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Mar 25, 2020, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by divine1966
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
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TishaBuv,
Please do not stay on meds that aren't helping you and please force this guy to give you a Dx. Giving you meds after a few minutes of conversation is so dangerous and this very much scares me because it's how I ended up hospitalized 7 times. He might be the top guy in town but it doesnt mean he's any good.
If he's giving you bipolar meds, ask him why he's giving you those and what he expects them to do. You have every right to make an informed choice about your treatment and what he's doing is unethical. It also sounds like he's guessing to me (based on the way he's playing with dosage, etc.).
Please be careful.
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Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia.
Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien
Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less...
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