Posted by nickguy on July 17, 2006, at 17:49:58
In reply to Re: My new list of symptoms for my doc, posted by jealibeanz on July 17, 2006, at 17:07:56
It seems like trying to get the meds you want is a pain in the *ss. I really reccomend trying different pyschiatrists if your not confident in your doctor, and especially if he's not willing to consider things that you have researched and want to try. Doctors can ocassionally be a-holes who think they know everything and take offense at your suggesting different meds. Even if you get a vague vibe of this nature, find somebody new.
My old pyschiatrist would never let me talk, and thought that I was bi-polar just from the very fact that my grandmother was bi-polar. I never had any mania, even of a bi-p 2 nature. So he treated me with basically all mood stabilizers and anti convuslants. None of them worked even remotely. For my social anxiety, he gave me gabitril. It didn't do anything, and when I went to see him he said "oh i didn't think that would work anyway." Why'd ya prescribe it for me than jackass? He refused benzos to me because I drink. He refused maoi's and all other antidepressants because he thought they would make me manic, because of his bi polar theory. I never switched for 6 months because I thought it would be too much of a hassle.
SInce i've switched to a different guy who is very friendly, listens to me, and is very intelligent, I've started a TCA (which I wanted to experiment with) and we're discussing maoi's in the future if this doesn't work out. We're also discussing stimulants for depression which my old doc would never even consider. I take ativan and inderal as needed for anxiety and it's made a big difference in my quality of life. It's also reassuring that he is willing to go down many different roads until I feel better.Well, nobody needed to hear that story but I just think it's really important to get a good pyschiatrist who you trust, feel is knowledable, is friendly and willing to listen, and respects your knowledge and will do whatever it takes to get you feeling better.
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