I'm now on my 3'rd official pdoc, and also saw a 4'th when one of my regular pdocs was on extended medical leave. Of the 3 permanent pdoc's all have agreed on my official Dx. The fourth temporary one, tried to Dx me as borderline, simply because I used to cut - never mind that I didn't meet any of the other criteria. I pointed that out to him rather firmly so it never made it into my files. At the same time, he made one of the most useful med changes I've ever had, which was upping my risperidone from 2 - 3 mg. It made a huge positive impact.

All my pdoc changes have been made out of necessity. My 1'st pdoc took a new job as a program director, and no longer was able to see patients outside of her program. My 2'nd pdoc moved cities, to become head of psych at a hospital. My current pdoc was assigned to me, by the psych hospital when my last pdoc left. Can't say I'm wild about him, but he's super competent and really knows meds, which is what I need in a pdoc.

Changing pdocs can be a very frustrating process and finding one that's a good fit is hard.

One thing I believe very strongly about is that we our are own best advocates and that it pays to be informed. I've researched the heck out of every diagnosis I've been given and really research each new med I'm prescribed before I'll take it. It doesn't make me the most popular patient at times, but they're my neurotransmitter's that are being messed around with, so I want to know what's going on.

--splitimage