I respectfully disagree. Most if not all OPs ask about any serious psychiatric conditions, particularly depression, on the online medical questionnaires. As most pain patients have been on AD's at one time or another, normal therapeutic doses probably wouldn't raise too many eyebrows. A diagnosis of depression severe enough to warrant much higher than normal dosages or over a very long period of time could create a problem though. I suspect most online physicians don't want to assume the risk of a clinically depressed, possibly suicidal (not saying the original poster is) patient using meds that doctor has scripted to take his/her life.
There is a post on the VIP board by a very respected OP manager/owner that discusses this - unfortunately I can't copy/paste VIP posts here & it wouldn't be fair to her for me to pick out some but not all sentences to post. The basic summarization of her post is that the doctors feel that patients with an extensive history of AD use & depression may pose too much of a risk & that for the protection of both the doctors & the patient, a situation in which the patient could be monitored very carefully (i.e., locally) would be better.
I've never had to provide documentation that I've been previously scripted a particular med, only a documented diagnosis. Your single sheet that doesn't mention the extensive AD use & depression would most likely suffice for the majority of OPs.
If any VIP'er would like the link to the OP owner's statements referenced above, please PM me.
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