My old therapist was so very out of touch with any sort of psychopharmacology that he’d not dare to make such a bold statement. He left the medications to my new pdoc.

(I saw my new pdoc yesterday — I’ll be seeing her weekly until a therapist is freed up. I like her quite a bit. When I told her that I had serious issues with CBT, she said, “Me, too... I’m more of a Freudian.” She won me over with that. And she’s so young. Everyone is younger than me, these days.)

I’m not sure that you should give up on your tdoc — just let her know that your pdoc isn’t so certain about her excitement just now. Just as I become happy with my meds, someone always wants to be the White Knight who rescues me from chlorpromazine or some other psychotropic med(s).

And you get off of your meds and feel like hell. I thought that I was doing a good thing by going cold turkey, e.g., off opiates. I went through immediate withdrawal and I hurt so much that I’m having trouble using my hands. I had nine pain DXs and the pain came back with a vengeance. But all of my docs are so very proud of me! I wish that they could feel what I feel. I don’t know what you experience but I have a genuine need for antipsychotics and other depressants. I don’t know why some docs (PhD not MD) act so tickled about ending, instead of setting a Maintenence goal, psychotropic meds!

***she’s gone electric***