Posted by Rakken on January 14, 2002, at 15:43:36
I have had one appointment with my new pdoc. I went to him since my last one wouldn't really listen to me and was frustrated with all the failed drugs I'd tried. I tried Provigil, Prozac, Paxil, Remeron, Risperdal, Depakote, Concerta, and Ritalin. I am currently on Adderall for ADD and I take clonidine at night to supposedly help me sleep. I have a lot of anxiety and am very self conscious. The new pdoc said that he wasn't going to solve my problem the last time I visited. So that got me very disappointed and angry with him. Anyways, he kept pushing SSRI's and anti-psychotics on me. I kept refusing and will continue to. I have had too many bad experiences with the ones I have tried and refuse to mess with them again. So I'm thinking that I will tell him I've done some research and heard that beta-blockers and benzodiazepines work well. My therapist tells me that I should be on anti-psychotics and that SSRI's have shown not to work for me. He says that they are the standard treatment and that I didn't respond to the standard. I think I should tell my pdoc that. My therapist says that benzodiazepines would be the thing for my situation but I don't want to say that to my pdoc because I think he'll label me as a drug abuser and raise a red flag. But I don't think I like him or trust him (from the first visit's impression), so I might be willing to just tell him what I think. Any suggestions on what I should do? I have ADD with high anxiety and social anxiety. I have had depression before and I'm 18 years old. Since I'm young I think the benzo suggestion will cause him to suspect I'm a druggie or a risk of some kind. I'm also considering suggesting Inderal.
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thread:90105
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