What do you do if

[Hotaru_emi]

You think you're been misdiagnosed? The medication i'm on evens me out, but to a place where i'm almosy never above baseline. I'm on the lowest dose of the medication, so I know it's not over medication, and I recently quit the meds cold turkey (a bad idea, I know)neatest I can't stand never really feeling a specific way about anything. what do I do? How do I bring this up with my doctor? I've been on the same pills for years...

[inblack]

Well, you could always come right out and tell your doctor you feel you've been misdiagnosed and give your reasons why.

You could also ask for a referral for an assessment. By either saying you feel you may have been misdiagnosed or because you feel things have changed over the years and you need to be re-assessed.

Another route you could take is talking to your doctor about either raising your medication or switching to a new medication based on your current symptoms.

[Hotaru_emi]

I'm just worried about being considered noncompliant and being put inpatient again. I have a job now, so, I dont want to lose it because i'm in the hospital. But I also just don't want to be medicated anymore. It's been three years, and the medication helped with my anxiety before, butt I don't even have that problem anymore. I know because I've had to spend significant amounts of time off the meds due to money problems. If i'm not violent and don't have hallucinations/delusions, is it irrespondible for me to want to try non-medication solutions?

[RiverSong]

Write your list of concerns, make an appointment with the psych and take it from there. It's always best to ask :) Try not to worry

[finding_reason]

perhaps it's not an issue about being misdiagnosed but rather an issue around finding the appropriate medication to assist you. medication affects everyone differently, and yes even if they once worked they can stop and things need to be changed.

have you spoken with your doctor about your feelings on this medication, and now that you have stopped taking them? I think its good to have an honest conversation about this, they can't do anything if they don't know what you are experiencing. I do think that you need to be open to having a conversation about this and hearing your doctor's side of things as well. I doubt non-compliance with be considered you have the right to express yourself.

best of luck.

[Hotaru_emi]

I only see my doctor once every other month, so I haven't said anything yet, but I do have an appt later this month, so that's when I wanted to bring this up...