GP problems- refusal to re-prescribe my Lyrica- advice?
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:53 pm
Hi all,
I had PN symptoms and vulvodynia in 2013, was put on medication which worked after 5 months... was able to wean off everything in 2015.
After a period of bad stress the nerve disturbance has returned. I am back on Amitriptyline. Have titrated up but I still feel it's not enough 100%. I have asked my GP VERY KINDLY to give me Lyrica again. It was my pain consultant who decided I take this back in 2014. I basically asking to be put back on my consultant's treatment. I haven't asked for any additional painkillers.
GP refuses, made a million excuses..says she wants to wait for amitriptyline effects, BLA BLA...
Anyone else in UK have experience on how to approach this? I know Lyrica is 100GBP per box, but I also need to get a job and sit down for more than 5 hours a day at a desk and amitriptyline isn't strong enough and/or takes VERY very long to work (3 months in my experience). I can't sit around unemployed in this meantime. How do I make my GP understand this? She's also told me my pain is psychosomatic, but I doubt that since I read in a publication that psychogenic pain is in more than one place and doesn't respond to medication as a general rule. Can I maybe go to a private GP and pay 50 pounds per consultation to get me Lyrica again?
Any advice is very much welcomed.
I had PN symptoms and vulvodynia in 2013, was put on medication which worked after 5 months... was able to wean off everything in 2015.
After a period of bad stress the nerve disturbance has returned. I am back on Amitriptyline. Have titrated up but I still feel it's not enough 100%. I have asked my GP VERY KINDLY to give me Lyrica again. It was my pain consultant who decided I take this back in 2014. I basically asking to be put back on my consultant's treatment. I haven't asked for any additional painkillers.
GP refuses, made a million excuses..says she wants to wait for amitriptyline effects, BLA BLA...
Anyone else in UK have experience on how to approach this? I know Lyrica is 100GBP per box, but I also need to get a job and sit down for more than 5 hours a day at a desk and amitriptyline isn't strong enough and/or takes VERY very long to work (3 months in my experience). I can't sit around unemployed in this meantime. How do I make my GP understand this? She's also told me my pain is psychosomatic, but I doubt that since I read in a publication that psychogenic pain is in more than one place and doesn't respond to medication as a general rule. Can I maybe go to a private GP and pay 50 pounds per consultation to get me Lyrica again?
Any advice is very much welcomed.