What to do when my doctor wont prescribe me pills because of my family?

Question

I have diagnosed myself with bipolar syndrome / anxiety disorder. There are alot of overlapping conditions of different mental disorders, so it's hard to say. I suffer from depression, severe social anxiety, and anxiety in general. I also go through phases of extreme mania. I know I don't have the proper credentials to diagnoze myself. I went to my doctor, who had me fill out a few different questionars. He told me himself that I am suffering some serious mental problems that require medication. My older brother was prescribed adderall by my doctor until he tested positive for cocaine on a blood test. My little brother alltogether refused to submit a blood test. My mother has also abused prescribtion drugs from the same doctor. When I first saw him he prescribed me wellbutrin which did nothing. I waited two months and yesterday he told me he won't prescribe me any stimualants because of my family. I offered to submit a drug test but he said no. What can I do to get the help I need?

Answer 1

sounds like you need to find a diffrent dr. one that dosent know your family history so well. ther is a thing called dr. patient confidentility. i think he has crossed it. go to someone who dosent know yr family.

Answer 2

First and foremost try to locate Dr Brian Weiss. Last known place was Virginia. He is a world famous psychiatrist and he has done good jobs in cases like yourself.

Drugs alone will not help. Try to join a yoga centre and learn meditation. This will be a big help to you.

Meantime, get up from your bed at 0600 hrs everyday and go to a park nearby your place. Walk barefoot for 30 minutes. Sit on the grass with a spread facing east. The rising sun has a lot of beneficial effects. Do breathing exercise for 30 minutes.

In the bedroom clear all electronic equipments. When you lie down in the bed, your head should be on the east side. The other sides have magnetical disturbance for you. Your bed should not touch the walls. There should not be any mirror in the bed room. After the night meals which should be 2030 hrs, take a 30 minutes walk.

If you follow the above in 7 days time you will find marked improvement in your mental conditions. No doubt, you would look for Dr Brian Weiss.

Answer 3

To me it looks like that you have no good and intelligent Friends who is able to talk you into a better life and see all the possibilities you have. Face the life as it is and take good care of the possibilities you do have instead of believing in that pills can do it all. They can't it is you who decides what you will do with your life, no doctors or headshrinkers. You alone decide and the best of the possibilities and if they don't exist right now, create the possibilities. You will be a victim to the medicine companies who wants to earn money on an illness which doesn't exists at all, but could be a very serious if you consume their pills. You can have an illness that you never should have by eating them and the worst thing, you can't get rid of it later on when it is manifest.

Answer 4

First step

You need a good Doctor, A Doctor who understands your emotions, feeling concern and the family background

Second Step

Slow Lithium Carbonate works properly for Bipolar patients. But it must be taken only with the advise of an expert Psychiatrist.

Once you start with medication only adjust the dosage with the help of the doctor and don't stop it for ever.

You have to control your emotions and stress.

Exercises daily.

Control your diet.

Search for family history and help other too to get the moods controlled and never to be over ruled by emotions

Good Luck

Answer 5

find another doctor you do need help and you know your self better than anyone you should have the credentials. think of what you like most in life go from there in your mind think positive, think of what you do have and not what we lack show kindness to others love yourself like no other and be sincere and do get over it life is too beautiful and short enjoy every day every breath we were given this precious life be kind to it explore its boundless where the mind can take you need an escape try some yoga, or pilates get centered, try a maritial art self defense class something try it without the drugs if possible who knows mayb you can do it i think you can

Answer 6

Get medical advice, from another doctor. Doctors, loves to prescribes certain drugs. Anti depressant, is one of those drugs, the Pharmaceuticals Companies incentives doctors to prescribe, by sending them checks.
I don't think, you will have problems on getting this medications after your appointment.

Answer 7

It sounds to me like you need a new doctor! it is not fair for you to have to live with your families history and there mistakes.

You should see a councler, and then they could point you in the right direction if u think that u still need the drugs...

good luck!

Answer 8

I would say go to a different doctor. Meanwhile you have to include your family history stress to them that this is not the reason you are doing this... go to one that they don't use or is not in the same network.....

Answer 9

You need to see a professional psychologist to determine if you do indeed have bipolar disorder, or if your family's influence makes you think that you do.

Answer 10

See a psychiatrist not known to you family