Medication

[Christine05]

Everyone should be seeing a psychiatrist for meds I see a lot of people on here that there gp prescribe medication you need the proper diagnosis I’m finally see a psychiatrist on Monday hope fully I will get the help I need and feel better I can’t live like this anymore

[LilyAnnepuppy]

For years my GP prescribed my antidepressants for my mild clinical depression and it worked fine for me. Over the years I attended therapy for awhile which helped a lot. And kept that routine for 25 years. It’s only recently that I needed to see a psychiatrist for medication change. Everyone is different so I disagree with you when you say that only a psychiatrist should be seen to receive meds. But I’m happy for you that you’re going to get to see your psychiatrist and hopefully you will get the help you need. Good luck.

[Dolphin14]

I agree. Psychiatrist are specialists. They have a different knowledge base than a GP

Some GP can be very good at prescribing.

My own GP has a whole different thought process on mental health. She believes you can just turn it off. I tell her to stay in her lane.

Good luck with your appointment. It's all a matter of finding the right person to work with.

[Blueruth]

I recommend thinking of that first meeting as an interview where you are the interviewer. I think you Can find a list of questions to ask online. Their values in prescribing judiciously is important to me but it might be different for you.

I work with a PA under a psychiatrist who really listens. Last time she gave me three options...presented all the positives and negatives and asked me to participate in the decision. She does not subscribe to the idea that every patient will be on meds for the rest of their life and neither do I.

That is where therapy comes in. They should be done together. The doctor should be encouraging it. This is how I was able to reduce my dependency on meds and feel like I can have more control over my own body. We live in extraordinary times so I recently began a med but my goal is to grow out of it when the time is right.

[Christine05 in reply to Blueruth]

You’re so lucky that your psychiatrist listens and presents positives and negatives

[Christine05 in reply to Blueruth]

I had a bad experience with my last psychiatrist and I’m starting a new one on Monday and I heard he

was very mean I’m in group therapy and I have to use him

[Blueruth in reply to Christine05]

She isn’t actually a psychiatrist. I have never met the psychiatrist. I have found in general I have better luck with pa’s especially if they trained in nursing. They are taught to see the individual

Have to use him? Is it a hospital? Otherwise That is messed up. That relationship is important. I wouldn’t trust that.

[Christine05 in reply to Blueruth]

No it’s not a hospital it’s a therapy group with psychiatrist in office

[Blueruth in reply to Christine05]

Please do yourself a favor and pay attention to your radar. They should know not every doctor is right for everyone and that shouldn’t impact whether you can participate in group therapy. A doctor that is a bad fit is much worse for you than them.

[Christine05]

I had a bad experience with my last psychiatrist and I’m starting a new one on Monday and I heard it was very mean I’m in group therapy and I have to use him