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Originally Posted by yellowfrog268
This may be splitting hairs but you could also see an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner who specializes in mental health issues. They are licensed to prescribe and personally, I've found them to be far more sympathetic and interested in treating the whole person not just the disorder.
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This may be a good solution. As a I mentioned before, of the two p-docs I saw, one was a neurologist who misdiagnosed a serious disorder, and the other refused to talk about anything not directly related to the meds he was prescribing.
Having a painful disease causes a certain amount of depression, and every antidepressant I've tried has made my neuro symptoms worse so I've been dealing with it on my own. My PM doc tried a few, then said to see a p-doc because he didn't want to mess up the neuro stuff. My family is less of a support system and more of a cause of anxiety (my dad's been helpful--need to give credit where its due; I don't think he really understands what I'm going through, but he's driven me to the University hospital countless times for medical treatments and surgery, despite my insistence that I can handle the drive on my own).