Posted by waterfall on October 13, 2003, at 19:07:03
Hi,
I have been with the same psychiatrist for 9 years. She admitted me to the hospital and diagnosed me bi-polar in under 5 minutes without looking at me. I was extremly depressed and had spent a couple of thousand dollars on credit. 12 admits, a dozen different drug combinations and 4 years later I was able to move on with my life. Now, I am happy, have a good marriage, a good job, a new car, yadda, yadda. Early this summer I decided I'd had enough of the drugs (Depakote, Wellbutrin, Remeron and Provigil) - I simply didn't think I needed them anymore. Perhaps I'll be back on something for another swing through hell's door at a different period in my life, but I've been stable and well for 3 years and I knew now was the time. I had come to the conclusion that to ever get away from my emotional dependence on this doctor I was going to have to leave the state. I mean that. When I told her what I wanted to do it was extremely difficult and she is still stalling me. Well, I'm off the Wellbutrin and Remeron and Provigil and feeling fine. Now, we're just left to battling it out over the Depakote. But we're really battling. She's not used to having her authority questioned, particularly by me, and the "I'm going to be making my own medical decisions now" line was NOT greeted with enthusiasm. Of course, she just says she thinks I'm bi-polar and is worried about me. How can you tell when your psych is simply over-involved and making bad decisions?Thanks to anyone who has experience with this who might reply.
Waterfall
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