Psychiatrist for second opinion only?

[mermaidcafe.livejournal.com]

A couple weeks ago, I had a really strange reaction to a dosage change in an antidepressant, and I'm still suffering the effects of it. My doctor doesn't know why this happened or how to fix it. I don't know if this is something that a good doctor *should* know how to deal with or if I really am in a peculiar situation and my doctor's doing the right thing.

I'd like to find a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist that will just listen to this particular situation and give a second opinion. I don't want to change doctors unless it turns out that another doctor is better equipped to deal with this situation, so, understandably, I'd rather avoid the intake process with another physician. I don't know if this conflicts with medical ethics or not, but I figured it was worth a try. Does anybody have ideas on how I can run what's happening by another pdoc? Even if somebody here happens to be one or be friends with one, that would be a huge help and for legal purposes, I would realize it's not actually medical advice.

Thanks for any ideas.

(btw--any chance of a mental health tag getting added?)

Comments

[ron_newman]

re the tag: that's probably worth subdividing out. I'll try to work on it later this week.

[mermaidcafe.livejournal.com]

awesome. thanks!

[ron_newman]

And I actually did it, though I forgot to note it here.