I do a lot of that. I have shot down numerous med requests from doctors on the spot. I will study up for her and hopefully we can start out on the right foot. Once I am off everything, there will be little reason to see her since they don't do therapy. I might try therapy again to see if I can manage things better. I got in the habit of making sure I always have lots of treatment records for rating purposes, although I am P&T now and at least theoretically not subject to reviews anymore.

It is much harder for me to push back with someone new. I had a bad experience, the only bad experience with the VA in 20 years, with being "too stubborn" and "total loss of insight" and I got placed on near daily wellness checks with the local police for a while. That was a therapist and she did so much damage that I am not sure I am recovered from it, and I haven't seen her since 1999!

Thanks for the support and thank you for your service.