I have another question about my doctor trying to control me?!
Question:
I have another question about my doctor trying to control me?
I started seeing this doctor about a year and a half ago. I thought he was a good doctor he got me off the opiates I was addicted to and diagnosed me as bipolar put me on meds (Lamictal) and I was wonderful. Well I had a little setback. I started having a few panic attacks. I told him this and he changed the medication I was on. This new medication (Depakote) which did not help me and I started sliding back down the hill emationally. I told him this and that I wanted to go back on Lamictal. Well he has refused and said i had an illness and needed to go to group counseling and NA meetings every day and night of the week. I do not need all this as I have been through counseling and i know how to deal with things. I just need the right meds but he wont listen. He just tells me I am basically disabled and I am not. I have to work what I do?
Additional Details2 weeks ago
I forgot. He changed me to Neurontin on Monday which is making me groggy
2 weeks ago
No I dont have a medical degree but I know how I feel and I know what I have been through and I DONT feel a doctor needs to make me feel I am in jail
Answers:
If he is suggesting counseling and NA every night, then he has the impression that you are still using Opiates or whatever it may be. If you are, then no anti-depressant, or other med will help with your episodes of depression/anxiety/mania, because the drugs mess up the neurotransmitters in your brain that the Lamictal or other meds are trying to regulate. If you are not still using any type of "mind altering" substance, then you need to make that very clear to your Doc, so he can re-evaluate his decision...if you are using, the only way to help yourself is to be honest with him, get clean, and then see what kind of meds you may need, once your nero's are back on track. By the way, depending on which drug you may or may not have used, it could take up to two years for the brain chemicals to function correctly again! Be open, honest and willing! Good luck!