Dear BAlive,

if your prescribing doctor isn't a psychiatrist you do need one to help you here.

and if he is a psychiatrist, i strongly encourage you to get a second opinion, from another psychiatrist.

Trileptal should be weaned, yes, but 600mg a day as you were on, is not a high dose so there wasn't a huge risk there. i don't know if tapering from that dose was necessary or not. just saying your doctor may not be completely incompetent in that sense. and, he is at least consistent - Lexapro + Klonopin are adequate for treating anxiety. BUT...

in light of your history, your description of your experiences in general, and your reaction to lexapro, i am VERY concerned that he wants you to continue Lexapro! it is upsetting that he does not want to at least give you the screening questionnaire for ADHD. your assessment in that regard does make a lot of sense to me.

as Kay says though, it is difficult to self-diagnose. but yes, definitely another doctor - a psychiatrist - is in order here.

please keep checking in with us! (it doesn't matter if you're not bipolar... we aren't terribly nitpicky... some of our members aren't bipolar.)

~ waves ~