When I was younger I had really bad asthma and they kept giving me medication for it, my mum took me off all of it without telling the doctors and they kept saying how well the medication was working…reality was it was the meds making me ill. When my brother was born and they said he had asthma as well my mum refused to put him on medication- guess what? He doesn’t have it!

I’d say try going to different doctors and see if they’ll take you off the drugs…. most of them really do just care about money sadly enough.

Wow, Good for him ! That takes a lot of courage. It makes me sad to hear and see how corrupt the medical system is

Thanks for the support guys!
@Karese and @keepTHEfaith I’m sorry you’ve both had to deal with similar situations! It’d be so nice if our doctors actually cared about helping us -.-

My friend actually dropped out of medical school when he learned how corrupt the field is. He said they don’t really want you to learn about the conditions or the treatments, that you’re basically just supposed to go by which medications the pharmaceutical company is pushing at the time.

*hugs* I hope you can get it sorted soon.

Ugh, doctors -.- I know too well how difficult they are and how willing most of them are to prescribe unnecessary drugs. I hope things work out for you !

My psychiatrist is the same way! Both my mother and I have multiple times told him that we believe we should lower my dosage, he refuses though! Even my two counselors think my medicine should be lowered! I’ve started to believe doctors are only out to get your money! Its ridiculous!

So. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 3 years ago. They put me on Cymbalta for it at the time, and it made me -really- really sick. so I discontinued use. I’m on Celexa and Trazodone for depression and anxiety, and ONLY agreed to take them because I ended up being institutionalized before hand -.- (they have helped immensely, and dont make me sick). Anyway. I’m still against taking anything that doesn’t seem necessary.
Well.
I was going to a chiropractor twice a week, and it was REALLY helping my fibro. It was temporary, of course. But for a couple days after each visit, I could at least do things like, oh I don’t know… bathe. clean my house. wash my clothes. Stuff like that, which I am often in too much pain to do.
Downside: My insurance only covers 15 visits to the chiropractor a year, UNLESS I get a referral from my primary physician – in which case they will cover it as often as I go.
15 visits gets used up pretty quick when you’re going twice a week.
So I went to see my doctor today, to see if he would give me a referral.
I explicitly said I DO NOT want to take any more drugs. ESPECIALLY when I know the the chiropractor helps me, and in more cases than not medication for fibromyalgia DOESNT work.
What does he do?
Well, denies me the referral right away because “he doesn’t think a chiropractor would help”… uh… sir… did you hear me? IT DID HELP ME!
Then. Prescribes me more freaking drugs. Elavil. SIR! YOU ARE NOT LISTENING! I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE MORE DRUGS!
Why on earth would I want to take something that may or may not work (and probably wont), has a good chance of causing side effects, was tested on animals, etc. etc.
When I could do something that I KNOW helps, has no side effects, and doesn’t affect animals in any way?

I.
Am.
PISSED.

First world problems: I can’t get my doctor to stop giving me drugs.

-.-

sorry for the rant. It just really irritates me. The doc is obviously more concerned with making money than the wellbeing of his patients.

sorry for the rant, folks. I’ve been screwed over by the health care system a lot -.-