Ativan is becoming a thorn in my side…
So besides the insurance/neurologist issues, there’s occasionally this issue which has never gotten this bad.
So I get to Thursday night. No refill sent to my pharmacy and I’ve already started withdrawal. Talking to my psychiatrist over portal email. She offers to call neurology. I’m not declining that offer.
Friday morning: Email from psychiatrist states my neurologist wrote the script in his system but never sent it over (sounds really accurate).
Friday early afternoon: My local Walgreens is now getting really pissed and calls my neurologist. He still doesn’t send the script over.
Friday late afternoon: I’m dealing with some more withdrawal symptoms (like a sky high pulse) at my primary doc’s office. Never been happier to see her in my life. She has her people call Walgreens to verify they never got the refill and then call his people to see what the heck is going on. Despite the pain management contract I have with neurology barring me from getting controlled substances from other doctors, my primary prescribed enough to get through the weekend. There is no stopping her when the well-being of her patients are on the line.
Now I’m curious to see if I can get Ativan to be switched over to her office because she’s significantly more on top of these things. This is not the first time that I’ve gone into withdrawal due to this prescription not being sent over in time. I’ve considered switching off this med for my insomnia but my autistic self doesn’t respond to typical sedative medications. They have no effect on me. So I’m stuck in this vicious cycle until something changes.
