time to beg for my prescriptions again

look i get how finite prescription repeats can encourage doctors to review your situation and make sure you haven’t racked up twenty different meds, half of which you don’t need anymore but are creating myriad interactions with the other half.

but there must be a better way than forcing me into consults every six months, with multiple doctors, to continue taking any of my medications. some of which i’ve been taking since 2015 and all of which i’ll need for the foreseeable future.

my pdoc charges 300 aud/session (−$119.50), and yet on multiple occasions, writes me scripts with not enough repeats.

my gp charges 83 aud/session (−$39.75), and is consistently booked out 2–3 weeks in advance unless i go with one of the other doctors, who are often too 👻 scared 👻 to write some of my scripts because they “don’t really know hormones”.

both require making phone calls to book, to add insult to injury, and it doesn’t have to be like this! my last two (and @ariashark’s last) general practices all had online bookings, and aria’s last also did online script requests for a small fee.

.oO( maybe youse wouldn’t be so swamped all the time if we weren’t forced to waste your consult slots just for scripts? )