Ok so I've been through something like this before lets see if I can help. When I stopped seeing the psychiatrist assigned to me by adult mental health because he basically told me I could get over my mood swings that were making me a danger to myself if I worked harder at my therapy, When I insisted on changing my medications he recommended the most outlandish hard core medicines that would basically knock me out so I went to go get a consult from another psychiatrist who basically said my mood swings could be controlled with an increase in one of my meds, Latter on I found out this second psychiatrist was right. The first psychiatrist agreed to increase my dose however when I asked him flat out what he thought would help my mood swings this is when he told me to try harder with Emotional regulation therapy a therapy which had already failed whether it was because of the counselor or the program I don't know but that's a different story. When I told him I wanted to see a different psychiatrist he alluded to something along the lines of "you'll come crawling back to me" he then sent his secretary to hound me and bully me into going back to working with him which I nearly told her to F-off. I managed to get a better psychologist with the recommendation of my GP who was very supportive in my right to treatment that works for me. In addition I had to be somewhat thick skinned and tell people directly what I want and ask very specific questions.
So the moral of this long story which may or may not be helpful is you have a right to the care that works for you and they are the service providers you are allowed to ask the questions you want and work with the medical professionals that best suit you're need. I would also suggest finding a doctor or anyone that has sway in this area to help you with what you need they can help ease the way. If you need too make a list of what you need from you're psychiatrist and ask them if they can provide it to you don't accept vague answers if they don't know ask who does. I hope this was helpful and maybe my story at the start didn't need to be their but I tend to rant and vent to anyone who listen so sorry.
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