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I had my annual "well woman's" exam yesterday (as they call it.) I moved to Texas almost 2 years ago, so this is the second time I've seen this doctor. I didn't particularly like her the first time I went to her, but I don't know anyone else and I figured a familiar face is better than a stranger. I'm reconsidering that now.
Besides a bunch of little things that annoyed me during the visit (making me wait 20 minutes after telling me to put the gown on, in a room set at about 75 degrees when I was already cold; doing the exam with icy hands; finding a giant cricket in the corner of the room while I was getting dressed) the prescription she wrote for me pretty much cinches it.
I've been on birth control pills for about 4 years now. I really like the ones I'm one as I haven't had any noticeable side effects, but I do tend to get migraines and in the last year, they've always been more frequent and worse during my period. So, I asked if I could be switched to a pill that would only give me 4 periods a year, like Seasonique. She agreed that it was worth a try to help reduce my migraines, and wrote my a prescription. It wasn't for Seasonique, but she said it was for the same kind of pill, where I'd take it continually for 3 months, then be off it for a week to have my period.
After the exam, I went to the pharmacy to get it filled. I brought it home and promptly crashed for a nap, since I'm sick and was doing a lot of running around yesterday and got really exhausted. Later in the evening when I got up, I opened up the new RX to take a look at it.
It's for a pill called Microgestin, and from everything I can tell, it's exactly like my old BC pills in that I'll take it for 3 weeks and then get my period. Meaning I'll still be getting a period every month. There are no special instructions from the dr. indicating that I should take it continually and only stop once every three months.
This is not at all what I asked for.
So I called the clinic today and told the nurse/receptionist what was going on, and she took my number and said she'd have the dr. or her nurse call me back. That was this morning, around 10am. It's now 5pm and I haven't heard anything back. I'm wondering if I will at all.
Thankfully, I'm not supposed to start the new pill until next week, so at least I have a little time to sort this out. But really? I asked for one thing and she gave me the opposite. I don't know if she just blanked and wrote the wrong RX, gave me someone else's RX with my name on it by mistake, or meant to write special instructions on it, or something else. Either way, I'm pretty pissed. I've had issues with this clinic before, and this is just the icing on the cake. I need to find a new primary care provider before next year.
Besides a bunch of little things that annoyed me during the visit (making me wait 20 minutes after telling me to put the gown on, in a room set at about 75 degrees when I was already cold; doing the exam with icy hands; finding a giant cricket in the corner of the room while I was getting dressed) the prescription she wrote for me pretty much cinches it.
I've been on birth control pills for about 4 years now. I really like the ones I'm one as I haven't had any noticeable side effects, but I do tend to get migraines and in the last year, they've always been more frequent and worse during my period. So, I asked if I could be switched to a pill that would only give me 4 periods a year, like Seasonique. She agreed that it was worth a try to help reduce my migraines, and wrote my a prescription. It wasn't for Seasonique, but she said it was for the same kind of pill, where I'd take it continually for 3 months, then be off it for a week to have my period.
After the exam, I went to the pharmacy to get it filled. I brought it home and promptly crashed for a nap, since I'm sick and was doing a lot of running around yesterday and got really exhausted. Later in the evening when I got up, I opened up the new RX to take a look at it.
It's for a pill called Microgestin, and from everything I can tell, it's exactly like my old BC pills in that I'll take it for 3 weeks and then get my period. Meaning I'll still be getting a period every month. There are no special instructions from the dr. indicating that I should take it continually and only stop once every three months.
This is not at all what I asked for.
So I called the clinic today and told the nurse/receptionist what was going on, and she took my number and said she'd have the dr. or her nurse call me back. That was this morning, around 10am. It's now 5pm and I haven't heard anything back. I'm wondering if I will at all.
Thankfully, I'm not supposed to start the new pill until next week, so at least I have a little time to sort this out. But really? I asked for one thing and she gave me the opposite. I don't know if she just blanked and wrote the wrong RX, gave me someone else's RX with my name on it by mistake, or meant to write special instructions on it, or something else. Either way, I'm pretty pissed. I've had issues with this clinic before, and this is just the icing on the cake. I need to find a new primary care provider before next year.
What I'm mainly concerned about is 1) that they told me to go off the pill for 2 months with no suggestions for any kind of backup protection and 2) even if I take a 21-day pill continually, 3 packs of it is only 63 days, a little over 2 months, so I'd actually have to take closer to 4 packs to get 3 months of it. And I don't think my insurance is going to cover getting that many packs in that short of time; I know in the past when I've tried to get refills too soon (like more than a week in an advance) they've denied me. Plus, the script is only written for 12 packs in the next year, which won't be enough to get me thru 12 months if I take them continually.
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