I get a little irritated with doctors that do not yet know me or my medical history well that insist I can simply stop taking my medication (Lexapro). I am 34 and have spent a long time on my own, and in therapy, coming to terms with that the fact that it is OKAY to be "one of those people" that truly needs to be medicated in order to function. I have tried living without meds a few times before and went about it the right way with the help of doctors, psychiatrists and/or psychologists. Guess what it never went well! On top of it, I have fibromyalgia and other autoimmune issues that flare up terribly without some sort of SSRI or similar serotonin releasing/reuptake inhibiting drug w/o these my pain gets more unbearable. (This is not unusual for people with my conditions.)

I went to a new doctor today and he insisted I should work to get off the Lexapro and that I would "be surprised" at how well I could do without "depending" on it. He says nobody really needs these types of drugs. So, I guess he, the doc that works in the tiny town I moved to a few months ago, knows more than the team of docs, including a PCP, rheumatologist, psychiatrist & psychologist, that coordinated together to develop my overall treatment plan? (My treatment plan DOES include more than Lexapro, which I tried to explain, but I don't think he got it.) Whatever

Anyway, I just had to vent. I haven't gotten that "you think I'm nuts and don't understand what it is like to live in constant pain" feeling from seeing a doc in a long time and this just took me back to a time when I couldn't get a soul to listen to me long enough to figure out what was wrong with me.

I'm guessing I'm not alone in this type of experience. Anybody else care to share their doc/patient frustrations?