I would agree. I've had my ups and downs with docs and therapists too. I'm BP1. I first tried to commit suicide and was diagnosed with depression only even though I had a huge family history of BP. Then a few years later I experienced hypomania. Ironically my psychiatrist was on vacation so his colleague diagnosed me with BP and put me on Zyprexa which turned me into a zombie. I then went on a host of different meds but not Lithium and I can't remember what I was on. Got laid off and found a new job pretty quickly but it was a high stress position and I was planning mom's 70th bday, son's 3rd bday, etc. and I had a very bad manic attack. My friends and family were calling my psychiatrist and psychologist and I was meeting with them but they made no changes to my meds so I ended up fleeing with my son and accusing my ex of child abuse. I was 5150d and was in the hospital for a few days. My psychiatrist was retiring so I jumped around to a few different docs and ended up finding the doc I've had for 4 years. I had an anxiety attack about 1 1/2 years later and they added Abilify to my regime of Lithium and Lamictal. It worked well for a few weeks then I was emotionally numb and had memory issues. I shared these concerns with my team and no changes were recommended. My counselor said she though we should cut back on appointments as I didn't have much to talk about but never said she thought I was overmedicated. I figured this was the way things were going to be and I never suggested a change in meds because i was going through a horrific custody battle and was getting more and more time with my son. Luckily I started dating a guy and told him I had BP and was taking Abilify. He did research on the drug and saw me struggling and suggested I get off the drug. I went back to my counselor and said I thought my numbess and cognitive clouding were due to the Abilify and she agreed. I was on this drug for a little over a year and when I told her I felt like I lost a year of my life her response was that I needed it. How did I need a year of not working and using my life savings to be overmedicated. I'd worked with this counselor for 5 years. I have since changed counselors but decided to stick it out with the psychiatrist as I didn't want to make too many changes at once. So much more to the story and things I feel my psychologist missed and feel that my year of zombie behavoir and the bad manic attack could have been averted. Can we sue for neglect like this or is it really just hard for them to catch this things with the variation in the disease?