Posted by bleauberry on December 22, 2011, at 19:15:02
In reply to Dr's ultimatum, posted by markwell on December 21, 2011, at 18:29:37
I know you have a lot invested in this doctor and you've been through a lot with him. We've all experienced that I think. I know I have.
There is no question in my mind the last appointment I have with that doctor is the last one I had. He doesn't need to know why I left, no conflict, no big deal....I'm just seeking a second opinion which is standard procedure in medicine.
Look he basically wants to treat you as manic. All those meds he listed are antimanic. They are not usually antidepressant and it's hit or miss for anxiety.
I do not see a single ingredient in your cocktail that addresses either anxiety or depression, or some common causes of them. Those things might be supportive as minor role in some other cocktail, but the way they are being used right now, along with the rigid path the doctor has presented you, would not surprisingly do zilch for depression or anxiety. In my predictions anyway.
Look, this might sound harsh, and I could be totally wrong because all I know is what you wrote in your post, but there are thousands of stories out there where it was actually the doctor unintentionally keeping the patient sick not the disease. In those cases, the best thing for the patient....even though they don't realize it at the time and it scares them to death to even consider it....is to see a new doctor, if only for second opinion or consultation is nothing else, bare minimum. I've had some experience with that myself. It's not uncommon that patients have to heal themselves, and part of the process of doing that is to choose doctors of good chemistry.
It's sort of like finishing a chapter of a book and flipping the page to start a new one.....the book is the same, the story is the same, it's just a new chapter and new things happen in that chapter.....time to meet a new doctor.
If a doctor makes ultimatums like he did with you, that's it, end of journey, bye bye, time for a new chapter with a new doctor.
Let me get this straight. The last time you saw your doctor, you had anxiety and depression that day yet he sent you home with your tool chest consisting of tegretol and nac? Wow.
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