My Primary Care Doc Is Leaving And I Am Worried

[recoveringfromptsd]

My primary care doctor (medical) is with the same group that provides my mental health care, and she is leaving at the end of this month, when I was in crisis along with my therapist she was there for me and understood what I was going thru in my crisis, she was working to get me into Sheppard Pratt as well as my mental health therapist. So as medical doctors are concerned she is kind of special, one of a kind if you get my meaning.

I am worried the next doctor I get won't be receptive or understanding, worse I worry I will get stuck with a male doctor, which I absolutely cannot have happen. If that happens I will probably have a melt down.

I have been having a lot of thoughts around this, on top of dealing with the feelings and emotions, body memories, and flashbacks from my abuse therapy. With that alone I have had the urge to cut to get some relief but I have used my DBT skills to not submit to my urges, and done well so far, but this is sort of like my world is beginning to fall apart, and I never deal with that well. It is certainly uncertainty and I don't deal with that well either. I have even thought about O/Ding if this part of my care falls apart.

 

[VioletButterfly]

I'm not sure what is keeping you situated with this group, but is it possible to seek a new primary care provider away from this group? If that is the case, can you ask your PCP or the other doctors with whom you are working for a referral for a new PCP? Most primary docs will work in conjunction with therapists regardless of their "group," so I would consider and think through all of the options available to you.

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

@VioletButterfly That would be problematic, I am on the eastern shore and there are shortages, I had to wait months just for an intake for a Psych Doc. There is another group here, but they have a really bad rep, I know many who have no choice but to use them. My insurance also limits my choices. Nearest city of a size that would have doctors to broaden the choices is an hour or more away.

I did send a message to her about my concerns, maybe she will be able to solve this. Because it has me really distressed.

 

[Symphony]

I went through similar a year ago when my primary moved cross country. They had been there for my whole "story". I hardly use my new primary. My old one was a lifeline.

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

@Symphony I hope my experience is not like that, and in my case my primary care doc was there for my whole story too, there when I had my crisis and had to go to Sheppard Pratt Trauma Disorders Unit, back then she was working to get me in too, along with my therapist, etc. So she is special too me.

I did get a message from her this morning in response to my message to her, she said she is going to make sure I have a female doc, and she is going to fill her in on my case. That's the best I can expect from all this. I guess this is where radically acceptance dictates that I should accept the state of affairs on this as it is what it is.

While whoever came up with radically acceptance, while they got it right from a DBT skill, as something I have to deal with, the person who came up with it should be shot. I had radically acceptance. It's much easier and hurts less the other way. I know some are going to jump on this, and give me all the plusses from the RA path. I get it, It's just hard doing it.

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

I had radically acceptance

Typo = "I hate radical acceptance"