Certainly Understand the "Getting MD's to Listen" bit. I'm a Long-Time aids Survivor. My Partner at the time Passed of PC Pneumonia in 84. Luckly, I was also a nurse through most of my working life so I knew both how to take care of myself AND how to work with Docs. 'Course, Nurses have a much more Negative opinion of MD's than any Patient would;>! When I started to have Neuropathy back in the mid-90's the lousy MD covering 1000 aids patients refused to believe it WAS Neuropathy because he'd got it in his head that it was cause by AZT, which I'd never taken(my Intuition told me not to and when MD's a decade later made me, I lost vision in my L eye). We ended up having to manipulate him. Since Tricyclics were used for both it and Depression, one of the staff nurses helped me get on some. When the stuff worked, he had to change his mind... Good luck on your Meds. I know how much "fun" it is both trying to get a "cocktail" that works AND doesn't cause side effects worse than the actual affliction! Cheers, Pat
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When I started to have Neuropathy back in the mid-90's the lousy MD covering 1000 aids patients refused to believe it WAS Neuropathy because he'd got it in his head that it was cause by AZT, which I'd never taken(my Intuition told me not to and when MD's a decade later made me, I lost vision in my L eye). We ended up having to manipulate him. Since Tricyclics were used for both it and Depression, one of the staff nurses helped me get on some. When the stuff worked, he had to change his mind...
Good luck on your Meds. I know how much "fun" it is both trying to get a "cocktail" that works AND doesn't cause side effects worse than the actual affliction!
Cheers,
Pat