so I decided to get a new primary care physician. She was a piece of work. I originally went in because my therapist recommended that it may help me to have a fast acting medication to help me through a situation that is really high in stress and I can’t calm myself down. So I went in for that and a physical.
I explained to her my issues with my anxiety and offered her my therapist’s business card if she had any questions. She completely ignored what I said and tried to put me on Celexa. Which I understand helps elevate mood and anxiety, but I don’t need that. In order for it to be effective, you have to take it everyday and I don’t need medicine everyday. I am not anxious everyday. So I explained to her that this probably wasn’t the best route for those specific reasons. She looked at me and then to her and computer. As she I typing, she speaks her words: patient refuses medication.
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So at this point I just knew I had a crazy. She stated that there were supplements I could try to help with my anxiety and she would send me the site where I could buy them from. She then tried to take me off my GERD medicine and offer me another supplement.
Ohhhhh…. I was also offered a supplement for my scleroderma 🙃.
You get a supplement, you get a supplement too 😂
Scleroderma is a complex thing although my symptoms are mild, I still don’t make impulse decisions. My doctors work together as a team and collaborate with each other. They don’t just make decisions and run with it.
She ran bloodwork and everything came back fine except my vitamin D which is low. She also informed me that there was a supplement I could take that was found on the website she sent me
I informed my rheumatologist of my encounter with this wonderful Doctor and he was annoyed lol. He called me in a Vitamin D prescription (which was free btw), told me to stay on my GERD medicine if it is helping and when I came in, he’d give me a script for my anxiety.
Safe to say, I will not be going back to her. I applaud her for giving me a laugh.
thetealbrickroad 
Good grief. What a horrible doctor!! Supplements?! You should have asked to see her medical license!
I have started to meet with my primary (who I do like) every 2-3 months so she can review all my tests and notes from the specialists and keep up to date on my symptoms. I really need her to be able to coordinate my overall care, and this seems to be working. I’m taking vitamin D and I think it is helping with anxiety.
Hugs!
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I should have. I thought it was a joke lol. I seriously could not believer what she was saying to me! And How much vitamin D do you take. My rheumatologist gave me 50000 ius a week and it seems a little excessive.
Also, do you have pulmonary hypertension at all??
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I’ve been told that I have early pulmonary hypertension, but they aren’t offering to do a cath to check the pressure yet as its only 33 on echo. I also have mild ILD and have developed asthma like symptoms.
I go crazy over the misinformation and pseudoscience out there. I’m shocked that this person referred you to a site that sells them. It’s bad enough to be dealing with this disease without being victimized by people marketing ideas and supplements with no proven benefit.
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Forgot about vitamin D. I’m taking 2000 units a day, which my doc said was ok. She measured my blood levels and I’m kind of low normal even with taking that much.
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I think my RVSP was 39 and they still did my cath anyway. I’m borderline with an mPAP at 25. They haven’t started me on anything which I was at first happy about but now I’m wondering if I should be proactive with this. And my vitamin d was very low. I think normal is 30-60 and I was at a 13. I guess I should take this huge pill then 😂
Yes I cannot stand it! The whole visit pretty much just angered me. I have never come across someone, let alone a doctor, who pushed “supplements” to help with this disease. Its heartbreaking when people do believe it and spend their money on garbage and false hope.
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