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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
How do you feel about the 2 opinions? (Take away your positive feelings for your dr because they seem to make you feel guilty if you don't agree with him, so start at a not-guilty place and what do you think?)
(I don't think the IOP dr will be upset. HE knew he was a 2nd opinion and that you didn't have to follow him. Just say you aren't ready to make changes yet because your own pdoc doesn't agree with him. It would be ideal if they could take but that's probably never going to happen in the real world. Is it?)
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Well, the IOP pdoc was wrong about at least one of the facts. He insisted that Vyvanse was NEVER prescribed for Bipolar but I've had 2 pdocs, as well as researched myself, that it is in fact prescribed for Bipolar depression (sometimes). I advised him of this and he just said "No, no..." This lessened my faith in him to at least some degree. My pdoc says stopping this would be detrimental and I'm inclined to agree with him. I can barely stay awake even taking it as it is now. I am persuaded by the IOP pdoc in regards to Lamictal. I already felt that the 600 MG was too high and he lowered it to 400 MG for that reason. My pdoc also strongly disagreed with this saying what I mentioned about how he knew me and my circumstances and the new pdoc did not know me. They both agreed that the Zoloft should be increased. Given this information, I am not fully confident in either pdoc but I favor my pdoc's opinions based on what he mentioned.