what can i do??
*long rant *
so about 3 days ago i went to the doctor to switch my birth control. the birth control i was on was making my acne so extremely bad that i was extremely self conscious and it made me anxious to leave my house. so i go to the dr & my pcm (primary care dr) was unable to see me since she didn't have any appointments so i just asked to see any doctor that could help me. i meet with the dr w the availability & mind you, i had never met him before, so i was a little uneasy about it but i needed the problem fixed. so i switched to my previous birth control and that was that. he asked me if i had any other questions and i asked him if there was anything he could put me on for my acne. he asked me if i had ever been on an antibiotic called doxycycline. i told him i was on it a few years ago and it made me extremely ill. i had fevers, loss of appetite, i was throwing up & shaking nonstop. (i told him all of that) he tells me that he wants to try another antibiotic called minocycline. i was extremely excited to get something that he hyped up so much and i thought it was actually going to help me. well the next day (the first day i took it) i was extremely nauseous & weak. i could barely lift my head up, let alone do anything i needed to get done that day. later that night i started throwing up. i couldn't keep anything down. i had a fever and was shaking and all my previous symptoms. i decided to look up minocycline and it turns out that it's literally a stronger version of doxycycline... a medicine that i'm obviously allergic to & i informed the dr that. so with a medical license, why did he think it was okay to prescribe me a higher dosage of a medication i'm allergic to? i'm livid. i've been in bed for the past 3 days unable to eat, sleep, keep any fluids down & im barely able to talk. i had to cancel my spring break plans because a doctor didn't know what the hell he's doing. i want to call the clinic and tell them, but i don't know if there's anything they can do. i feel miserable.
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