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Mostly a vent i think with questions (lemmy.myserv.one)
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Upcoming Psychiatry appointment. Unmedicated. 31 YO male predented with diagnosis last year ( i think)

Military. Diagnosis made by paying out of pocket to psychologist. Got referral for therapy afterwards. Got appointment thru military to discuss treatment (allegedly). Appointment was about 4 months out. At appointment they immediately questioned the veracity of the diagnosis and basically just said you'll have psychiatrist appointment. That one about a month out, now happening this week.

Overall about a year or so process. Now if the psychiatrist asks me about what meds would i want to start with (should that happen) can anyone say Start with non stim Or start with stim?

With valid reasoning, or experiential reasons?

I am rather sick of my medical system and my trust in them is completely gone.

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[–] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 child)

As David_Eight said, it's not for you to determine what meds to use or start with - the doc will have some ideas where to start based on your symptoms and their impression of you.

They'll probably propose one or two different meds - of you have a concern about one this would be the time to say so. But only from the perspective of your concerns for effectiveness and side effects for you.

Let the doc guide the med discussion - they're the supposed expert, let them do their job.

Edit: didn't mean this to sound harsh, just that patients coming with med ideas trigger the "med seeker" warning light for docs, especially in the ADHD world.

If you focus in the symotoms that concern you, you come across... Sympathetically

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    Didnt seem harsh, really. Yeah I can understand the drug seeker thought process.

    It seems to me i am concerned with potential problem with respect to other illnesses

    Anxiety-med may be prone to cause apathy Depression-med may increase anxiety or depression(?suicide?) ADHD-may increase anxiety

    Seems like a sliding scale of I care.more about treating anxiety while maybe increasing apathy and depression, or the other way around

    In so far as I am vaguely aware

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