Posted by Caleb462 on September 3, 2003, at 2:36:57
In reply to Stubborn Psychiatrist, posted by Budgie on September 2, 2003, at 17:28:44
> Hi Everyone,
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> Not only have I had a bad day at school, but I had a very frustrating psychiatrist appointment today. I told him I'd been researching bezodiazepines for social anxiety. He said he thinks the effects are like having "two stiff drinks," addictive, and therefore will not prescribe them. I asked him about an anti-hypertensive like Nifedipine, as I'm on an MAOI. He said he was concerned that if I thought there was a chance that I would die on this drug, that something must be wrong with me for wanting to take it. Didn't even bother asking about sleep meds.
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> It took me forever to convince him to let me try Parnate. Wonder of wonders, it's the first thing I've ever taken that's really made me feel better. My therapist commented to him, I found out, that I was trying hard and starting CBT treatment, so he must know that I'm not out for just some quick fix. Any time I bring up something that goes against something I may have said months ago, his attitude turns demeaning and basically accuses me of being contradictory. I stood up for myself today, finally, and told him I didn't appreciate it and look, I may have said something at one point, but things change and therefore my opinions change. Zyprexa initially did wonders for me, but after several months became intolerable.
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> I guess he's just stubborn and conservative, seemingly unwilling to prescribe anything but SSRIs (he told me he's convinced of their superiority, which to me indicates an inflexible attutude to begin with).
Convinced of their superiority? Ha! hahahahah! What an ignorant dork!What's it take to get a little creative???
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> Thanks for listening...Sounds like you need a new psychiatrist.
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