Thread: T's and Pdocs
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Old Jan 04, 2014, 11:37 AM
Jdog123 Jdog123 is offline
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My Pdoc will do. I feel like he knows what meds to try for my illnesses, but I feel he's less good about side effects/potential side effects, and drug interactions. I've been at this long enough that I feel comfortable with tweaking dosages, time I take medications, and even deciding when to stop a med and try a new one. It seems that in the US, psychiatrists are trained to push drugs at us without thought about potential longterm issues such as major weight gain. I have developed other health problems because of psych meds I took. I'm trying to find a psychopharmacologist, but all of those in the major metropolitan area/s I live do not take insurance and charge upwards of $300 per session.
When I moved to a new city 3.5 years ago I first found a therapist and then I took to her a list of psychiatrists who accepted my insurance. She knew/liked 2 of them - the first didn't take insurance, but the other did.