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Re: New medication help - March 27th 2012, 05:36 PM

Wait. And this is something you should take with that grain of salt of yours.

What exactly does your psychiatrist mean by your deciding what the dosage of these meds should be? Is she asking for feedback on how you feel on them and then using that to properly adjust the dose, or is she really telling you to take what you feel is correct? Clarify this, b/c if she's actually telling you the latter, find yourself a new psychiatrist who actually knows what they're supposed to be doing here, Rick.

Psychiatrists are supposed to know enough about how these meds work, and in what dosages..and then apply that knowledge to the patient they're assessing. If they cannot do that, if they do not have the necessary experience, then you should not take this responsibility on yourself (even if given to you), but rather find a new, more experienced psychiatrist to work with.


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