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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
Would your family dr be willing to help you out while you are without a pdoc? Mine helped me with psych meds (within what he felt comfortable with) when my pdoc was out for surgery and there was confusion when I left the hospital newly on an MAOI that resulted in no follow-up being set up somehow until she was back in a month. He was willing to adjust doses a bit and prescribed additional anxiety meds when I needed them. When I got really sick and the medication in my MAOI patch concentrated because I was dehydrated and I got a rash all over from the patch he was not comfortable continuing use of the patch. Fortunately my pdoc started back to work just in time to save me.
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I don't think she'd feel comfortable helping me. When I told her I have bipolar disorder her eyes got really wide and she said, "We need to get you into psychiatric. NOW!"
I feel like when I tell people I have bipolar they get scared. After my daughter was born and I had PPD, I went in about two weeks after she was born to talk to my OB/GYN because I was so stressed out I had hives, and I didn't think that was normal, and she looked over my chart, noticed the bipolar thing, her eyes got really wide, and she said, "You need to go inpatient. NOW!."
Jeez.
I guess I could call my GP and ask. I think she'd just want to put me on an AD though.