Switching pdocs not by choice

I recently in the last 6 months moved over 2 hours away back to my home town. When i moved back I requested a new pdoc and wanted to be seen fairly quickly as I didnt have enough meds to carry me through for a long period of time. So I took the first available pdoc. Who happened to be a resident. Great pdoc though. Just he is leaving his residency soon.

I have decided to switch back to the pdoc i was seeing before I moved 2 hours away from my hometown. I was seeing her for about 2 years. She remembers me I frequently see her in the waiting room waiting to see my other pdoc.

I am seriously second guessing myself in seeing her. Even though she was the original one to diagnose me with bipolar 2 disorder. This most recent admission they classified it as Bipolar 1 disorder not to sure which it is frankly do not care. My ultimate goals are to feel bettet and stay out of the hospital as much as possible.

I see her in 8 days. I am dreading it. I am dreading the questions they ask you all over again especially when your new. I hate the scrutiny. I hate the sympathy. I hate the looks. I just hate the hole process.

I am considering asking if its possible to go on a shot form of medication because my stupid but often forgets to take my meds and it becomes a bad habbit of not taking them for a few days taking them not taking them. Feeling like crap or not sleeping depending on which way my mood decides to fluctuate. I cant handle it i need more stability and i cant seem to do that for myself.

Reminds me i need to take my meds. Ugh.

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Maybe answering questions again will be good for you, an opportunity to better rationalise and express your problems. That might help you to manage better or feel more in control, and to better express yourself to others, possibly lessening anxiety and frustration.

In my experience, that is how it can work.

BP-I or -II is not something you have to care about. As a general rule, more, longer severe depressions and mild mania may be indicative of BP-II, but there is no discontinuity between BP-I and BP-II.

Regarding your meds. What if you were to have them 'blister packed'? It is a free service and really helps me maintain a routine of taking them.

I have an app that helps me remember what to take and when to take them. It's like an alarm that rings and rings until you dismiss it. But hopefully it bugs you enough to remember to actually take them.

Gina-what app do you use? I have had one but if you don't press certain mysterious things on enough days it stops going off without warning and you miss meds. I need something different.

Thanks

I set a phone alarm for 7:30pm everyday to remind me to take my meds. I've also changed the text on the alarm to say "take your meds, psycho"

I think the phone alarm works great. You can put in any message you want, whether you use iOS or Android. Even a discreet message like "don't forget" will be enough to remind you why you set the alarm in the first place. Just don't forget to put your phone alarm on volume+vibration in case you're in a loud area and can't hear the alarm.

If you wear a watch all the time, then set a watch alarm too.

Also, make sure that you're taking your medication at the same time daily. It's VERY important to develop a routine. The more "routine" you are with your medication, the easier it is to remember. Trust me on that one. (I used to forget my medication all the time. Even when I remembered to take my medication, I would forget if I took it already.)

If all else fails, you can resort to getting shots... but you just need a daily routine and a daily reminder.

I only need an alarm for my 4:00-5:00 AM (still figuring out the timing) meds. It has to be really loud and without a snooze option that is easily accessed in my sleep like the phone alarm. There are lots of options but since my first choice sucked I'm hoping for one with recommedations. I'm kind of hoping my pdoc will drop that dose tomorrow but she may only drop a night pill. Or nothing but I think that's unlikely. My other meds are 7:30 PM and that's easy to remember.

I was in grad school with someone who had a rooster alarm on her watch that went off during class to remind her to take birth control. I think the other 22 of us would happily have filled in, especially during tests.

HI Rainbow!

I'm currently using the Medisafe app. I love it because I can put in all the dosages, the time to take each, how many to take (one or two pills) etc.

Oh yea, the noise it makes for the alarm is the noise of a pill bottle shaking! So you know specifically it's time to take your meds. Ha!

This is a great response. Insightful and helpful. I hope the OP finds it so. Thank you, Icare.