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morning... jake thanks, the phone call with clinic dr. she said take 2000 vit d a day. I think that is 2000 ui of D3... my spouse takes it as suggested by pharmacist so we are sharing til i get some. She said B12 was just at bottom of scale but did not say how much to take... these are short phone calls with results etc., so I didnt think to ask. Husband had some multivitamins and i took one each last 2 days but had reflux last night so not sure.... MY note was about my spilling a drink - not alcohol - on my pill box and melting the halved Rivotril/KLONAPIn so i was short before next prescription and my newish dr said he would not refill early!!!! I do not abuse meds in fact on very few considering... but as living on bed moved to left side so i could see downstairs , right handed and have p.n. one day tipped my coffee enough that it spilled over open pill contained as i found it hard to open the little lids, melting a few Rivotril and even Zoloft as was on it at time, not any more.... later in office he berated me in front of people in waiting room saying I was mismanaging my medications .. i explained wht happenbed and he said; i dont care if you dropped them down the toiled, you are mismanaging your medications! So this dr when I started seeing him year before after leaving my other doctor of 20 yrs., just continued the 90 rivotril every 3 months and same with zoloft without even asking why i was taking it or even if i was taking it or selling it on the street corner!!! i have never spilled anything on my meds but then again i had never 'taken to my bed' in my life before.... My pharmacist came to my rescue and fast forwarded the prescription a week or less. Another time in front office he balled me out about something else in front of new receptionist.... another story too long for here, and i didnt make a complaint but phoned the College of physicians and surgeons Ontario and discussed, they were very nice and i kept it low key, they called him and next appointment he discharged me from his practice at 76. A few months later he left the province. We have a site here called Rate MDS and I did notice some negative comments made by patients.... so now i go to a walkin clinic speak to a nurse and then the doctor, from another part of the province comes on screen. So far so good and i get copies of all reports. I was always polite and honest with that doctor who was a newbie.... why he was so hard on me after dishing out pills like candy i will never know.. and there are more stories but not relevant here. i must say tho I do notice a change in how doctors speak to me now i am older.......... oh well. And yes would love to get off Rivotril but cannot do it alone and need my sleep more than ever

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@lacy2
I'm glad your doctor had enough sense to order the 25-hydroxy test to check your vitamin D. If I were you I’d ask for a bone density test also. In my unprofessional opinion, I doubt 2,000IU will bring your level up very quickly (depending on what it is) especially if you are on Gabapentin. You are on Gabapentin aren't you? If so, how much are you on. My memory is awful. Also, how much Klonopin are you taking. Although medication affects people differently I wouldn't cut your Klonopin in half. That's a large cut. I'd never do that. Chances are your doing okay now without any withdrawal effects depending on how high your dose was but I doubt you will manage another 50% cut. My Klonopin does was massive but I still didn't cut it that much.Did you ask why your B-12 was low? Hopefully your just not getting enough in your diet verses not being not able to absorb it. But regardless of the reason you need to get it back within normal levels. Years ago I had a B 12 deficiency and my doctor gave me weekly B 12 shots.
You much better off without that doctor. However, I wonder if he was legally justified in discharging you. I wonder if it could be considered discriminatory or abandonment.
Take care,
Jake

@lacy2, It sounds as if you are better off without the awful doctor. How dare he chide you in front of others. He surely does not understand confidentiality. It is interesting about your vitamin D. My doctor took me off that as it is in my CardioTab vitamin. He wants me and my husband to be in the middle of the scale. I was surprised because my last blood draw showed 60 in the vitamin D and he wants it more in the middle of the scale, i.e., at 50. I do as he says. He has helped me in so many ways and is always so kind to me. I don't know what I would do without him. May you have better experiences and have a doctor who truly cares about you. With all good wishes, @joybringer1