It is a cry of despair, just one with a lot more justification than most. Three suggestions.
1. Dad's heart specialist said that with any complex case, it's good to ask the doctor to review your case as if you were a first-time patient. Ask for explanations of how what you're taking right now helps with your problems right now. Look at emergent problems with interactions. See where there's unintentional duplication and overlap. Sometimes it's good to actually see a consulting doctor about this so that you're actually fresh to the reviewer, too.
2. Mom's naturopath, Dr. Tori Hudson here in Portland, has a directory of naturopaths and offered up these as possible referrals:
Portsmouth -- Ian Bier, James D'Adamo
Nashua -- Kristy Sassler
You may well find it worth your while to call and say that while you think you're getting good medical attention (if you do, that is), you'd like to see what additional options for improving your health you've got. You know things you'd like relief for and can express them clearly. That makes you a better potential patient than many. (And they may in turn know someone closer to you, if those are too far away.)
3. You need to let your primary doctor know just how bad you're feeling emotionally. If it helps, cut and paste LiveJournal entries as the framework of a letter, to make sure you get it down with sufficient strength. I know from personal experience how hard it can be to tell someone in person how really wretched one feels at the moment. Writing it out sometimes gets the point across better. See what you can do right now and what you can do to move up the timing of whatever's lurking on the horizon. This is serious, and you're entitled to say so. You may also want to use this as a good time to get a second opinion - grinding discouragement has physical consequences and is worth reviewing along with the stuff in item #1.
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1. Dad's heart specialist said that with any complex case, it's good to ask the doctor to review your case as if you were a first-time patient. Ask for explanations of how what you're taking right now helps with your problems right now. Look at emergent problems with interactions. See where there's unintentional duplication and overlap. Sometimes it's good to actually see a consulting doctor about this so that you're actually fresh to the reviewer, too.
2. Mom's naturopath, Dr. Tori Hudson here in Portland, has a directory of naturopaths and offered up these as possible referrals:
Portsmouth -- Ian Bier, James D'Adamo
Nashua -- Kristy Sassler
You may well find it worth your while to call and say that while you think you're getting good medical attention (if you do, that is), you'd like to see what additional options for improving your health you've got. You know things you'd like relief for and can express them clearly. That makes you a better potential patient than many. (And they may in turn know someone closer to you, if those are too far away.)
3. You need to let your primary doctor know just how bad you're feeling emotionally. If it helps, cut and paste LiveJournal entries as the framework of a letter, to make sure you get it down with sufficient strength. I know from personal experience how hard it can be to tell someone in person how really wretched one feels at the moment. Writing it out sometimes gets the point across better. See what you can do right now and what you can do to move up the timing of whatever's lurking on the horizon. This is serious, and you're entitled to say so. You may also want to use this as a good time to get a second opinion - grinding discouragement has physical consequences and is worth reviewing along with the stuff in item #1.