Posted by Penny on October 6, 2003, at 12:36:41
In reply to Unbelievable..., posted by John1022 on October 6, 2003, at 10:10:55
The SSRIs and I don't get along well at all, and my doc sees that and understands. Has been able to explain to me why Paxil was so terrible for me and why he will never put me on Prozac. He doesn't tolerate side effects with me, and reminded me (when I 'forgot' to take my meds one day) that they can all cause withdrawal, etc. He listens. He cares. Right now I'm working on weaning off of the meds b/c I'm not getting satisfactory results from any of them, and he's working with me on this.
He is, however, not a psychiatrist but a neuropsychiatrist. I know that psychiatrists, as medical docs, are supposed to emphasize the biological/physiological basis behind depression and other mental illnesses, but, in my experience, that isn't the case. My first two psychiatrists were just script-writers - see you for 15 minutes, send you out the door with a new drug. Didn't really care that you were having any side effects. My pdoc now is nothing like that. He really knows how these meds work, why things go wrong, etc.
I'm still not clear on why you went on ADs to begin with. Are you depressed off of them (when you're not doing other drugs)? If not, why take them anymore???
P
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