So, my new GP is really awesome. Usually when I go to the doctor's office, everyone thinks I'm a psycho because I'm bipolar. The nurses usually make me feel bad by having me explain my medications, then explain the bipolar diagnosis... which is when they go "oh sh*t. You're obviously f***ing nuts. Pls don't kill me!!" and basically cower in fear or tilt their head to the side, giving me an unsure, confused look because they find me medically intriguing.

With this new GP, none of that happens. On my first visit, she had read up on my entire patient history, which meant she never once had the bipolar conversation with me (which is a convo I used to have EVERY SINGLE TIME i had an appointment). I hate having to reexplain psychiatric history when the history is in my f***ing medical file!!! For once, someone had the brains to read my medical history. AMAZING

Today, she went over my medications with me because she was prescribing me Lipitor. She warned me of the possible side effects and all that, and told me how it could reduce the efficacy of my current psych meds. She also said Latuda sucks because it ruined my cholesterol.

The best part? None of the nurses harassed me about the BP diagnosis!