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That is because No whining/Barney is taking her meds.

Posted By: Notice that they both have not been on in awhile. on 2005-09-19
In Reply to: I beg to differ - I think you attacked Barney first




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    That is because No whining/Barney is taking her meds.
    x
    She's actually taking meds around the clock for it
    Vicodin, Percocet, aspirin, ibuprofen, and drinking.  She has a rheumatologist, but its so hard to get in to see him.  One of her problems is she is really obese, and his first advice to her is lose the weight, taking some strain off her joints.  I feel so bad for her, she shouldn't have to live in pain.  She doesn't have a quality of life.  Maybe it hits people harder than others.  But I would be like you, take a more natural approach so you don't get caught up in depending on pain meds.
    Are you taking any meds that cause sleepiness?
    If you are, maybe there is something else you could use that is not as sedating.
    Barney seems okay
    I agree with you. I think MQx4 is making it difficult for some of us to post in fears that we might be "attacked" for no reason.

    I saw nothing wrong with Barney's posts.
    Because Barney is MQ Whiner from below
    You will see her venom and hatred.  Innocent people do not have to fear being attacked here - she is the one who started attacking all MQ MTs this morning. 
    Nice try Barney aka Zipper

    nm


    Buh-bye Barney/Chucky/Frankie Boy/Zipper
    .
    Don Knotts died today - Barney Fife.
    He was a classic!
    That is hysterical!!!! Do Barney and Betty live next door??? LOL. nm
    .
    About whining
    I didn't mean that anyone in particular was "whining."  I know there are cherry pickers, I know there are company favorites, etc. etc.  My point is that if you, me....or anyone isn't making money doing MT and is in a constant state of agitation/unhappiness then it's time to find a better company to work for or even another line of work.  Life is too short.  Doesn't do any good to complain and wonder how someone else manages to make money, only "you" can control your environment.  I know that I have always done more than my share of the difficult dictators and I really don't mind doing it so long as it doesn't 1) interfere with my paycheck and 2) doesn't adversely affect my life.  I've only quit one company because of impossible dictators and that is the one that seems to be known to all; that after I worked for them for 7 years and suddenly all the "good" stuff (there wasn't much of that to begin with on that particular account) evaporated and I was doing nothing but the worst of the worst and I do mean WORST.  I don't know "why" that was happening but I did know when I  had had enough.
    Whining
    Thanks for the excellent advice, No Whining. Although this is my first visit to this site and I have never posted any complaints about MQ before, I am definitely one of those MQ Whiners you refer to! And this is the best advice I've heard in 5 years! Who do you suggest I apply for a job with?
    i am not whining
    i am merely trying to take a lighthearted look at other careers we could have chosen. you people suck! you are just mean to be mean. i think u are fooling yourselves that you are so secure in your jobs. i thought that too, i thought i was indispensable, but being an IC, i am disposable. i am just an accounts payable bill; they found a cheaper way to do and what do they do, they get rid the luxury item.
    No, and I wasn't whining either.

    I just made an observation that you hadn't responded yet.  And I was working myself, so I was trying to be brief.  Like I told Endiqua, it's not that I, myself, don't believe you or anyone else who is earning really good $$$ at MT.  I don't really care if other MTs believe you or not.  That's their problem.  I do believe it can be done, but I want to know how I can do it, too.  Honestly, I appreciate the advice and sharing of experiences.  I'm not trying to come across as snotty or trollish.


    My last (??maybe?) question for you is how long you have been on your particular accounts, and are they low, mid or high level accounts?  I worked for both MQ and S, but I left for greener pastures because they kept bouncing me from difficult ESL account to another within a week of the last one.


    I made more in the past year doing MT than every other year combined since I started several years ago.  I'm not working a part-time job as backup any more either.  I've also tripled my expander stats in the past month.  I could be satisfied with that, but I believe the potential is there to do so much more.


    MORE WHINING FROM MEEEE!!!

      So NOW what do I do??? He wants to see them (it's been two months!!)  I've told him I can't AFFORD to meet him and he only offers to "give me money" (that ole dangling carrot) if I meet him


    I truly WANT the kids to have a relationship w/their dad, but I honestly can't afford the drive (I live in OK; he lives in TX - our divorce says we meet, of course)  Have been told by my atty that child support and child visitation are TWO SEPERATE ISSUES.....glad he has money to meet!!


    More venting....thanx everyone for your feedback - wish there were not so many DBD's and DBM's out there, but it's NICE not to be alone!! 


    who's whining here besides you. i'm calling

    No whining, but ANGRY
    With a MQ blog you could communicate and discuss to your hearts content, while you change nothing and your children starve.  And if MQ started the hole you are in, by still being there you are handing them the shovel to make that hole deeper.  Of course it is hard switching jobs and learning new accts but how does staying at MQ with NO jobs make that any easier?  If you have children and bills, you darn well better be doing something other than just whining about what a bad company MQ is.  You can start that process now or you can do nothing but whine and still have to start that process sometime in the future, all the while you bills are adding up and you kids are getting thinner.  And another thing, why do you have to buy anything for a new program or new job?  I have never had to buy anything for any company I have worked for.  It is hard to have alot of sympathy for a person who is constantly with the "poor me" but who does nothing to pull themselves out of the mire.  And if you think I am whining, you are reading my posts all wrong.  I am not whining, I am angry that you are letting yourselves be taken advantage of.  It makes all MTs look bad,  like we cannot take a stand for ourselves but feel ourselves to be at the mercy of any company that wants to take advantage of a hard-working MT.
    What are you doing here? You're whining.
    Use that energy to find another job and stop subjecting the rest of us to your pity party.

    Enough already!
    No - you started it with your whining about
    Gasp!
    Tired of the whining and here is why.
    If you check out the posts, you will see what we are talking about.  MQ MTs whine about the horrible company they work for but don't leave.  I am angry that the "sit back and take it" attutude they have makes all hard working MTs look bad.  I for one know I am worth more than having to put up with being used like slave labor.  Even if it means working two jobs, it is better than just sitting back and whining but doing nothing about your plight.  And with that being said, no one is saying they should not be able to beat the dead dog amoungst themselve, they just need to take it to a blog, so we don't have to be witness to it.  And btw, i DO work two MT jobs.
    Correction! That should be No Whining
    .
    Yeah, that's why you're the one whining
    online about a grocery store clerk a full week later.  It must have been pretty bad to affect your self esteem so much that you're still dwelling on it.  Have you ever actually worked in customer service before?
    Hey DP/No Whining...whoever your alter ego is this evening....

    .....I guess you really don't have a life...on here all day and now all night...what a


    L-O-S-E-R!


    I'm not "no whining" that is a different poster ..
    and I have quite a life! Bet I make more than you, as well!!!

    Lots going on for me!! I'm not complaining about anything in my life!

    Losers are the ones on here who whine about how bad their jobs are, or no work, or low pay, or how people treat them, or how companies treat them, or how bad they've got it ... now THOSE are losers. Willing to whine but nothing more!!!!

    :) Does that irritate you?! LMAO
    LOL I have no idea who "no whining" is but
    see, we sound the similar because we have a similar problem -- sick of YOU.

    Ya see, all of you whiners --are just the same. Every single one of ya. MQ cheated you. MQ STILL cheats you. MQ won't change. MQ IS changing. MQ took your money. MQ mailed you check. MQ doesn't give you any work. MQ doesn't, MQ does, MQ doesn't, MQ does.

    All sounds the same to us. We're sick of you.

    What's embarassing is the fact that you THINK you are really MTs! HOW FUNNY!!! Let me tell you something: Real MTs take pride in their work and control of their professional lives. They give all for companies that treat them well and they leave companies that don't. They don't stand for it.

    I am not "no whining". I am a completely different person, have no idea who he/she is, don't really care. I'm just tired of hearing you complain over what you can change. It's petty, cheap, childish, self-centered, and downright unprofessional.

    I've made over $200 today with MQ. How about you? Have you made any money today? NO? Hmmmm, wonder why!?!?!?!!!!!

    My son, who is 14, most definitely YES! He is constantly whining to me about being bored, but...
    my daughter is starting Kindergarten this year and she is my baby and my last and I am going to be a blubbering fool probably the entire first week of school!
    quit freaking whining and do your job
    xx
    And you are doing nothing more than whining. Re-read the post.
    Not sticking up for ANYONE, just stating a fact. Get over yourself.
    Talk is fine but enough with the repeated whining. sm
    I think you are right.  You should not leave MQ until you have another job and absolutely, you should not settle for just anything.  While it is true MQ has put you were you are today, there is nothing that says you have to stay down.  Take your future in your own capable hands and run with it.  And I don't agree that where MQ goes, there goes the rest of us.  I would like to think MQ will teach us all a lesson as to what NOT to put up with.  And if we all make a stand against companies like MQ, I would hope all of our futures can be brighter.  I think that also means not sitting quietly by while our jobs are offshored.  Refuse to deal with offshore call centers and service centers.  It is a small step but we have to start somewhere.  Management of these companies has no job except for us, for that matter, state employees on up to the top, have no jobs without us.  There is no reason for any of us to take bad treatment without fighting back.  I think the future CAN be changed, if we all stick together and make our voices be heard. But whining incessantly just makes people turn a deaf ear to your complaints after a while.  A blog would give all MQers a place to support and sympathize with each other.
    so "no whining" - still no SELF CONTROL, huh? The MQ draws you like a

    to blood------------


    you are the one pathetic.  Those of us who are trying to figure out how to get out of the muck MQ put us in, come here to share things and hopefully come out of this disaster in one piece.


    Like others have said - -0 - - - stay away.


    Don't click on things MQ.


    Don't YOU get it?  We don't need your attacks.  We don't need your smart butt remarks.  If you don't have anything constructive to post to those of us in a bit of a mess, then don't say anything and move on.


    Otherwise we are going to think you are MQ management, and we wouldn't want to think they would stoop that low.


    Your tone sounds 100% whining and bitter.
    That's why I call your posts whining and bitter! The other poster stated her case in a mature way, using stats as her back up. No whining, no bitterness. I have not formed an opinion on the AAMT either way to date, but am leaning more pro-AAMT by just the style of postings - those supporting it come off as calm, professional, and mature, while those not supporting it sound emotional, bitter, and whining. Just my opine and reaction to the posts!! Debate much? Its a great skill, and long lost in America...
    Chill in that you're all complaining and whining here, which is getting you NO where fast! Plus i
    just soooooo tiresome to hear it 24/7. Again, its been going on forever. Period. And I assume you are referring to MQ, and then go on to imply how the service who treats their MTs right will have the most MTs, or whatever. Well, MQ has about 10K at any given moment!  Unethical to route work as you see fit?  Never!  That's the ropes! Some MTs just take everything soooooo personally.  Its not good for their mental health, literally.  Hey, I get a run of 10 reports from a great dictator whom I haven't heard in, say, 6 months, I just type them and move on! Perhaps I pause a microsecond to think, Hmmmm...he hasn't been around much, but glad he's here now!  To hear these whining complaining MTs, they just sit there and start plotting how this doctor got to their pool, where he's been in the interim, and its ALWAYS Indian MTs as the scapegoat, or the cherry pickers, or the VR got all the "good stuff".  They never just accept that its just THE WAY IT IS.  The roll of the dice - the MTs on line before them or with them - why does it always have to be something other than just fate?  Its so reflective of an unhappy persona, and its so self defeating.  Type it and be happy, or get another job! 
    Same goes for the ridiculous whining from marrieds and cohabitators...hahaha
    It is just as "oh please" to hear marrieds and those with live-ins complain about all they have to "put up with". Same logic applies there -- they asked for their situation as well.

    I personally think that parents deserve a little extra appreciation, period.

    I have a softer opinion toward single parents as I have been one and I can honestly say that of all the married women I know, I have never seen one marriage that I would give up my lifestyle now for theirs.

    So, I suppose we should ALL stop complaining about our own personal lives! We each and every made the decisions that got us here and we make the choice to stay!!

    So, in trying to be fair, I'll not do any more extra cheerleading for single parents as long as I don't have to hear the same whine song from marrieds/cohabitators!
    QUESTION: Why are you still there? Quit whining and go to a different company. If you stay there,
    pp
    Now who is whining, "oh poor baby you have to scroll"

    Whine to somebody else.  MQ MTs who have been "taken" by this


    company have no other option but to try to discussion and communicate


    on such a web site.  Nobody at MQ will be honest.  And if you have to scroll


    well so be it, you are in a far better situation than us MTs who are trying to


    figure out how to get out of the hole MQ has put a lot of us in financially.  Most


    people by the way don't have the ability to just up and switch jobs.  We have


    bills, children, and it takes time to learn new accounts, new programs, buy new


    things for new programs.  remember? or are you so independently wealthy that


    these things don't affect you?


    You had our compassion but the constant whining has turned that to antipathy. nm
    :)
    Then maybe you will start talking about me and quit repeating the whining about MQ. nm
    :)
    I never claimed to be great or perfect, I am just sick of the whining.
    All we hear is "we need to discuss, we need to talk, we need to figure out what to do."  I have offered some suggestions of what you might try to pull yourselves out of the mire, since you can't seem to think of any suggestions yourselves.  The collective whining is getting you nowhere.  How many times do you think you need to whine "poor me" before the situation changes itself?  I hate to tell you, but no amount of whining is going to change your plight, only action on your part will do that.  Anyway, bottom line is, whine all you want together, just take it to a blog so we don't have to be subjected to it.
    Why don't you up the meds?!!!
    Your quotes sure are priceless and quite original. You say the same thing, over and over and over again. So go take a shower and maybe the water will help you grow a thought.
    Your meds may be the cause.
    It could actually be the antidepressant causing the headaches, particularly if you aren't sleeping. Lack of sleep worsens my Wellbutrin headaches. When I was on Paxil, I woke up with severe headaches daily. It's either that or have debilitating depression. Something that antidepressants cause and some folks don't know about is a sort of movement disorder. One of the major complaints is jaw clenching during sleep, which could be one reason you wake up with the pain. I've cracked four molars doing this. I now wear a night guard, but I still have some pain. Do you have frown lines between your brows, neck pain, ear trouble, or jaw pain? Also caused by antidepressants are tics, overall body tension, etc.
    meds for
    I have been on Wellbutrin for about 4 years secondary to mild depression.  The Wellbutrin really seems to have helped that.  Then I started seeing a neurologist about a year ago for migraines, and he now has switched me to a different anti-depressant as he believes the Wellbutrin could be contributing to my chronic headaches, not migraines so much being chronic; those seem to have backed off, don't have them nearly as frequent, but I wake up almost every single morning with a dull, but painful, headache.  He's had me on Zanaflex for quite a while, and that works okay to help relax me enough to get to sleep but I still wake up with headaches.  I told him this at my last couple of visits and that is when he said he wants me to stop the Wellbutrin as he is wondering if that is causing the headaches.  He gave me a medication, and I don't remember the brand name (and believe it or not, the brand name isn't on the med bottle where it usually says "so and so generic for ____".  Anyway, this is called CDPX/Amitrip 5/12.5 mg.  He wants me to taper off the Wellbutrin altogether by taking one in the morning (I take Wellbutrin SR 400 mg daily) and then one of the new pills at night before bed.  Well, I started that about a week ago and this new stuff he has me on makes me so tipsy that I have to go to bed right away.  It seems to help me sleep better as the Zanaflex wears off VERY early and then I still toss and turn all night (I've told my neurologist this on several visits but he just keeps telling me to "take more mg then.")  I have 4-mg tablets and was taking up to 5 per night, but as I said, even that wasn't keeping me asleep for very long.  It knocked me out, but then after 2 or so hours I wake up and then hard to get back to sleep.  Anyway, back to the CDPX/amtitrip......I feel hung over in the mornings, and am very groggy, with just taking it right before bedtime.  It takes me 2 cups of coffee to finally stop feeling hung over and I have never experienced that with Zanaflex.  I know when I tell the doctor this he will tell me to take it earlier in the evening (we already had that conversation early on with the Zanaflex issue).  But I cannot take it earlier because of mom responsibilities and having to work late hours.  The new med (CDPX/ami) makes me start feeling loopy almost immediately, so I am forced to take it just before I literally am ready to fall into bed.  I can't find this medication online; all I can find is CDP/amitriptyline (without the X).  Anybody know what the "X" stands for?  And has anyone else used this med so they can give me some advice?  I hate being on so many meds, and am trying to wean myself off of whatever I see isn't working.  Thus far, nothing has really helped with the migraines except for Fioricet.  He wanted me to take the muscle relaxer at nighttime, thinking that if I was able to relax and get some good sleep I'd not wake up with a headache, but that just does not/has not worked for me.  He gives me Fioricet, Lorcet Plus, and Phenergan (for the nausea I get with migraines, but that knocks me out, which, if I have a migraine, is great, but my husband has to be home to take care of the kids because I'm in a coma for a full 12 hours or so and the Phenergan makes me feel hung over as well.)  He gives me 30 Fioricet a month, and it seems that if I can take one routinely each morning (I have tried this for a few days at a time) that seems to ease up the "normal" headache I have, rather than try not to take anything, but then I may need one later in the day and since I only have 30 it's hard to make them last if I take one daily, which I don't because of only having 30, but would like to because that routine seems to work. But I'm afraid to ask him to up the # of tablets per month because I type for a pain management doctor who tends to dictate a lot about drug-seeking patients and I don't want my doctor to think this of me!!!  I know it sounds crazy, but it's got me so paranoid I'm afraid to ask!  I hope this information is understandable....I know I've jumped back and forth...if anyone has any ideas or advice I'm all ears.  Thanks!!
    meds for
    Thanks to you all.  You know, I never thought about it being a sleep problem.  I have never slept well through the night.  I can remember a very few times when I actually slept through the night and woke up refreshed.  I have always, always had a terrible time sleeping.  I wake up every hour every night, except when I take the Zanaflex and/or the new anti-depressant, and then I wake up after 2 or 3 hours, but then every hour after that.  Needless to say, I am so not rested in the mornings.  Getting a sleep apnea study is an excellent suggestion.  I will mention that to my doctor and see if he can refer me to someone.  Thank you all again so much.
    You can get meds for that. I know. I am an MT.
    x
    especially meds
    I am in the same boat.  I am interested especially in how to use short cuts regarding meds and their dosages.  Thanks.
    Incessant whining is NOT venting. Beat your dead dog in private. nm
    :p
    Off topic whining. Got an interesting phone call today.
    DH used to have a pretty good job until the proverbial stuff hit the fan a few months ago.  With no warning whatsoever and no bad performance reviews ever, he was told his job had been phased out and he was denied his overdue promotion.  That left him unemployed and scavenging for a job.  He did find a job at maybe a third of what he used to make.  I doubled my workload and cut back the budget to try to make up some of the difference, but things still really stink financially.  The stress is about killing me with the extra hours on top of everything else I do.  Anyway, the phone call today was to let us know that he should never have been denied his promotion and his job will not be phased out now.  Unfortunately, it's too late after how his boss handled it and what was said.  He won't go back to working for that person ever again.  Sigh...  I can't blame.  I wouldn't either.  It's nice to know we were right, but it doesn't fix anything.
    ER psych meds
    standard formula given in emergency: Haldol 5 mg, Ativan 2 mg, Benadryl 50 mg
    combination of 3 meds usually (sm)
    Most hospitals have their own chemo cocktails for mouth sores but most consist of Mylanta/ Maalox, Benadryl and lidocaine or xylocaine anything to numb the soreness of the ulcers.
    Okay, bye! Don't forget to take your meds on the way out!
    The level of anger and frustration is actually quite sad.
    I don't remember how many meds there were, but...
    the poor lady was admitted with lightheadedness, dizziness, etc.  By the time the doc was done listing the huge list of medications, even I could figure out what her problem was!!!  It was no wonder she couldn't stand up straight!
    I only add the dosages for very few meds. sm
    Toradol 60 mg IM = T60

    I found that for most meds that have multiple possible dosages, it just isn't speed-friendly to have multiple macros for 1 drug...like I use "ty" for Tylenol, but having a different one for each possible dose would be like ty325, ty650, ty975, etc., but somehow I'm faster NOT doing this. I only use the toradol one above because I always, always, always here it that way for one of my hospitals.
    Other meds..allo is allopurinol, sim is simvastatin, vanc is vancomycin, etc. I tend to use begining syllables for my drug macros.
    meds site
    Try www.rxlist.com

    Thats what I use alot.

    Hope it helps! :)