Psych Provider Switch?
Hey! I'm looking for a little advice, and maybe just someone to check me a little bit. So I've been diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar 2 over the years, I'm currently kind of been challenging that bipolar diagnosis since I got it so long ago during a time I was actively being abused and just a super stressful time in life 10 years ago. Anyways with my last provider I've been working on coming off of a lot of stuff because for the last 3 years I was in a very rural area and granted I'm not a victim but ended up on like 8 different medications and just felt progressively worse and worse. So its definitely been a ride but I'm starting to get pretty frustrated because I feel like I'm screaming from the rooftops about what medications in the past have been extremely helpful and I was very stable on (wellbutrin, ritalin and lamictal) but my current provider keeps dismissing this and trying to prescribe me other things without providing a clear explanation as to why I can't return to my previous combo. I've also shared having been diagnosed with PMDD, which absolutely checks out. I'm going to get some psych testing done since I never have and just to help tease things out. But do you think its unreasonable to go to a different provider or am I just being an overbearing patient? The lack of clear explanation is just really sending me lol