To argue with your psychiatrist could have bad results. Example, he may tell you he/she no longer wishes to treat you, and believes you need to make arrangements with another psychiatrist. In other words, you may be the one who has no other choice but to go else where. I do not know about where you are, or what kind of insurance you have, but where I am, there are limited psychiatrist to go see. On the other side, I went to a male psychiatrist for at lease 5 years, and my wife never liked him, and believed he was not working for me. In order to avoid a possible divorce, I agreed to see another female psychiatrist she knew about. It turned out much better because her medications worked great from the start, and I truly like her. I also recently got a psychologist which I can spend more time with talking. The concerning part is this, and this information came on-line from PSYCHIATRY. 69% of Bipolar people are misdiagnosed or misdiagnosed initially, and more than 1/3 remain misdiagnosed. Therefore it can be confusing, but I say if it doesn't work, medications and psychiatrist, maybe a change is in order.