The wait time to see a psychiatrist is usually more than 18 months. GP’s are prescribing with little knowledge. It is rare to see the same dr more than once or twice. Physician’s assistants renew bad prescriptions. Patients have little or no choice about what specialists, or which specialist they are referred to.

Hi there. Well, the original psychiatrist moved on over 20 years ago. I had just been on a maintenance dose of only 75 mg for years, and then I slowly went down to 37.5 under the observation of my current GP at the time. It was under this GP as well as a acupuncturist that I decided to go off altogether, albeit VERY slowly.

During this time, life got intense. (My dad got sick and passed away). Here’s something else... I went on a spinny ride at a carnival. When the ride stopped I couldn’t get off. I was dizzy for several days! Then it went away. And about a year later here I am with dizziness.

I have too many extenuating circumstances to know what, exactly, is the reason for my dizziness. My PT says it’s PPPD and I agree in part. I also may have one of those crystals AND I definitely have vestibular nerve damage.

Honestly, I chalk most of this up to the extreme stress me and my family have been under. Slowly I am handling the dizziness, however I’m am concerned since the ENT and the PT say I should be better by now.

The fact that I am slowly getting better is encouraging. It’s no fun seeing doctor after doctor while trying to have a life. And most times folks get better whether or not they see a doc. 🙂