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EquivalentPepper9315 t1_iustvxw wrote

You may need to go to a pain clinic like the one at Mercy’s Spine Center to get controlled substances. Many pcps will not prescribe them anymore.

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Inevitable_Cap_744 OP t1_iut3dt1 wrote

That’s the thing though I am not asking for pain medication, I feel I being prejudged because other doctors thought I needed it in the past as a result there is not mutual respect and times it feels like disrespect. This lack of respect is creating distrust on both my end and doctor’s end, in turn it gets me feeling like there is no point in telling them stuff because when I do I feel like not only are they listening and or discounting the things I tell them. For example I told them I had covid recently and that I have been feeling flushed, hot and nauseous. They didn’t even speak to that because I mentioned I had pain running down my leg when I stood. I find the nausea and sense of hotness more debilitating. I feel invalidated, unrespected, and that my health is at risk because they’re not paying attention.

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EquivalentPepper9315 t1_iuukjw2 wrote

I really like my internist at Cox Ferrell-Duncan, Dr. Brad Wiley. When it comes to psychiatric care, however, he may refer you to Eustasis, but don’t go there. You will NEVER see a MD and IMHO it is a mostly a profit-seeking organization. The patients are exclusively seen my RNs and nurse practitioners. I am not saying they cannot provide good care, but I am saying that the model at Eustasis does NOT allow them to. Other than Eustasis, there are virtually no other psychiatrists taking new patients in Springfield that I know of, sadly. Medical care in the US currently sucks. Doctors are under time limits and now seem to type notes at the same time they are supposed to be listening to patients. Everyone is in the same crappy boat.

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