I’be had, after seeing about 5 unhelpful therapists, an actuality good experience with my current psychiatrist.
Around July of last year, I attempted suicide and was taken to the ER for the first time in my life. Before I got discharged, I had to see a psychiatrist. The psych prescribed me anti psychotics (which were also supposed to help with sleep) and I got an appointment to see him next week. I told him they weren’t working, and he gave me new sleep meds and I asked him if I could have anti depressants and he prescribed some for me. Two weeks later I had another appointment and I told him the meds weren’t working. We repeated this for a bit and eventually I asked for aripiprazole/abilify and he prescribed them to me without a second thought.
After a while we got my sleep meds and SSRIs worked out but my anxiety issues persisted so he prescribed me lorazepam. I think it worked to some degree (and it tasted really good) but I still had issues with panicking and anxiety so I asked if I could try etizolam/depas. He said it has a bad reputation but he would give it a try. And, fortunately, the depas worked for me.
We also tried risperidone which tasted really bad which kind of helped me when I was in the ER this year but it tasted god awful and made me kind of loopy (for some reason he really likes prescribing anti psychotics).
He also put me on therapy which is helping a bit with my trauma and such. My therapist is really nice and has helped me unwrap my sexual trauma and related issues.
Long story short my psychiatrist will prescribe me basically anything I ask him to and he has helped me a ton along with my therapist. Interestingly, I’ve only ever abused my prescription drugs a couple of times and only when I was really depressed or suicidal even though I used to abuse OTC meds all the time
by ConnieTheTomcat