Last week I went to the dentist and was prescribed pain medication that my pdoc advised me not to take. When I went back today for my root canal, I explained that I could not take a certain class of drugs, so the prescribed something else. After I charged my phone, I checked it against my other medications and found that I could end up having seizures if I were to take it. This is not the first time something like this has happened. I explained to a nurse practitioner that I could not take steroids and she still tried to prescribe me a low dose. This was even after I told her that my pdoc said absolutely not to take them unless I was admitted in a hospital so that I could be monitored.

Certain drugs say to be sure to let your health care providers know all medications that are taken, but the health care providers either don't know how badly one can be affected, or they don't care. It's like they have a list of things they prescribe and that's it. I find myself calling my proc many times to double check whether or not something is safe for me.

How do you manage going to different doctors? Do you find that your doctors understand bipolar and the medications associated with it?