What if your pdoc won't hear you out?

I saw my pdoc two weeks ago. He said I was on too many meds. i said, ök, wecan stop the flexeril"(I also have Fibromyalgia). I wasalso taking Klonipin 3x day, always 1 at bedtime, the other two prn. I said I thought the Klonipin wasn't a good drug for me because it is highly addictive. He agreed and changed the antianxiety med to Valium. I had two of the best nights sleep, with diminished morning pain and stiffness, ever. I attributed it to the valium. Here is the problem, he cut my anti-anxiety by two thirds. Today, I was hit with the most uncomfortable anxiety ridden, hypomanic attack ever. I called my pdoc to request permission to increase the valium, and got no response whatsoever. I feel like I've been hung out to dry. The Fibro, when I'm in a flare causes me to feel awful. I had to take amyltriptilene in the morning and sleep until 3 PM for the side effects to wear off but allow the muscle relaxation and pain anesthesia to work. I don't want to spend half my life sleeping off the side effects of amyltriptilene. He wants me to go on topamax. I'm not comfortable with that. I'm fifty something. I know how my body works and what I need to do to feel OK. We don't have very many pdocs in this province. It took 19 months to get to see this one. But, he scoffs at the mention of Fibromyalgia.

Thanks Serafina. I have another question. Do other people with BiPolar II (hypomania) that uncomfortable, anxiety ridden, irritable, miserable feeling, use antianxiety meds?

Somehow I've managed to survive with the mood disorder for more than 30 years, what I can't seem to manage is to get a doctor to hear me when I tell them what's going on in my head and in my body. I know that I need an antidepressant, I also know that Zoloft works very well for me but sooner or later begins to lose it's effectiveness. I had to take a two year holliday away from it and was ever so grateful when I went back on it, here about six weeks ago, and I'm beginning to feel much brighter. However, as a BiPolar II, I have bouts of hypomania where I can't stand being in my own skin, can't stand anyone around me and am irritable, pace the floor, get cranky with my dog, with my Dad, feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest, and can't stand it. For this I need an anti-anxiety med. I can take a valium, lie down for forty minutes, get up and get on with my day. Then my pdoc cut the med by two thirds. It was working great. I wouldn't even mindif he cut it by one third. Then when I called him and left a message he didn't even bother to call me back. I am not some teenager selling their ritalin on the playground. Nor am I a crack addict exchanging prescription meds for their preferred drug. I'm a middle aged woman who has raised two children, alone, and is now caring for a very fussy dad who has alzheimers. I know what works. I'm not out to run any marathons, begin a new career. I just want to feel OK most of the time. Thanks for letting me vent. 

I'm not a sufferer of either...BUT as I say all the time ( I should have a disclaimer on my posts) my fiance is BP and in this case, my mother has fibromyalgia!

She takes Flexeril and she DOES need it. Fibro is real and it is debilitating when a flare up comes on strong (can't get out of bed, pain). I'm so sorry you're dealing with the double whammy of bp and fibro.

Please don't take offense, but we've found that klonopin (we call them kp's) to be wonderful and non-addictive. My fiance can function if feels worry/irritability/anxiety coming on after taking a kp. Did you feel that you were beginning to become addicted to the drug?

In my "pre-adult responsibility" experience, Valium can be just as addictive, no? Please don't doubt your choice to switch, I'm just curious.