[jesusplay]

She has me stop talking paxil cold turkey, I tell her my brain feels funny and I get this annoying sensation randomly about 5 days after stopping paxil cold after 4 months? She says she's not familiar with the symptom? She doesn't ask me any questions. I don't even know when to talk? I tell her about my roller pasted week of mood and she just tells me to keep taking wellburtin sr? She will see me in 3 weeks? What the ****? I'm annoyed, I woke up and was irritated as **** and this bum has me waiting 20 minutes for my freaking appointment?

Originally Posted by jesusplay

She has me stop talking paxil cold turkey, I tell her my brain feels funny and I get this annoying sensation randomly about 5 days after stopping paxil cold after 4 months? She says she's not familiar with the symptom? She doesn't ask me any questions. I don't even know when to talk? I tell her about my roller pasted week of mood and she just tells me to keep taking wellburtin sr? She will see me in 3 weeks? What the ****? I'm annoyed, I woke up and was irritated as **** and this bum has me waiting 20 minutes for my freaking appointment?

I understand....I had a pdoc that is losing his license. Long story ended up in a mixed state then hospital after I read all the charges it freaked me the hell out. Yeah you can't just stop a med cold turkey like that. I had another pdoc that would absolutely not give me a AD. I was severely depressed and she thought I was trying to get hypo, I wasn't.

Anyway pdocs are just ppl can u find a new one?

[punkypunky]

I would find a new pdoc.

I'm sorry. :-(

[jesusplay]

Originally Posted by punkypunky

I would find a new pdoc.

I'm sorry. :-(

my brain, i keep hearing this weird sound and my brain feels funny. Am I just making this up? How has she been practicing for 31 years?

I show up 15 minutes early for my 4pm... I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 420pm.

I sit down, she ask how I'm feeling today. I tell her. Then I just sit there in silence why she starts typing up a good damn storm, I was about to explode. she ask how I've been sleeping, I tell her I got 2 hours last night, a total of 22 hours since sunday. Then more silence. She ask how the wellburtin is going, I tell her I was high as **** monday, balanced tuesday, high as again Wednesday, thursday normal, today I'm irritated and angry and I don't know why.

Was in her office for 30 minutes. I talked for 5 minutes total, she talked for a total of 2 minutes. The rest of the time she's just typing. WHAT THE **** WAS SHE TYPING?

[Moose72]

Poetry? Her blog about bipolars? Who knows!

[~Christina]

Just find a new Pdoc .

Sorry you currently have a not so good one.

[BlueInanna]

Brain zaps... Common med withdrawal symptom. I think you should call and say you're not well. And I don't know why a pdoc would risk giving Wellbutrin without a mood stabilizer - you're already showing potential signs of hypo/mania but then again she's pretty much the direct source of the stress and irritability. What a lame pdoc not helping you. I'm so sorry you're having all that

[ultramar]

Originally Posted by jesusplay

my brain, i keep hearing this weird sound and my brain feels funny. Am I just making this up? How has she been practicing for 31 years?

I show up 15 minutes early for my 4pm... I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 420pm.

I sit down, she ask how I'm feeling today. I tell her. Then I just sit there in silence why she starts typing up a good damn storm, I was about to explode. she ask how I've been sleeping, I tell her I got 2 hours last night, a total of 22 hours since sunday. Then more silence. She ask how the wellburtin is going, I tell her I was high as **** monday, balanced tuesday, high as again Wednesday, thursday normal, today I'm irritated and angry and I don't know why.

Was in her office for 30 minutes. I talked for 5 minutes total, she talked for a total of 2 minutes. The rest of the time she's just typing. WHAT THE **** WAS SHE TYPING?

This sounds very frustrating. I think since pdocs have so little time to see us, it's an art in and of itself to communicate our concerns and needs -which can be very complicated- to them in such a short period of time. But sometimes anyway, I think it can be worth it to work on that relationship. Well, to be clear, my therapist has told me -when I've vented about my pdoc- that it's important to be honest about how I feel and work on that relationship like with any other provider of mine.

Since there's so much going on, a suggestion I have is to write out beforehand what you're experiencing, your questions, your concerns, and think ahead of time about what you need out of that appointment. She doesn't seem to be 'hearing' you and I know it can be difficult to communicate as coherently as one would like when everything's so bad and chaotic. But since she can't read your mind, I'd bring in a list of your concerns and be clear that you need x and y questions and concerns addressed fully before you leave that appointment.

Have you tried mood stabilizers or it's been decided to go the antidepressant route for some reason?

[Darth Bane]

How has she been practicing for 31 years?

try someone younger. normally older docs are more understanding but younger docs they are with latest knowledge.