Posted by fido on January 29, 2015, at 19:04:25
I would like to have a psychiatrist who has adequat time for me as patient, at least 15 minutes.
I'd like a doctor who asks about symptoms and then really tries to come up with a personalized treatment plan.
But instead when I go to my psych there's little time, maybe 10 minutes max. He also doesn't really put much thinking into it. Trying to describe my many symptoms is useless cause he doesn't seem to be able to work with them at all.
I feel really lost.
I feel like unless I know exactly what drug I want to try next I am pretty much lost. Cause then he will suggest something which comes to his mind and usually that's not really what I want.What also totally bothers me is that he never suggests or wants to try out drugs which are more experimental and not primarily used for depression but which have a positive record for depression.
I have been to a few psychiatrists and none of them really sticks out. I guess it doesn't make sense to keep on searching. It sucks when you feel like you're on your own.
One psychiatrist simply told me he has nothing left to offer to me even though I have not even tried all antidepressants! He never offered TCA or Moclobemide or real MAOI.
I also don't even know how much knowledge my doctor has. If he doesn't have much theoretical knowledge then he also cannot come up with "out of the box" ideas.
But if normal ADs don't work then what do you do?
Giving up on drugs would mean feeling even more hopeless.
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