Posted by KrissyP on February 27, 2003, at 19:25:16
In reply to seeing GPs, posted by judy1 on February 27, 2003, at 18:09:12
I have a story- after my pdoc said "oh I'll take care of your psych meds" I took her upon her offer. I decided MYSELF that I needed to go back on Lamictal-something that has worked for me int he past. My insurance didn't cover it if it was prescribed by a pdoc. I think my pdoc should have looked into something like that BEFORE she "offered to take over my psych meds" did she just want notoriety? kinda gets me
Kristen
> I think I may be somewhere in the middle- between pdocs I have seen a couple of Internists who have both been very responsive with meds and willing to make a couple of calls to make sure they were safely prescribing. But because of the complexity of my disorders they were not comfortable (nor did I want them to) in being my primary psychotropic med prescriber. One still is definitely part of my mental health team, along with my shrink and therapist. I think for less complex cases- like a slight to moderate depression or uncomplicated anxiety case- a general practitioner is fine. take care, judy
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