Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Imo it's worth saving up and spending the $150+ for an hour long session with a good psychiatrist. Prepare yourself before the session and communicate your hesitations and bad experiences with past prescriptions. Try to figure out what you want from your meds. A good psych will want you to find the right medication, and if you don't feel that find a different psychiatrist. It sucks that it's so oppresively expensive but it's worth it, and you'll probably only have to see them a few times a year just to check in about what is or isn't working for you. Of course it's always a bit of a gamble to introduce your body to a new med, I've had bad experiences but nothing with lasting damage. It's just important to trust your body and if something doesn't feel right don't do what I did and hate yourself for not being good enough for a particular med and understand that there is a shopping-around process. I am pro med because it worked for me, but YMMV.