tell your pdoc everything you just told us explain in detail he will ask you questions then take it from there.

Hey tats,

I have questioned my diagnosis all the time because of the problems with my meds. I think it is quite common! I would just be honest with your pocs about your cocktail and tell them how it makes you feel better than theirs and see what they have to say.

I have tweaked my cocktail a bit, and feel somewhat better, and haven't had the chance to tell my pdoc yet, but will when I see him. Psychiatry is more of an art than a science, they try to get our meds right but sometimes miss the boat. I feel that we know our bodies best since we have to take these drugs and put up with the side effects.

Christa

I would love to be on disability and not have to worry with the negative things i have to at work and put up with Mistreatment there, unfortuanitly i have not been officially diagnosed with anything, I have a new pdoc now since my last one passed away, and I asked him about getting a clear diagnosis, he says they don't do that there, only at the university, guess i need to call the university, but he said if one wanted to put a lable on it then bipolar with depression would probably be it,.. I origionally went to a pdoc for major depression, but ive know there has been some other underlying things during my life going on, i have been on Zoloft and Risperdal for several years, the new doc just added clonezapan cause i had told him i have been having bad anxiety lately,.. My work has really been the worst thing in my life right now among everything else,.. I would be open to your Pdoc and yes I feel he should be open to your feelings, I know when I was with my old Pdoc I thought i was feeling better and had to ask him on 3 Visits to lower the meds, and he did, untill I had another Death in my life,... then we went basically back to basics,..do what you feel is right but also stand open to issues you may be going through not because of you but which may need atleast some temporary help, good luck and keep your chin up.. sounds like your really doing pretty well don't get upset work with things,.. Hugs,.. Michael

One tell for any diagnosis is that when you take the meds you feel better. You say "One of the only times I feel right with the world is when I take a percocet, flexeril and klonopin. I feel more like my old self when I do." That indicates to me that the diagnosis is valid. It's healthy to question things a bit but if you persist your doc may choose to drop you so you do have to decide what's good for you.

Really? You feel better on flexeril, percocet and klonopin becaue they are addicting!! None of those meds are for bipolar disorder. They all make you high which ofcourse feels good. I love that combo as well but I am an addict and in sobriety. I can gaurantee that no psychiatrist is going to give you that combo. You will be in treatment before anything else. I thought and did the same thing as you. I told my pdoc the same stuff and I went right to treatment and still came out with bipolar disorder and now an addiction.

Yea Krissikat - I was going to mention exactly the same thing - that those are all addictive meds which is probably why she feels that way... she has a dependence on them.