HELP what should i do

Hello i really need some help/ advice about what to do in my current situation. For the last 6 months Ive had a really bad bout of anxiety which led to depression .Ive tried medication in the past but could never really stick to it out of fear and i never really found it helped. I decided to give it another shot as i am willing to try anything if it will help me get well.

So Ive been seeing a psychiatrist since July to try medication again. Over the course of the last 6 or so months Ive tried my best by taking what was prescribed and trusting in my psychiatrist , staying positive that the meds will help and overall tried to change my attitude about taking meds.

Ive seen little progress and so i started to loose hope in the meds , and that Ive made a big mistake. So out of curiosity i started to read on the internet about the meds i was taking and reading the leaflets that come with my meds, which is something i swore not to do because of my fear of taking meds in the first place. As i was researching /reading i stumbled across something that turned my world upside down.

I discovered that one of the newer medications that i was prescribed is not supposed to be prescribed and taken along with another med that Ive been taking for about 5 months. It reads clear on the leaflet "when not to take this med" and lists only a few medications, and one of those medications was the newer one that id been prescribed.

I am completely shocked and scared and so have completly lost all my faith and hope i had in the medications , i also feel mislead as to how a medical professional could do this to me. Ive stopped taking one of the medications as im so scared about what its done to me. I dont know what to do , i am too scared to go back to my physciatrist and explain what i have found out! Surely they are supposed to know this kind of thing. please can anyone help me as to what to do, Thanks.

thanks for your advice , i thought about going to the pharmacist, but too be honest at the end of the day all i really want is for someone to take responsibility for being wrongly prescribed i cant see anyone admitting or taking responsibility for anything, especially a doctor.

Hi nate9127,

Sorry to hear about your current dilemma! To be honest, I usually double check on my doc's opinion when faced with prescription medicine. Although, I have seen the opposite in my husband.......he totally trusts what the doc prescribes without ever questioning it.

Have you read about why they recommend not to mix the drug combination? That might help give you peace about it, especially if you haven't experienced any of those problems. It would also help you to know because then if there are any problems you could work on solving them?

Just a thought.... Hope you get to feeling better soon!