I’m seeing my psychiatrist this coming week. This is how I imagine the conversation will go :
Me : My negatives are getting worse. My cognitives are getting worse.
Them : Nodding. Taking notes.
Me : So ?
Them : See you in 3 months 
Me : Bye.
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Me too. The same. Nods and we set our appointment in one month.
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You need a better doctor if they don’t even try to help you
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I’ve tried switching. I couldn’t. It’s just the system here. Who knows … Maybe the l-carnosine I’ve started taking will help.
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Me: Help, I am a ball of anxiety and I burst into tears over nothing and I’m having mood swings from hell that last for approximately 10 minutes apiece.
Them: Here’s an antidepressant again, even though the other ones haven’t worked at all. Let’s forget trying to use antianxiety drugs even though there are more of those recommended for you.
Me: Okay, cool. I guess we’ll try this AGAIN. Let’s hope I don’t go into the hospital again.
Them: Let me know if that doesn’t work so I can just keep upping the dose until it takes forever to come off of it to switch to something new.
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Aw man that sucks. The system is so broken. I hope that that supplement helps you a bit!
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Thanks @Noise !
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You could give L-theanine a go maybe ? That’s what I use to keep my anxiety manageable and it works for me. You can buy it from iherb.com
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I was thinking of going to the local vitamin/supplement shop and seeing if I could buy a bottle, since they have some in a store here nearby when I get paid this week. 
Hey that sounds good. The dose is important though. 100mg does nothing. 200mg does something. 300mg seems to be the anxiety buster.
Let us know how it goes if you do buy it !
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I appreciate the dosing help! I’ll have to see what strength they have available at the shop. Will definitely let you guys know. I tried a drink with some L-theanine in it the other day (no dose listed, though…) and it seemed I was a bit better, but who knows, it could have been a total placebo effect because they didn’t list the dosage in the bottle.
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@everhopeful … how much l-theanine a day are you taking now?
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Yes, I hate when the doctor/patient relationship gets to that point. Those doctors have to cram as many appointments as possible to make it worth their while, though, right? Bleh.
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I’m taking the maximum amount recommended by the fda which is 1200mg (2 x 600mg doses during the day).
I had my blood test results recently and everything was fine.
I’ve just started taking L-carnosine too, so I’ll watch how that goes.
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I fired my regulation psychiatrist because he said, “You look like a bum.” That really hurt my feelings, so I switched to a psych nurse practitioner, a woman who is not only a lot nicer but also easier on the eye 
Seriously, tho, it was so mean of the man shrink to judge me. He plus my family are the only judgmental ones. I find that some people do criticize and some don’t. Some are patient with me, others aren’t. And my worst enemies are the ones who’ve known me the longest, I suppose.
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Same here. The fact is that the pdocs can do nothing about the negatives and the cognitives so, they do nothing, and tell you to come back in one to three months. They don’t worry about the things they can do nothing about. They won’t tell you this, because this is admitting a weakness.
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They see so many patients every day, they do not care much to be honest.
Sometimes you really need to be dramatic to get help. You can try crying in the doctor’s office 
Lol But after I cried once, my doctor wanted to help me more.
Anyway, if you don’t help yourself, there is a big chance, no one else will.
When I was taking Abilify, I had the same problem. I know it is the only medication working for you but you not changing anything to see any improvement.
So I suggested before, trying something like Lexapro might be a miracle for you like it is for me. You need to keep trying every possible solution until you find one that will work for you.
(((hugs))) and good luck with Carnosine!
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