Can anyone review this letter of complaint for me?

[[TW]Fox]

Isn't it amazing how you know better than these qualified medical professionals.

 

[PardonTheWait]

I had been prescribed codeine, it didn't work so I threw it away, he then prescribed dihydrocodeine which is almost exactly the same thing which is why I felt fobbed off, felt like he was trying to appease me rather than treat me properly. And I'm already prescribed clonazepam prn which I didn't find helped much.

You still just sound like you're after more drugs?

You must rattle when you walk.

 

[Energize]

What did you want that was stronger than DHC? Out of interest

I was in severe pain like I said and codeine didn't work.

 

[Danthus]

Well if you are taking drugs that you can form a tolerance too then I would imagine off the shelf pain killers may not work.

 

[Energize]

What have you self medicated?

Anyway to your letter, you speak of collapsing due to shock in an early paragragh! How much blood had you lost? Layman definition of shock and medical definition are somewhat different.

Is there a reason you want opoids and not anti inflmmatories?
What is the source of your pain?

Shock as in anxiety not hypovolemic shock.

Well if you are taking drugs that you can form a tolerance too then I would imagine off the shelf pain killers may not work.

It doesn't work like that. The drugs act completely differently.

 

[BDEE]

Your thread history also shows that you seem to think the world is incompetent and rude.

Did you send the ambulance service a complaint letter too?

"Yesterday I was involved in a car accident at a roundabout near a motorway with an unconscious driver, 999 had no capabilities to triangulate my mobile signal, so it took nearly 10minutes to get an ambulance dispatched because no one had a clue what the name of the road we were on was. The 999 woman also had apparently no capability to use google maps to find the shop we had just left and send the ambulance to us, her rudeness was outstanding, with her complaining that me, a passenger in a car in the middle of nowhere did not know their exact location, with such rudeness, incompetence, terrible road signage and 19th century call centers how many lives must be lost each year in these circumstances?

Luckily I was able to flag down a police van, with people who knew what they were doing and the officer promptly hung up on the call center woman who was now telling us to get a driver who had suffered spinal injuries out of the car and onto the road.

Has anyone else experienced similar incompetence with the dispatchers and is there anything that can be done to improve the service they offer?

Seems like GSM triangulation is a few decades overdue, and some training in how to use google maps would not go amiss either. "

 

[Energize]

No, though the other professionals said she was rude.

 

[Tefal]

i'm guessing by now you're long term substance abuse and prescription history combined with your metal state has persuaded your doctor not to take risks with you and your drug seeking behavior.

just to point out here for whiplash you're asking for stronger painkillers than transplant patients i know...

 

[Energize]

i'm guessing by now you're long term substance abuse and prescription history combined with your metal state has persuaded your doctor not to take risks with you and your drug seeking behavior.

I haven't been abusing substances, nor have I been illegitimately seeking drugs.

 

[Windle]

Quit moaning, if you had a issue with what the GPs were telling you it's perfectly acceptable AND normal for the patient to request a referral to a consultant/specialist.

 

[Danthus]

My doctor has no knowledge of any illegal/non prescription drug use, and he has been prescribing me benzodiazepines for some time now, without concern, no tolerance, abuse or dependence on them, same goes for pregabalin. If anything it shows how good I am at not abusing medications.

Do you think you should tell them about the ibuprofen you take etc?

 

[Collider]

Maybe you should talk to the Doctor about the illegal drug use. It's a random thought as I have no qualification to offer drug advice but perhaps there is something you ought to address that isn't about not getting enough drugs for whiplash.

In any case I am not sure what your letter would achieve.

 

[PardonTheWait]

My doctor has no knowledge of any illegal/non prescription drug use, and he has been prescribing me benzodiazepines for some time now, without concern, no tolerance, abuse or dependence on them, same goes for pregabalin. If anything it shows how good I am at not abusing medications.

So you illegally self-medicate for your anxiety AND take all the drugs your doctor gives you for the same thing because he doesn't know you're medicating yourself?

And this has been going on for years.

But you don't have any dependency on drugs, no?

And you wonder why you just can't shake that anxiety?

Open your eyes mate.

 

[Tefal]

My doctor has no knowledge of any illegal/non prescription drug use, and he has been prescribing me benzodiazepines for some time now, without concern, no tolerance, abuse or dependence on them, same goes for pregabalin. If anything it shows how good I am at not abusing medications.

not really mate, he knows. You're just like the majority of mental health patients, it's assumed you're self medicating. Low prescriptions of benzo's though while exacerbating the condition require too much patience to save up enough to truly abuse over the long term so they don't worry about it.


also he'll probably give you a high dose of Diclofenac or similar because of it's complete lack of abuse potential.

really good for muscle stuff I've found.

 

[Energize]

Quit moaning, if you had a issue with what the GPs were telling you it's perfectly acceptable AND normal for the patient to request a referral to a consultant/specialist.

I did, doctor she wouldn't refer me for an MRI/imaging due to guidelines, whereas the physio recommended it and has referred me for one.

Do you think you should tell them about the ibuprofen you take etc?

They said it was perfectly fine to take ib and para at those doses, some patients take twice as much ib as I do for pain for years. It's standard practice and GP's are fine with it.

 

[Destination]

This is what i dont get op
What drug were you hoping to get? If dhc wasnt working, what do you think might?

 

[Danthus]

I


They said it was perfectly fine to take ib and para at those doses, some patients take twice as much ib as I do for pain for years. It's standard practice and GP's are fine with it.

How long have you been taking the medication for?

 

[RobSmith]

Since you asked people to review the letter I'll do just that.

Having read the entire letter, the only thing I would point out is the unnecessary melodramatics. From what I understand you're trying to highlight the 'faults' that were made whilst you were being treated and hopefully achieve a remedy to the mistakes. Right now it sounds a little too "poor-me" and in parts rather facetious, particularly with lines such as "considering it's modern day England it's scarily reminiscent of the prospect of surgery in the Victorian era".

If it were me, I'd simply lay out the course of events and then explain why you were disappointed with the service, finishing by asking what can be done to resolve the situation.

Good luck!

 

[koolpc]

What about acupuncture? Have you tried that to help relieve you of pain etc? Failing that, what about a visit to A&E and complain about how much pain you are in.

 

[Fuzz]

This has gone way past helping you with the letter..

WTF happened to "No drugs talk" and "No medical threads" ??