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Old Dec 09, 2019, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Merlin View Post
I am having some hypomanic symptoms such as overspending, excess energy (while awake,) and pressured speech. I would like to reduce my antidepressant, though will wait until I see my pdoc on the 20th unless it gets worse.


I want to talk to my pdoc about having the freedom to increase or decrease my antidepressant a predetermined amount upon noticing symptoms rather than waiting until I see him next, or talk to him on the phone. He only works 2 days a week, so it would take a long time to get ahold of him.


Has any had/does anyone have an arrangement to make small medication adjustments themselves when symptoms change?


Yes I have fiddled with med doses with my Pdocs blessing .. he would rather me catch things quickly. If the changes we agreed on didn’t help then I would go in for an appt.

But some Doctors just freak out about it and want an office visit to make even small changes.
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