HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

nurse practitioner changing my meds

Support Forums
>
Bipolar Disorder
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 6/25/2011 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
I just moved to a new town and had to get a nurse practitioner instead of a psychiatrist and she is driving me crazy.  All she has done is change my meds and now she said to me she thinks I am not bipolar.  It is causing me such anxiety that she say's I am just anxious.  I have gone to her three times and she has been cutting down my meds and said she is taking me off my prozac.  I also have an eating disorder and the prozac helps me not perge.  I do not know what to do.  I have been in the hospital 5 times for my bipolar and now she said I am not.  What should I do?  I take Lamictal and Geodon also and I keep telling her that because of these drugs is why I am not having my bipolar episodes.  All my anxiety is coming from her. I have had the dx of bipolar since I was 39 and I am 51 now.  How could I all of a sudden be cured.  I am at wits end.
Posted 6/26/2011 8:22 AM (GMT 0)
HI MAGGIEM. jamie here,

can you ask the hospital about any dr's who will see new patients. furthermore i would front up to your local mental health centre and tell them what is happening. you may well be able to see theres until you find one your happy with. they ma be able to provide you with some cards or info on good psychiatrists in the area. i hope it gets sorted soon. sending healing compassionate thoughts your way. jamie
Posted 6/26/2011 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
Jamie is right Mag, if this does not feel right maybe it isn't. You know what works for you and if she is causing a negative feeling within you I say trust your gut instinct. Do whatever it takes to consult someone else.

Hope today is a good day for you despite all that is happening.

Gem
Posted 6/26/2011 8:13 PM (GMT 0)
Your situation is very close to mine. My psychiatrist said that I have a great probability of having a bipolar disorder but my therapist said that I do not have a bipolar disorder and that my problem is anxiety instead. Who do I believe? I do not know and the best thing to do is to educate myself so I can know the symptoms of each probable mental disorder and can help my doctor and therapist diagnose myself.

In the end, and after some research, I concluded that the bipolar disorder is a possibility and explain my past and actual symptoms
Posted 6/27/2011 3:48 AM (GMT 0)

maggiern said...
I just moved to a new town and had to get a nurse practitioner instead of a psychiatrist and she is driving me crazy. All she has done is change my meds and now she said to me she thinks I am not bipolar. It is causing me such anxiety that she say's I am just anxious. I have gone to her three times and she has been cutting down my meds and said she is taking me off my prozac. I also have an eating disorder and the prozac helps me not perge. I do not know what to do. I have been in the hospital 5 times for my bipolar and now she said I am not. What should I do?


She has no business messing around with your med regime with her limited amount of training. Mental illness or not, you need to be very firm with this woman and refuse to comply with any directives that compromise your mental health. You need to speak with her supervisor and have your case reviewed by someone with adequate training. If that doesn't work out, at least stick with the med regime she inherited you with. If she has a problem with your non-compliance, tell her you have a problem with her lack of medical training and that you will comply with her fully when she gets her doctor's degree. Nurses can't write scripts where I live. Do you have a GP who could take on that function for you? I'm interested how those things work where you live. Please let us know how you get on.
Posted 6/27/2011 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
I'm with Eleveno and LW. I also had a therapist that said I didn't have BP and that was during a hypo manic time. You really need to see a psychiatrist if you can or at least keep your old medicine regime. Wishing you all the best. Keep us posted! I would not trust my mental health to a NP. They just don't have the training to deal with it.
Posted 6/28/2011 8:59 AM (GMT 0)
definately linda, they don't have the training. jamie.
Posted 7/23/2011 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
Up date on my nurse practitioner.  She changed my Prozac and I started perging again, so called office and told them that I am going back on my last dose and she went along with it.  I also saw her that I do not want to change my meds anymore and she didn't change them.  So thank you all for the support.
Posted 7/26/2011 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
all the best with it. keep us posted. jamie
Posted 7/26/2011 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
I tried to find a bp support group in this town. and you can't find one.  Some one from NAMI said they don't have any support meetings because the "stigma" that goes along with bp. I am now thinking this town lives in the past.  I do not know what I am going to do without a support group.  I do go to a therapist but its just not the same as sharing with other people like me.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply