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Originally Posted by 1278
I've been to three psychiatrists in the last 2 years (not out of choice, the first 2 flaked out on me), been on 10-15 different meds and even had ECT. Nothing has worked. I'm really skeptical of my doctor because she didn't even consider I was rapid cycling until I mentioned it and didn't even bother taking me off antidepressants until last year December when I had a serious mixed episode and tried to kill myself!! My head is spinning right now at the possibility of another medication going wrong and URGH!!!  She says its up to me, but i don't know what to do. |
Finding the right team to help you may take more changing docs. I found it extremely helpful to write up my history including meds for a new doc. Then you can update and reuse it. It saves a lot of time, they have all the info, and take you much more seriously in what little time they are now allotted to a visit. I am new in a town and it has been hell to find the right team, but I think I have the right people now. If you had all those toxicities something was truly wrong. I took lithium for a long time and never had one. Do you have a pillbox to be sure you are not doubling up on doses? drug interactions are also something I know is a factor.
There are now plenty of other stabilizers. Write up your history, get the right doc (talk therapists can recommend people), choose your main stabilizing drug, etc