I had an awesome pdoc first time around. My new pdoc leaves a lot to be desired. I do have a lot of skills and tools to deal with bipolar and I am pretty active in my treatment. Pdocs will either appreciate that or not like it. I research every med myself before I take it and if I am not ok with taking it for reasonable reasons I will voice that to my pdoc and we can look for a better alternative. There are some really good pdocs and some really bad ones. You have to be your own advocate when it comes to your health, same with physical health. You know your body and mind better than anyone else. I think it's pretty sad that a lot of pdocs do not treat patients as if they have a clue.

If my pdocs had it their way I would be sedated all the time in a zombie like way full if antipsychotics that they tell me I need for life, that isn't acceptable to me. I am a single mom and I need to be coherent. I do fine without antipsychotics 24/7 so what is their reasoning?