My psychiatrist wanted to work with me to find alternative medicine (as opposed to engineered pharmaceuticals).  I was ecstatic and felt heard.  I'm not against pharma, but I wanted to try the safest options first and assess along the way.  He suggested saffron.  I went on saffron.  Things were going well.  Now he wants to introduce new things like Deplin or SAMe.  Sure.

But now he is skeptical of his own choices and wants me to get on a "real" antidepressant.   My interpretation of this sudden shift is, "I'm just lazy and don't want to put in the work to research possible interactions for you to safely start on Deplin or SAMe."

Any advice?  We only have 30 min sessions, he's often 10+ min late, and misses emails a lot.  I really like this doctor, but I'm worried things regarding my care and mental wellness aren't going to well soon....