Anxiety over a forum anyone?

[Noonehere]

I have a similar situation. After having a baby (and reluctantly, albeit necessary, getting off all medication during pregnancy), I went to a new doctor to start up my schedule of meds again. This included antidepressants, anti-anxiety, ADD and insomnia. It worked well for me as a whole. The new doctor wanted to start me on tiny doses of the antidepressants and refused to even consider to put me on the other meds. Even though I told her it is what I was prescribed for years before the pregnancy. It worked well. So, I just went along with her. After a couple months of upping the dosage, she "allowed" me to be put on ADD medication which helps with the side effects of the antidepressant. It was still a very low dose. She said all the meds were "addictive". Well....sure! But, I am fine and function BETTER on them. I am a better mother, wife and friend on them. We all know what a PITA it is to change doctors so I'm hanging in there a bit longer, but I am thinking about switching. But, starting over with new doctors is so hard and time consuming. I feel like I was a guinea pig and she wanted to be the one to find the cure of alllllllll my problems. She didn't like me telling her I had a solution that worked, that I just needed her to prescribe what I wanted. That's where this site has come in and helped, I took matters into my own hands. I take what I need when, because I know my body the best. It's so frustrating. Yes, doctors are so scared of their licenses being revoked. I think so often it's not about the care of the patient any longer. I kind of thought that some doctors get kick backs from pharmaceutical companies to prescribe meds all willy-nilly (yes, I just said that!  ) but, I'm starting to think that docs are getting nervous to prescribe things that are potentially addictive more and more.

I understand the social anxiety. Sometimes I have leaving my house, sometimes I hate taking my kids to playdates because I have to talk to other people, I have telephone anxiety, I hate answering the phone because I stress out about not knowing what to say...I even have forum anxiety too because I don't know what to write...it's easier to hide behind a computer though, that's for sure.

Sorry for any typos, my kids are screaming at me to feed them! haha!

Sounds like we are in very similar boats! You are right it is like guinea pigs. That's why they call it a practice they are practicing on you.