Hey,

I had a prescriber who I adored: listened to me, made availability to see me sooner in very rough times etc. 

She fell ill and is in an extended hiatus, possibly permanent. 

I found a new prescriber. He cuts me off when I begin to talk about anything even relatively in the therapy realm - even if it's (what I believe to be) pertinent information. He is only willing to see me a maximum of once a month even when my therapist thinks I should be seen every two to three weeks. 

I have a lot of comorbidities and even while I expressed my main concern is my relatively new Bipolar II diagnosis/dealing with near constant, extreme lows - he decided to focus on my agoraphobia instead. 

He gave me one new med for my agoraphobia and sent me on my way. 

I want to up my lamictal and add an antidepressant. I'm at 225mg of lamictal - a dose he said was "practically maxed out" yet I've seen a lot of people with doses in ranges of 600. 

I'm on seven different meds and only one of them is for Bipolar II, all others are for agoraphobia. Of course I want to beat my agoraphobia but what is the point in working on getting out of the house if I'm so low I can't get out of the fucking bed? 


So... Is my new nurse practitioner a bad fit, or am I just used to being spoiled with a great one and am now being up my own ass?