Along with ultramar - my GP, when I came in and said I was NOT continuing the sertraline... said "ok" before I was even done giving my reasons why I was not going to continue it (haha, I was a bit hyped up and nervous so I blurted out pretty much a non-stop stream of EVERYTHING that had been going on for the entire month leading up to that) and then took a step back and went "ok" after she recommended Seroquel (and she started to explain it to me) when I interupted and said NO and listed off why.

So my GP respected me. As did my pdoc when we got to meds. I'm not sure how well I listened to HIM (he had a strong accent and I was missing about half of what he was saying at some points) but I do know when he went to talk about lithium (I actually think he was explaining why he wasn't going to recommend it to me, but I didn't really listen) I said no because my ups aren't that bad and then I listed off why seroquel was OUT and that I was NOT going to take anything with a big chance of weight gain... and then he listened fully to me (and then actually quizzed me on my knowledge of lamictal) after he first mentioned lamictal and I was excited because that was the one I wanted to try.

If they hadn't actually respected my opinions? Yeah... I probably wouldn't be listening to them at all.

(I once went to a GP because I have had chronic earaches.. and I was finally sick and tired of it and I wanted to find out what it was. The GP didn't listen to a word I said, said "sinus" and gave me a prescription. I hated the way that she didn't listen to me and didn't respect me at all, so I refused to get the prescription....)

LOL. Goodness. Listing that off I don't really think I'd be very compliant myself unless it's a med that I WANTED to be on. Here's hoping the lamictal is actually a good one for me!