[Sloppy Joe]

I've been seeing my psychiatrist for nearly 3 years, and my psychologist for nearly 6 months. I had a bad scare from my meds so I've been taking it a bit too easy, I finally caved in and increased my dose two days ago. Now my psychologist wants me to switch to the psychiatrist she works with, she thinks I need more than just an ssri and she thinks I could use a fresh pair of eyes ... idk, does this make sense, to switch psychiatrists BECAUSE I've been seeing him a while? She says as long as I'm willing to take meds, I should do something that really will help. Sounds odd to me. :?

 

[srschirm]

You've been seeing your psychiatrist for three years with the same problem and all he's given you is an SSRI? Maybe your psychologist is right.

 

[UltraShy]

You've been seeing your psychiatrist for three years with the same problem and all he's given you is an SSRI?

I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the psych can go to the land of Oz and ask the Wizard for a brain. One would hope a psychiatrist could come up with something other than just SSRIs after 3 years. Any GP can do that.

 

[LALoner]

Shrinks max out at about 20 patient visits a week. Maybe your shrink is close to 20 and has a friend who is new or for some other reason is under 20. So she figures she will throw you over. Its all about the money.