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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Well you might like your GP but GP’s simply don’t have enough education to prescribe more than an AD to someone who appears to have garden variety depression.
Sure coming here and receiving enormous amount of responses is all good but .... no one here can diagnose you of course. But with so many threads and posting in the check in thread it is very difficult to follow , hopefully if this is the thread you have decided to use from now on. 
You have been reading about struggles that many members and myself included ., have and talk about medications and personal experience. Maybe your learning a lot about BP ..but your not learning about YOUR bipolar
You need a Pdoc. Your GP is not going to be able to Treat Bipolar. He/she just can’t. Yes we all make an appt with a Pdoc and hope we find a good one, thinking your going to just waste money is not a reason to just hop skip and jump along your unstable life certainly isn’t any way to live. Surely you want to enjoy life, find a job you enjoy, have fun times with your husband.., I’m sure he wants you to feel better.. I imagine he’s very concerned about you.
Phone calls are tough for a lot of people but honestly when you need to make necessary calls just grab the phone and it will be over with. Your GP if your worried about your monthly being a problem then call and just say “ I’d like an appt in 2 weeks “ done , no longer a stress.
Anyway I’m glad you have this thread and hopefully you will continue to receive lots of support  |
Sorry, I vented before reading your comment. I explain my concerns more though, just fyi.
I did make the phone call, for the record. It got pushed back another month now, but maybe that gives me more time to prepare. (Lost my train of thought but moving on) I can't always get an appointment date I like, like he was booked up for the whole month, which is why I have to wait another month now. And it's that way with all doctors. It's very stressful to me. And my period bad days aren't pinpoint accurate so that makes like a possible 2 week window closed for me every month which it's crazy because I really only suffer two or three days each month.
Anyway, I do take to heart what you are saying and do understand it. I still thi k journaling right now is sufficient, but I mean maybe my GP will say otherwise too. That is what I'm both anxious and nervous about but like I also trust that he has my best Interest at heart and he does in fact know his limitations so it's all good, but I just worry about the stress it will bring on my husband and our marriage. Again, as stated in previous message, Uhhh, lost my thought again. Oops!
(Oh, btw, have I said thank you yet?)
But I think you get the gist. My high moods aren't necessarily very troublesome...
*****except for my lack of ability to sleep due to these racing thoughts and impulsive need to post my thoughts every night, here, there, or wherever my attention has focused for the day. Sigh! :/