[lynxlover]

My psych appt date is 11/18. I can already feel a coil of anger starting to build. My family dr. has me on a 3 meds that are working well. Celexa 60 mgs, klonopin 1 mg and the life saver, 10 mgs adderall. This adderal has slow my mind down just enough to where I can have a life and once again starting painting. The topomax, lamical, depakote 500 mgs which knocked me out 2 days and by the 3rd day I could go un-assisted to the bathroom, there are other meds but I can't remember them. The psych dr.s I'm going to are at a teaching hospital so I know I'll be the lab rat for any new psy drugs that just came out. I'm just so angry knowing they will change what's working for me over to their new drug of the week. So far when I took the other bipo meds all I did was sit in the chair and stare at the wall all day. I have crippling Arthritis that the dr.s are still trying to control with predisone 20mgs and pain medication so exercise is out of the point. Has anyone been having angry issues with dr.s who know more about what you feel than you do?

[ilazria]

I have the opposite problem. My experience with docs has mostly been that they're waiting for me to tell THEM what to do. If you like what you are taking and think it is working, just tell them you don't want to change things. But don't be afraid to listen to what they might suggest. I've had a few times where I was taking something for a length of time and thought it was working fine, but after a change of dose or adding a new med, I found a new level of "better." Who knows, maybe there is a better "better" out there for you, too.

[lonegael]

Mine has been mixed. I was first with a doctor who refused to believe me about ANY med side effects. He told me it was the disorder trying to have me go off my med and was looking for excuses. When he retired, his replacement pulled me off serazone faster than fast when he found out it was making me hallucinate. My biggest beef it having them take me seriously about weight gain, which many of them do not think is anythhing for me to be worried about, little stick figures that they are

[phoenix47baby]

No, I haven't had this kind of experience. Just the opposite. The doctors I have seen are willing to allow me to try a medication I may suggest if they feel it will be a worthwhile match. I hope that you would have more say in your medication choices. good luck.