OT: Wellbutrin (& Geodon)

Wow. Well I asked to switch to the actual psychiatrist because this psychiatric nurse I have been seeing is clueless. She just told me Geodon isn't the right medicine for my symptoms (aka she gave me the wrong drug since she didn't listen to me when I was there last time) and she told me there's no possible way it could be helping get rid of my obsessive thoughts and making me calmer and happier. A simple Google search shows that Geodon helps with these symptoms! How come I always get stuck with doctors who know less about the drugs they're prescribing than I know?

So now she tells me to stop taking the Geodon. She tells me I'm not even on a therapeutic dose anyway and that I won't have any withdrawls. She's basically saying everything's in my head because I told her I get withdrawls if I even miss one dose. So this next week should be fun. And she told me to take Paxil, which I've read has the worst sexual side effects of all the SSRIs and that's why I didn't want to take those in the first place. So she gets me addicted to Geodon, then tells me it was never the right drug for my symptoms. Then tells me the only thing that would help is SSRIs which I don't like the side effects. So then she says "do you just want to work things out in therapy?" well obviously that wasn't helping which is why I went to her. omg...sorry...just really made me mad.

All this and the fact that she walked in wearing a fur coat made me hate her.

Post Edited (Sara14) : 11/3/2011 7:54:25 AM (GMT-6)

What a beeeotch!

So, she didn't even suggest a taper for the Geodon..weird. And just start paxil??
Why does she think the Paxil will be good for you?

I felt totally out of it with a disgusting headache for a week...had to drop it. I know that meds used to treat depression/anxiety can be a crap shoot...

What about Effexor before Paxil?
Or Pristiq?
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That is verrry scary, Sara! We really have to be careful with whom we consult-- always check credentials & try to get patient opinions as to competence, too. There is too much "hit or miss" + casual prescribing of drugs going on in the U.S. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)