My doctor won’t switch my meds

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Just saw my psychiatrist via Telemed and I continued to tell her about my sedation and high prolactin levels.
I asked about Haldol but she said that she’d rather not prescribe it to me because of the high Tardive Dyskinesia risk.

She said that I could try taking 3.5mg of risperidone everyday but once I become paranoid there’s no turning back and I would be hospitalized.

It’s apparent and obvious to me that she doesn’t want me to risk coming off Risperdal or even lower the dose.

When I complained about the side effects she said that I’m just going to have to live with them.

I believe she’s giving up and at her wits end.

Don’t know what else to do but a good part of me knows she’s right.

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Side effects suck. I know my pdoc won’t change mine either.

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Well are you sure that there is a better med than Risperdal for you? From what I read you had issues with many meds.

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I have complained about this for years. Enough was enough and I threatened to come off all my meds by myself quickly if they didn’t do something about it.

Outcome now is I am speaking with their chief pharmacist to talk about side effects (Inc. Prolactin)

Apparently my issues and meds are too complicated for my current team to explain to me, and they’re concerned about what I read on the internet.

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That med is super potent. I was on it for 8-9 months and I felt horrible the whole time I was on it.

I think the dose is important with Haldol, but it’s anyones guess to what level you need.

20mg PRN I had from ER made me feel much worse

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If you’re really sure that there is a better med for you, you can change your pdr.

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I honestly don’t think there is a more effective med for me other than Risperdal.
I think she’s right unfortunately.

I don’t feel the need to switch pdocs at this point.
Most psychiatrists are subpar, my current psychiatrist is above average.

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I also like the fact that she answers my texts to her.
She allows texting when I need her.

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