, "Maybe I needed it just as much mentally as physically would it have killed you to let me give the 15 day free trial a swing?" As I walked down the hallway I could still hear him behind me spouting off the list of bullshit as if he was reading it from the papers. I was so upset and angry I just let it come out, " This place sucks!" Man, it felt good coming out! This group of doctors used to be one of the only "games" in our small town (they are old and not up with the times), their reputation is going downhill pretty quickly. Well, a few days later I get a letter to me house to call the doctor's office. It literally made me sick to my stomach. I woke up in the middle of the night having nightmares about the appt. to the point I actually threw up. That's how upset this whole thing had me. It took a few days for me to pick up the phone and what I heard I couldn't believe. "This office will no longer see you because you have been deemed a non-compliant patient." WHAT? I mean I was already in contact with a new doctor and going to transfer, but are you serious? I'm non-compliant? To what? I told her, "The doctor is non-compliant because he didn't listen to 2 specialists and his patient when they asked for help with a very specific problem for very real medical reasons. " "I will be happily going somewhere else with a doctor who actually listens and cares about his patients, thank you."
Please help me! Between 4 doctor visits within every 4-5 weeks, and over 14 meds, 3 inhalers, nebulizers, oxygen tanks, etc. I cannot afford my medical bills which are now over $1000/month. Please click here to help me!
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