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Old Mar 29, 2022, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BethRags View Post
Tax stuff is done. Yay. I'm completely exhausted. I feel I have barely any stamina any more.

I'm burning about the situation with my psychiatrist. I have tried and tried with her and it's always the same brick wall. For one thing, we've never met in person, only by telehealth. I think that created a negative situation from the word go. I'm going to search around online this evening for psych services and see what I come up with.

Beth, I've had really good luck with going to a large teaching hospital. I don't know how far you are from one but if it's an option it may be worth looking into. There are so many cliniciians that I think it's more likely to find someone that works for you. To be fair I followed my pdoc from private practice to the teaching hospital so some of what I like may have to do with her but I have lots of access to her (she's been amazing with communicating with me through patient portal during this breast cancer scare), I have 60 minute appointments that supplement my therapy, I always get called back if I even need to call, etc. It also is really good that there are so many doctors because second opinions are readily available, something you might benefit from. It's let me be on both Emsam and clozapine, neither commonly used much less used in conjunction. Etc. It just really works for me and might for you.
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Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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