New Psychiatrist gives me hope

Today was my first visit with my new psychiatrist. Let's just say that I actually feel like we accomplished something which is NOT something I can say about my old psychiatrist. We changed my medications to Geodon from Zyprexa, she instantly told me that I was on sub-therapeutic levels which basically means I wasn't taking enough to do any good. Not to mention that Zyprexa causes Diabetes and I am already at high risk for it since I have insulin resistance, pcos and a familial history of it. JOYOUS! SO glad that I was doing that.....NOT. It really irks me that my last psychiatrist didn't listen to me. This new one I met with her assistant for about an hour and he took down my history and basic stuff, then I met with the psychiatrist for about an hour. She is going to be awesome sauce. She also was concerned that I haven't dealt with the trauma in my life (physical abuse from sister, loss of grandparents, date rape etc), so we are going to deal with those as well. Also she thinks that I need to possibly pursue a different job as this one isn't cutting it. (Not making enough and it causes me to be SUPER anxious, and I am taken advantage of by the fact that I am basically running the business by myself). It is something I have been thinking about a lot lately, and something I am torn about as I don't want to let my friend down, however I need to do what I need to do to make me happy and sane. She also said that part of what I am feeling anxiety wise is probably actually more agitation from the bipolar. Which makes sense. She definitely said I need to cut out the diet coke and try not to drink so much water so I will be hungry to eat 3 meals a day. As right now I drink so much I feel full and am unable to (not hungry) eat 3 meals a day. So that is a goal for me as well. I have an appointment for the middle of april with her psychiatric nurse, then one with her in May, (she's super busy). I feel confident that she is what I need and I am super excited to be working with her and actually have her listen to me. We are also going to explore Lamictal as an anti-depressant instead of wellbutrin. I am actually supposed to take the wellbutrin in the morning, I've been taking it at night as directed by my last psychiatrist......yeah we won't go there.

So as you can tell today was an awesome day. I am SO happy that I decided to find a different psychiatrist. I feel confident that she is going to be a great asset to my treatment. Oh yeah, she also ordered a sleep test for me as we think I may have sleep apnea. Again something I have discussed with my last psychiatrist only to be ignored. It feels awesome to actually have her listen to me.

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