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Re: follow up to antianxiety meds... virdis

Posted by utopizen on December 12, 2002, at 2:36:46

In reply to Re: follow up to antianxiety meds... » utopizen, posted by viridis on December 12, 2002, at 1:54:03

Wow. You're like my Dr. Phil.

For some reason simply reading what you said sort of liberated me there for a second. I think the reason I felt so compelled to be loyal was that he sort of gives this "advice" to help me cope with anxiety (in other words, things to think about to keep my mind off the fact that he won't treat me properly). And after hearing these pieces of advice each time I go to him, after awhile, I start to believe I'm the problem, that I'm trying too hard to perfect myself and find everything in a pill and so forth.

I will ask him today when I see him if it's "a good idea" to get a second opinion from a psychopharmacologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (I'm in Boston, and go to that hospital for other stuff anyway). I just learned today that MGH has an entire department of the world's leading psychopharmacologists. I didn't even know the field existed. Imagine, a psychiatrist minus the need to act like he gives you CBT in the 3 1/2 minutes he sees you!

Plus, he actually follows the med news, so he knows what to give, because he doesn't have a vague job description. If a p-doc is giving bad med treatments, he might be able to "over-compensate" by treating his patients with guilt trips enough so they remain loyal to him...

> Hi Utopizen,
>
> I don't get it -- if your doctor refuses to treat you adequately, why are you so loyal to him that you won't at least seek a second opinion?
>
> Obviously you need better anxiety management, and you have a pretty clear idea of what would do it. I don't mean the barbiturates, dilaudid etc. that you've mentioned (I can understand a doctor being nervous about those) but if you respond well to the combination of Klonopin + a stimulant (my impression from all you've written, and the mix that works for me), then why not just find a sensible psychiatrist who will take into account your responses to different meds? It should be possible, especially if you're in a major metropolitan area.
>
> Although I've had a pretty rich and diverse life so far, I've also suffered tremendously and needlessly with anxiety, depression, and ADD-related problems. Things have been much better since I started ditching the ineffective doctors and found a competent psychiatrist who actually listens to what I say and prescribes accordingly.

What you said is so obvious, I'm just going to see a psychopharma unless he happens to change his tune tomorrow. I'm laying it on the line-- I've seen him for a year now, and no results. I shouldn't have to continue living like this, wasting my life in college.


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