Does your pharmacist know you?
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| Mon, 03-21-2005 - 6:47pm |
I am so embarrassed about going to the pharmacy anymore. With my at least 3 prescriptions each month, my sons three prescriptions (2 for asthma and 1 for reflux) plus "normal" prescriptions for illnesses, they all know me by name. This really bothers me because I am not a druggie but feel like one. I feel like they all think I am a hypochondriac. I swear I am not, but it has taken many meds to try in order to come to the bipolar dx, now I am working on the meds for that. I went in for a antibiotic for a sinus infection I have. Just venting my embarassment. No need to respond. Just embarassed and hopefully paranoid.
Speaking of paranoid, I was freaking out early because dh did not give me his password for his laptop. I screamed at him He thought I did not need it because he told me where to find the info, which he did. But for some reason I was convinced he was hiding something. Does paranoia go along with BP II or maybe it is just my low self esteem. Ugh.


I'm right there with you.
My pharmacist knows me too. Dh went to get some meds for himself and the pharmacist says to him, this name looks really familiar and so dh says I bet you know my wife and the pharmacist was like Oh Yeah, lol so I totally understand. I've been on all types of meds for the last 2 yrs because of my pelvic pain and so between narcotics, ambien, anxiety/depression, antipsychotic, motrin, premarin and so many other meds that I can't even think of right now I can only imagine what the man thinks of me. I swear I feel like a druggie sometimes when I look at the row of meds lined up that I take each morning. I can totally empathise with you on this one.
Hugs & Positive Thoughts Always,
LOL Yes my pharmacist definately knows me. I see him at least every month and we even chat. Luckily I haven't gone through meds galore yet. I've only been taking meds since Jan 21 and have been taking the same meds all this time. I need to increase them again but I don't want to ask my doc again. I've had to be the one to push (med) therapy along. Plus, he said that we had to do bloodwork and I thought that would be last time but it didn't end up being then, so I figure he won't increase it until we do that. I don't even know if we are going to do it this time. I'll bet he'll forget again. I also don't think I should bring it up because I am seeing the pdoc at school again in a week and she may end up changing my meds again. I'm not looking forward to that possibility because then I will have to tell my family doc that I'm not going to be following his orders anymore.
Sorry to go on like that.
Amanda
Yes, I can definitely relate. I go to a student health center to get my prescriptions filled, so it's definitely a "small world" around there. The first time the receptionist recognized me by name before I'd even signed in made me even more paranoid...but when I joked about it, she said she just has a photographic memory for faces, lol...!
I'm embarrassed to say it, but I've even put off getting prescriptions filled for that reason...I've been having migraines again, and I ran out of my migraine medication, but I thought I'd just try to ride it out instead of having to go back and seem like a druggie! (even though that's not even a pain med, just a migraine-specific med)...but I regretted it this weekend when I got another headache, so I did get it filled today.
Anyway, I'm doing my usual late-night rambling, sorry...just wanted to let you know you're not alone,
Rose
Hi Missy,
Yes, my whole pharmacy team knows me, and my husband. He will pick up my meds for me, if I don't get them the day they are prescribed. They know my name, know what I am taking,and the head pharmacist has even come up with ways to better take my medicine. Figure that. It is a small pharmacy with a lot of people that gets their meds there. So, how they remember me I will never know. No, wait, that is not true. I have