i just ended up on trileptal because i didn't want to do labs for depakote or anything else. stuck with it till i got some bad drug-induced depression. anyway...

if you see it as a potentially safer, better replacement for something you're on, there's that angle, possibly. to replace latuda or (obviously, I don't know). but...

not to be all doom and gloom, but some shrinks take themselves and their authority a bit too far...not that they -should- Rx whatever anyone brings up, but...if the pdoc is intimidating and such, that's...well, that's going to be a problem. some of them...i dont know if it 'ego' per se, or its because they -are- MD/DO and that is supposed to mean...you are the patient and they are treating you for xyz valid, medical condition. i think when patients bring things up with -some- of them, it makes them feel as if they're being looked at a pill pushers...and then there's also ego, in other cases.

enough analyzing the shrinks (LOL)...my advice would be to talk to her about what she wants to achieve in treatment and what your goals are, adverse effects that you may have, costs involved, etc. if you cannot have an open dialogue -at all- , then...-sigh- it might be worth seeing about a 2nd opinion, depending on your coverage and such ((just my personal opinion, btw)).