Yes, how infuriating; but.....

For some doctors it is your responsibility to provide the office the list of covered meds. This is easily obtainable. Your benefits plan manager should be able to fax out the list or provide you one.

I would fully expect a complete consultation with a new psychiatrist or any physician. They need to make up their own minds, familiarize themselves with your history, and establish their own method of treatment (including medications). Changing your script is not uncommon. This is what I experienced when I got a new psychiatrist. I admit I was really frustrated with her. Was she also inferring my first one was doing a bad job? I found out though they consulted on my treatment together before she added a medication.

Ask for generics. They are identical. Many plans will only cover them. My abilify is not on the list, but my psychiatrist wrote a letter and I got an exception.