Mr. Doctor is an *******

[shilohpeace]

He has no idea how much I am suffering.  When I see him, he just starts writing our prescriptions right away. He does not foster an environment that shows he is interested in me in anyway. He could care less if I am on the meds or off.  He thinks I am "cute". He is one of the "best doctors" in one of the largest cities in the U.S. and he knows nothing about me, even though I have been taking pain meds prescribed by him for over 10 years.  Taking the medicine has cost me my job, my brain.. has caused me depression, has taken away my energy, has done nothing good for me.  I have an underlying condition diagnosed with RSD because I have lots of titanium in my body.

So I asked him if I could ask him some questions at my last visit. He told me he was tired and had not eaten all day.  He left the room to write prescriptions for me from the computer and I stood there and looked at the wall like I was in a waiting room.l I went to find him and he was flirting with one of his assistants in his office.  

I asked him if he had ever known anyone to successfully go off the pain meds and he dissed me and did the pffff thing.. like it was no big deal.  He said just stop taking one pill a day.  I wanted to tell him how sick I was, how much on the edge I was, how horrible I felt, how I have never been able to get off the meds because I am too sick.  I asked him if I should take suboxone and he said NO WAY.. He said suboxone is very expensive.. He said just stop taking the pills.

Who are these people? These doctors? I didn't even know what RSD was. He diagnosed me. I thought I had a legitimate disease and I thought I was taking medicine to treat it. I had no idea what the long term repercussions would be.  He doesn't even care to ask me how I am.  He doesn't know how much I suffer and I could not tel him if I were to hang upside down naked in his office.. because he is too busy flirting with the young chicks and he is too much in a rhythm in his office. he is not in business of withdrawal. He is in the business of supporting Purdue.

I am all alone.

[sandstone27]

I'm pretty sure if you hung upside down naked in his office you'd get his attention....:).  

Seriously, people post about doctors like this often, and I've told them the same thing that jeannine and sara already have told you - find another doctor.  If he's one of the "best doctors" in the U.S. because of his patient ratings I would bet that has alot to do with the ease in which he prescribes medication.  

My doctor sits down with me, looks me in the eye when we talk, (not busily scribbling) and actually remembers me and what is going on with my life and my health from visit to visit.  They're out there shiloh...Good luck to you..

Sandy ♦

[dominosarah]

Sounds like you have wasted enough time with Ricco Swalve...time to start looking for a doctor who works with you and cares about your health, both physical and mental.

[jeannine1976]

He's not one of the best doctors if you feel like you're not being heard. Time to start shopping around, methinks. There ARE good doctors out there, and one of them is waiting to help you.