Shogmaster
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This is a venting thread.
Back in 2012 I went into emergency room with extreme blood pressure reading of 220/190. It started with me going to a local urgent care with headaches and blurry vision. The doctor there literally started yelling at me to go to the emergency room ASAP after taking my BP readings.
After a 4 day stay at the hospital with battery of tests, all they could tell me was that I had "intractable hypertension" and can't pin down the cause. Basically, I need to find meds to bring them down. It was Harbor UCLA, a big hospital in LA. I was to visit them for next 4 months once every two weeks but they weren't able to find the combination to bring them down. Frankly, the doctor assigned to me seemed too green and stupid. I caught him several times prescribing the same med combo that I previous tried with no results. After about 2 months, I started keeping my own records since it was clear that this guys was just winging it. After the 4th month and BP still way too fucking high (180/140), I decided to go seek another hospital and doctor.
I decided to try a local doctor in Ktown who use to be head of USC medical center or something. The dude is old but whatever. He is also full on Korean dad mode. But I put up with it since he might find the right med combo. It takes him about 2 tries. 3 meds combination. My BP starts coming down. it eventually settles around 140/90, which is a HUGE improvement. Good.
But then 2 weeks go, I suddenly get this throbbing headache that won't go away. I take aspirin but no worky. after 2 days, I start to worry and google. It says headache at the back of your head is hypertension. Ah fuck... So I go to my local Ralphs where there is a super accuratae BP machine. 220/180. WTF... Back to square one after 4 years? Meds no longer working? I go home and do more googling. This time about my meds. One of my meds is Metoprolol. First website plainly says about the dosage: "introductory dosage 50~100mg per day. Maintenance dosage after few months, 150~450mg per day." WTF! I've been on introductory dosage of 100mg for 4 FUCKING YEARS! Thanks for nothing doc! I immediately increase my dosage to 200mg per day. After two weeks, I now get reading of 116/82 on that same machine.
I could have totally had a fucking stroke two weeks ago. And this fucking doctor just kept charging me for each visit and new prescription. I want my fucking money back. The only reason I need him now is to write me prescriptions every few months. He gonna act all grumpy when I bring this up probably. He does that when I question him about anything. Fuck this guy. I guess I'm ordering meds off internet.
Back in 2012 I went into emergency room with extreme blood pressure reading of 220/190. It started with me going to a local urgent care with headaches and blurry vision. The doctor there literally started yelling at me to go to the emergency room ASAP after taking my BP readings.
After a 4 day stay at the hospital with battery of tests, all they could tell me was that I had "intractable hypertension" and can't pin down the cause. Basically, I need to find meds to bring them down. It was Harbor UCLA, a big hospital in LA. I was to visit them for next 4 months once every two weeks but they weren't able to find the combination to bring them down. Frankly, the doctor assigned to me seemed too green and stupid. I caught him several times prescribing the same med combo that I previous tried with no results. After about 2 months, I started keeping my own records since it was clear that this guys was just winging it. After the 4th month and BP still way too fucking high (180/140), I decided to go seek another hospital and doctor.
I decided to try a local doctor in Ktown who use to be head of USC medical center or something. The dude is old but whatever. He is also full on Korean dad mode. But I put up with it since he might find the right med combo. It takes him about 2 tries. 3 meds combination. My BP starts coming down. it eventually settles around 140/90, which is a HUGE improvement. Good.
But then 2 weeks go, I suddenly get this throbbing headache that won't go away. I take aspirin but no worky. after 2 days, I start to worry and google. It says headache at the back of your head is hypertension. Ah fuck... So I go to my local Ralphs where there is a super accuratae BP machine. 220/180. WTF... Back to square one after 4 years? Meds no longer working? I go home and do more googling. This time about my meds. One of my meds is Metoprolol. First website plainly says about the dosage: "introductory dosage 50~100mg per day. Maintenance dosage after few months, 150~450mg per day." WTF! I've been on introductory dosage of 100mg for 4 FUCKING YEARS! Thanks for nothing doc! I immediately increase my dosage to 200mg per day. After two weeks, I now get reading of 116/82 on that same machine.
I could have totally had a fucking stroke two weeks ago. And this fucking doctor just kept charging me for each visit and new prescription. I want my fucking money back. The only reason I need him now is to write me prescriptions every few months. He gonna act all grumpy when I bring this up probably. He does that when I question him about anything. Fuck this guy. I guess I'm ordering meds off internet.