Reply To: Therapy agreement. Is this logical?

I sincerely don’t understand why you bother with a psychiatrist if you don’t want to be medicated. And I will also add that, though I don’t know what you were prescribed or in which doses, you’re not supposed to stop taking some medications without talking to your physician first! I feel like you are doing yourself a huge disservice every step of the way. If you can get your mental health stabilized, you have a much better shot at managing the symptoms of your other ailments.

I am curious, since you mentioned it, if your primary reason for not wanting to take the meds you were prescribed is because you fear regaining the weight you lost? Not judgment at all if that’s why — I failed my “mood quiz” at my annual check-up this year and told my doctor straight up that I’ve wondered for about a year now if I should ask about anti-depressants, but 1) felt embarrassed to ask for that kind of help, and 2) am scared of weight gain. He didn’t judge me for saying that aloud. We came up with a game plan that included trying the more “weight neutral” drugs first and at a low dose. I’m a few months in now. Like I said, the first thing I tried didn’t work. But the second prescription seems to be working for me so far. I’m sleeping better and feel more motivated to do things like exercise again (something I’ve typically enjoyed but in the past year or so have not wanted to do). I actually think I’ve lost a little weight. The right drugs to manage your mental health won’t make you feel awful.