How Does One Go About Getting Urgent Medicine?

[goingonhope]

How does one go about getting urgent medicine for that uncontrollable anxiety that creates so much pressure that it seriously threatens to escalate into an anxiety attack, panic attack or that and a host of other symptoms?

Right now it's not an anxiety attack or panic, but it's heading there and heading, what feels uncontrollably so, and a little to fast. Once it happens, I'm not gonna be able to think at all and there is nobody to do this thinking for me. So I want to kinda catch it before it goes that far.

My God, I feel like a marytr not be eager, I suppose even willing sometimes, to just take anything that a psychiatrist throws at you and sends you back out the door with. And, the one PRN medicine that I do have which helped so much in instances like this one, I just can not take anymore, I've been told not to, due to the head injury I sustained. And, yet this physical pressure / anxiety / energy / force feels unbearable!

So I get that I pick up the phone and call my GP, but I haven't a clue as to how to discover the words to express myself and communicate verbally, when in this shape, once I am to speak with him, the secretary or to see him in person.

Does anybody have any suggestions or advice they can offer?

 

[cherryblossom]

Hi hope.
Firstly with regards to the medication, do you know what medication you need? If not just take your time, when you phone (lots of deep breathing) and just explain how you feel. Read what you have written here, or maybe re- write it so you can just read it- like a script. You probably won't need to say much before the Doctor butts in with relevant questions. Also double check with the doctor about the PRN meds that you already have. Just to make sure that you are still unable to take them. If you will be talking to a Doctor that doesn't know you, write down any medication you already take and dosages, before you call, so you can tell them easily when / if they ask.

I have phoned my Doctor in a bad emotional state on more than one occasion, but both the reception staff and the Doctors have always been very patient and understanding with me. Just remember that Doctors are pretty unshockable, and if you describe how you are feeling, this won't be the first time they've spoken with a patient who feels just like you do now. If the phone call gets too much, apologise and say you will call back, or ask for them to ring you back in a few minutes.

In the mean time. Use all the grounding, and relaxation techniques you can think of. (I won't waste time listing that for you now - because I want to 'send' this reply to you ASAP)

 

[ronin47]

Schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist and a psychologist in person if you can. Tell him/her that you feel like your overall stress level is snowballing to the point that you're afraid it may cause you to break down, or something like that. The psychologist may equip you with some extra coping strategies for dealing with you stress so it doesn't just add fuel to your anxiety fire. The doctor may be willing to offer you a persciption for anti-anxiety medicine or even something like Zoloft which is what I'm on. Zoloft is something you take daily, is non habit forming, and although it was designed as an anti depressent it was found to be effective at reducing overall anxiety. As far as anti anxiety meds like Xanax or Klonopin; I expressed to my psychiatrist that I was very resistant to the idea of taking any medications that were addictive. He empathized and told me that sometimes what he would do with patients who were struggling with persistent anxiety but were also at risk for addiction was perscribe them just a few pills at a time. Perhaps that's something you could suggest with your doctor, don't be afraid to advocate for yourself, you're worth it ;).

 

[goingonhope]

I took your suggestions CherryBlossom and I did get through to the secretary; Tommorrow morning I will see GP.
When the secretary asked for what do I want to see the doctor, I simply said, stress, anxiety, and physical pain resulting from. The pain is just horrible and is present from the base of my skull, throughout the neck, across the shoulders and downward encompassing the blades. And, we all know what stress and anxiety is. My biggest problem is though that I'm very capable of minimizing way too much, whether the pain, stress or anxiety; And, I have an extradionary high tolerance for any pain and distress and can push myself to function right through lots as if it's not even present. And, I can even contain it until I break.

I haven't a clue as to what medication will help me more then hurt me, and I trust that doctors do not either. So this is all so very scary. Since my appt. isn't til tommorrow and I don't currently take any medicine besides anti-inflammatorys, and a muscle relaxant (5 mg. cyclobenziprine) and Advil PM, I don't have any choice but to take the sedative PRN once prescribed me; This I am terribly afraid of because unless I take it regularly thereafter, it now makes me most vulnerable turning me into a monster most easily the day I stop (even after 1 day), and it no longer is sedating (even at same or any dose) without causing mental confusion and disoreintation. Afterwards, I don't know if I'm coming or going and my anxiety icreases paralell to this mental confusion that the medicine causes. So I guess that's out.

I was hoping to see the doctor prior to breaking, but tonight someone got very aggressive with me and was destructive and definately threatening greater possible destruction and violence; I became very afraid and I reached out and grabbed this person, then I became conscious of the rage I was feeling and panicked, then immediately separated myself, and apparently went down to the floor and curled up just screaming primal screams. I don't know what I'm going to do tonight because I can't imagine myself sleeping without something to allow for such. Anyhow, I don't feel like commenting here anymore tonight, I'm not well.

Will see the GP tommorrow morning and thanks to each of you CB and ronin. Ronin I'll be reading your comment again, and will need to prioritize finding a new psychiatrist and scheduling an appt.

 

[cherryblossom]

Well done for making your appointment. I hope it does well.

Again, if you think you will have trouble knowing what to say - write it down (or print out what you have written above). Again this is something I've done. Literally walked in to the Doctors office and handed him a piece of paper to read. That way, nothing gets left out, or goes unsaid, and your Doctor can then get the conversation moving with questions etc.

Good luck, I'll be thinking of you.

 

[anni]

The thing with writing everything down is exactly what I do, too, and have done. Sometimes I'm way too upset when I'm there and can't always have my T go with me as he does once in awhile.

I'm really only answering because there's a med which I've had prescribed in the past which releases that awful fist full of tension you descibe- the one which begins at the top of your neck? Please do not think I'm handing out drug advice-it's not narcotic but it's apparently addicitve. For me it heads off migraines sometimes because they can start with that horrible pain/tension collection exactly how you've described. The cyclobezoprine didn't work so he tried butalbital. although think that's the generic term.( They make it with codiene, too but that just makes you kind of ill.) It just seems to start right THERE, at that awful spot behind the head and release those muscles. I don't know what other meds you're on so perhaps it's not possible for you because of interactions but am sure your doc would be able to tell you.

Sorry so long, esp when you're obviously feeling not at all well. I was just given this thing which works well ( and only use periodically for that awfull clumped muscle thing) so thought to mention it. Do take care.

 

[goingonhope]

I am back from having seen my GP, overwhelmed with the results and not yet able to process everything that transpired. This Doctor is extremely well-intentioned; I only hope he is as competent and helpful and he is well-intentioned; I believe so, but if so this contradicts my generalization that all Doctors are not to be trusted anymore.

He was considerate and actually allowed me to speak to communicate; He is retiring this year; go figure. I am afraid because I forgot until it was too late to request back from him the sloppy copy of a post above that I cut and printed and handed him; The way I see things, this just may include bits of some additional garbled and unclear notes for my medical records.

Some people like to assume without clarifying the facts, or getting all of them before assumptions are made, and this always makes for misled interpretations of what's really going on. What I'm writing now is all just my life's re-inforced lessons and certainly nothing to do with anything above.

I did get to tell him about my experience of the ER Doctor being worse and more traumatic for me to recover from then my actual auto. accident.

I am dealing only with generalized anxiety for this moment and is manageable, but making it challenging to think and to comment here. The urgent medicine is for urgent matters, including especially the unbelievable mess the ER Doctor left me with after having complicated the sh't out of my life; As if it's not complicated enough. One rather simple (IMO) routine experience of someone passing through her ER and she has to go complicate the fck out of it leaving me traumatized by the whole experience.

Such arrogance and punishing rationalizations spell disaster to those who happen to get in the way. Thank you, Thank you very much Doc for your toxic games and its loss and consequences to my family and I.

 

[anthony]

I wonder though why you have put so much effort into getting a medication that you have convinced yourself will fix the problem, which you managed to make it longer than 24hrs to get a hold off... vs. just talking about the problem itself, which seems to not have got you into a panic attack at all, or you haven't mentioned.

Maybe you are not giving yourself enough credit here for not going into panic, and then forgotten that the golden rule is to keep things simple, identify the problem, then use everything you know to deal with the cause!

 

[goingonhope]

I wonder though why you have put so much effort into getting a medication that you have convinced yourself will fix the problem,

No it certainly is not going to fix the underlying problem here of everything (which is much), that directly involves my Ptsd symptoms and the reoccurring emotional issues with my scar, eye and forehead now (opposed to an improved look at what it might've or could look like), and no medication is going to fix the damage. ...........

I'll have to get back to that.

However, the medication can temporarily ease the enormous onslaught of pressure, pain, anxiety and depression resulting from all this. It can allow me to function without feeling like I have died from all this and without the threat to my family that dealing with this trauma imposes. Anthony, I get very, very sick from this now because her punishing mind-game, it's results and her negligence and bad instruction haunts me bad. She exploited me.

I have more questions I'd like to answer here, but boy am I ever getting pissed off :mad: right now. I'll try again a little later to mention more.

 

[anthony]

Ok... but the simple outcome now is... who is being hurt by what you put yourself through now, based on this past event? Your anger is hurting you, yet no amount of anger or act can change the past... so instead of being so focused on the past event and the situation you are in, why not focus instead on how you can improve your outlook, your life, with the way things are? We can't change the past, but we do control our present and future. These are events you can directly influence as being a positive or negative in your life. I opt for the more positive side of things myself, as no amount of self anger is going to change what has occurred to me in the past either.

 

[goingonhope]

Crying and not feeling well at the moment, needing to puke.

I'll only say that I did not put myself through this. Sometimes things are beyond a person's control and all that my family and I have survived this last many months (with me alone doing a majority of work), has been quite the accomplishment in itself; I'm not trying to sound arrogant here, but really I don't think there are many around that could do what I did and am doing in spite of the pathetic health and condition I am now in. And, when it comes to healing emotional matters, unless there is a pill for regulating the brain and its emotions I am just about doomed now. I tried to do the positive thing, and it was made virtually impossible for me by the traumatic nature of that experience, people and by life.

People like her know who to select to play mind-fck games with and punish me, they measure their risk and it looks as if she gathered I wasn't going to be situated such, after-all, to not follow through with being able to do anything about her BS, or f'n plain stupidity, whatever on earth it was.

 

[goingonhope]

Don't get me wrong, I understand fully what you have said Anthony, and it is quite sensible and wise, it's just that I need to still write an account of that ER experience and there are two to three points in time from that evening that make me want to destroy myself.

I didn't feel this way for the many months that followed, only sometime after I was hospitalized in March of last year and then certainly after May of last year when I was asked to do something that I attempted over and over and over again and could not do due to having to do it all alone, and the horrible, insane emotional condition it left me in.