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Old Mar 25, 2020, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by TishaBuv View Post
After burning through nearly everyone else in town, this guy is the top rated psychiatrist. He did not recommend I do talk therapy. We asked him about it. He said he could recommend someone, but he wanted to just get the meds right in me first.

I asked if he thought I had a diagnosis. He said to not worry about that, but to trust him to tweak meds. I see the meds he gave me are designed for bipolar. I never thought I was bipolar. Maybe I am.

When I briefly told him about my issues, he really didn’t want to hear, and literally said he was “the devil” when it comes to talk therapy, and that he was only good at meds. If he gets the meds right then he will have helped me, is what he said.

So, essentially, when I said I am very depressed because I can’t get along with my husband (who was there with me at the appointment), my mother is a piece of work but we’re alright now, my son emotionally abandoned us, my sister abandoned me... He just prescribed and then upped meds.

So my take away is to not go in to a doctor complaining about the bad behavior of other people.
I think your take away is correct. I don’t think any doctors would be listening about bad behaviors of patients’ family members. That’s just not what they do. Therapist will listen to it.

Is he going by the previous diagnosis you were given? He has to put some type of diagnosis for insurance purposes. I’d not take meds if there is no diagnosis at all: depression? Anxiety? BPD? Bipolar disorder?

He has to have some reason for prescribing meds beyond just to shut you up. Bipolar disorder meds might be for depression as you said you are depressed. I’d insist on some type of answer. I’d be afraid to just take meds not knowing what they are for
Thanks for this!
Atypical_Disaster