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Originally Posted by fern46
Yeah that's unfortunate. I agree that people can have naturally occurring shifts in their sleep patterns. However, you had a shift in sleep accompanied by racing thoughts, mood elevation, and reckless driving. Taken altogether you experienced 4 very classicly presented mania symptoms. 3 out of the four are not explained by sleep disturbances and you have a history of mood disorder. The most likely answer is you experienced mania.
I feel like maybe he's covering himself in case you decide to sue his practice for the crap diagnosis the assistant made. He even had a trained professional who witnessed the mania weigh in and is dismissing it. I wonder how your T will react to that. He is being extremely neglectful of your needs. I'd find a new doctor for sure. I think I'd also report him.
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I agree -- I think he is trying to cover his @ss.
I will tell my therapist when I see her on Friday that he dismissed her and my concerns. She probably won't be too happy. However, he is technically her coworker and she is not a med provider, so I don't know what she'd say or do about that. She technically doesn't have the "right" to argue against his medication decisions; the only thing she can say is that he ignored me and her. Moreover, he is entitled to his own "professional" opinion, no matter how stupid it is. He'd have to do something really ethically bad to get fired. He may be able to get fired for his assistant's f_ck up and defending that, but I don't think his stupid opinion on sleep is enough to get him fired. So, my therapist will be in a difficult position.
