My doctors have always listened when I've suggested a med and agreed with my logic on why it should be next in line to try. I think at this point they are just happy to hear I'm willing to try anything at all because I've had such raging side effects from so many meds. I think you are just advocating for yourself and you know your body, what you've tried and what you haven't, how you've reacted and so on more than the docs do. Even though it's all in my records my doctor often has to ask me what I've taken and what happened on the drugs as they have too much of a case load to memorize I think. We need to be our own advocate.