Hello. Today im going to talk about getting a psychatrist for your mental health. Your psychatrist is there mainly for medication changes and to listen to you to how your medication effects you and side effects. He/she is not there to be there as your therapist. For this appointment allow only 15 mins or less with your psychatrist.
When you are with your psychatrist, let him know the side effects you are having with the medications that he put you on. He is there to listen to you and have you and him come to an agreement about which meds will work for you. If you have side effects such as tiredness/sleeping too much, sometimes then the side effect will leave you within a month. Then he will keep you on it for over a month to see how it will work with you.
If you get a psychatrist who will not listen to you and your concerns and answer any questions you might have about your health or about your medications, then it may be time to look for a new one. I know my friend is having problems with her dr. not listening to her. She goes in and has questions all ready for the dr. and then the dr. dismisses what she has to say and puts her on new medications, without her approval or changes med doses on her without her permission. There has been more then one occasion this has happened. If this happens to you then i suggest you find a new pyschatrist.
Remember you have the right to question anything the dr. is doing. If you cant get that with your dr. then its time to go psychatrist hunting again. :) Thank you for reading and i hope this helps you find a psychatrist if your new to this or help you understand why your psychatrist only listens to your medication needs. Thank you and have a good day :)
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