Posted by holymama on August 23, 2005, at 16:26:46
I've just started on my fifth pdoc in 2 years. After my third firing me in June, I tried a fourth at a bipolar clinic in Boston, and she was SCARY. Suggested I start Lithium when I am already on it, suggested Paxil when I just got off it, forgetful and spacy and never checked my chart. I was NOT feeling comfortable about trusting her with my mental stability and LIFE. I've been questioning the whole psychiatric profession and wondering if I will ever find a doctor who is smart and caring -- someone I can trust.
Well, I had a 1 1/2 hour visit with a new doctor, and I want everyone to know that good doctors DO exist! She was smart, concerned (wants me to check in with her in a week), and had tons of ideas for me (my third pdoc said 'this is as stable as you're going to get', and admitted she was stumped by me.). She also had answers to questions I have had about why I have reacted to certain drugs in certain ways. Noone else has been able to answer those questions. She also right away let me know that she has observed how important it is to get bipolar patients off antidepressants -- for most they cause cycling and more instability. THat is something I have thought for the past two years, and I have had no doctor really agree with me or try hard to get me off of them. Yay! So far so good, and I am so relieved, I feel like I should throw a party. :)
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