Would this work?

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Background: I used to take a low dose AD for headaches, and when my last PCP started experimenting with anti-anxiety meds they had me stop taking them. I haven't taken them for at least six months.

Now: My headaches weren't a big deal for months, but now they're back with a vengeance. Daily for the last couple of weeks and just awful. I want to go back on the AD ASAP because it takes a couple of weeks to make a difference, but I have a new PCP and I've only seen her once. They have all of my records from my previous PCP, and I want to call and ask if they can just call me in a new prescription but I don't know if that would seem really weird and borderline drug seeking, since I've only seen her once. I don't want to accidentally raise any red flags for them, because I've been accused of faking symptoms before (Doctors have assumed I'm covering up an ED, etc).

I just started my new job so there is no way I could get away to go in for an appointment for two weeks. Should I just call and make an appointment for my next day off, or would it possibly work to ask for a prescription over the phone?

[melindafelinda]

I'd make an appointment. I used to take nortriptyline for headaches and I took them with an AD.

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Mar 31, 2013 21:12:49 GMT -5 melindafelinda said:

I'd make an appointment. I used to take nortriptyline for headaches and I took them with an AD.

That's what I was taking. It's good to know that it can be taken with ADs. I'm not taking anything right now, but it's definitely good to know for the future.

[speckledfrog]

Maybe try calling and asking them for a refill, since it is a prescription you've had before. Or enough for 2 weeks, until you can get in for an appointment. I have no idea if your doctor will give them to you since he/she wasn't the original prescriber.

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Mar 31, 2013 21:12:49 GMT -5 melindafelinda said:

I'd make an appointment. I used to take nortriptyline for headaches and I took them with an AD.

I'm doing this now. Nortriptyline and prozac and its going well for me.