Posted by utopizen on April 22, 2004, at 22:21:22
I've been seeing this new psycopharmacologist weekly for the 7th time now.
I'll mention to him how I want an antidepressant, or Straterra, or possibly an antipsychotic, and he never takes my suggestions seriously.
I make it very clear to him that this is advice I'm getting from past doctors I've had consults with him, that my docs have been leading their fields like in social anxiety, sleep medicine, etc. And later he'll say, "but are the experts?" And I'm like, "um, well, generally if they lead their fields, they might be called that."
He has me on Klonopin 1mg 3x/day for social anxiety and 20mg of Desoxyn/day for ADD. I also have narcolepsy. And lately, depression, and my therapist also recently diagnosed me with obsessional thoughts.
What kind of a doctor refuses to give Straterra or an antidepressant over methamphetamine+klonopin? And he thinks he's being conservative. He claimed last week that he'd have to ask his colleagues about Strattera because "it was a new drug."
I think it's lying to me. I can't imagine a college not giving him a funny look if he asked what Straterra was all about. He didn't feel shy telling me he's never thought of Straterra for his ADD patients. That's ridiculious! Especially for someone who's failing it.
He last time asked if upping my Desoxyn would help. I said no, that's not realistic, I've been up to 50mg/day by another doc.
This week I mention, "um, so, you just want to up the Desoxyn?" He goes, "no!" as if I was the one who originally said it.
So now he's just not doing anything. If I mention something at an appointment, he'll claim to look into, but forget we even had the conversation the following week.
I'd just switch psychiatrists, but this is the 7th one. Sadly, he's the worst one, he's the only doc I've actually had to sell an antidepressant on. Now that I've actually matured over thinking Klonopin and Desoxyn is the ultimate combo, realized it's not working out, I have to deal with this clown.
Oh yeah, I'm also depressed these days, but forgot to even mention it this appointment because I have to focus on the pathetic little stupid things that you'd think any other pdoc wouldn't have to be explained over, like how Klonopin isn't going to help me in the long-term and Desoxyn doesn't work when you're depressed like I am now... god.
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