Posted by bleauberry on September 20, 2008, at 17:51:29
In reply to Wow.., posted by sam K on September 20, 2008, at 1:10:34
You need a new doctor. If for no other reason, to get a second opinion. Sometimes we have to embark on doctor shopping to find the right one. It is an mix of trust, skill, availability, and chemistry. It does not sound like the trust, skill, and chemistry things are in place at this moment. Psychiatry is too much of a mystery and too much of a pioneer medicine to be treated by someone who is fixated on one point of view.
As my favorite pdoc said, before he retired, "anything is possible". He was referring to how people respond to medications. He was referring to how medications that would apparently have not much relevance to the diagnosis could sometimes work extremely well, and how ones that seem appropriate could sometimes make things much worse.
Might want to stick with the antidepressant/benzo families and not touch the antipsychotics. If any at all, restrict them to zyprexa/seroquel. If any suspicion of schizophrenia, consider glycine supplementation from a healthfood store and check out previous threads on that topic.
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