Hugs! thanks so much!

Indeed luvyrself! It's sad that they kind of shuffle you in and out in fifteen minutes. Like you mentioned they prescribe the meds so they might want to get it right! Sadly, my Schizoaffective diagnosis was while I was on the ward. The doctors stop in for a hot second and then you're diagnosed for life. They really don't have the time to thoroughly talk to each patient in those circumstances.

For instance, my psychiatric nurse just lowered my Latuda to 40 mg. In the hospital they started me on 160mg. I vomited in the hospital and told the nurses. I guess they didn't connect the dots. My old psychiatrist had to lower that to 80 mg because of the side effects.

The side effects got so bad that I mistakenly quit "cold turkey." Thankfully that's when she lowered it to 40 mg. She didn't understand why they started me so
high in the first place! Yeah, it can be difficult when you get that label. I've fluctuated. Learning about ptsd has been so liberating. But previous diagnoses just left me depressed.

I couldn't agree more about the meds! I do the same with the pdoc. Like, I never knew I could withdraw from psych meds (I learned the hard way)! I've been on and off of them since I was fifteen, but I only heard about relapse. So, I'm learning to be WAY more involved in my treatment (seems like patients have
to put in the leg work). I'm going to try medication management therapy with my pharmacist.