Posted by floatingbridge on July 13, 2011, at 13:11:54
In reply to If meds don't work, posted by leo33 on July 13, 2011, at 12:39:57
Hi Leo,
I dunno. I think it's a default position people/providers can adopt when they are they themselves feeling at their wit's end with patients. There is a point where psychological issues need to be looked at AND a point where that needs to be put aside. I have finally told some people with that agenda to f*ck off. But I had to have some people who really know me advocate for me.
I think I am going to a private wholestic shrink (hear the sound of hemorrhaging money :-/). I freely confess to being neurotic, but....with my med sensitivities and current state, not having any psychiatric treatment period is unwise.
What else is the clinic saying? Are they referring you to therapy? As long as they treat you in a medically sound manner, decent therapy is a good adjunct. But not if it's done pejoratively....
:-/
> I am being told at the clinic I go to that because I have a low tolerance for meds and their side effects, I have been on all SSRI's/SNRI's Wellbutrin, lithium, all 2nd Generation AP's, etc..
> that I must have personality disorder. It seems that what is being taught is that if a person doesn't respond to Meds then they have an Axis 2 disorder, hence I am now labeled with borderline, dependent, histronic and several other pesonality disorders. Interestingly enough Klonopin worked well for many years but they will not prescribe at the clinic since I medicated with Medical marijuana when I had no meds. So too everyone who has trouble being cured with meds, you must all be suffering from personality disorders and there is no meds that are gonna work, so I am being told by the clinics. What do you guys think??
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