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can a Family Physician prescribe a Psychiatry medicines ?
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Question: I need medicines for ADD/ADHD, i wonder can go to Family Physician for that or should i directly go to Specialists ?
Can a Phycologist prescribe medicines for ADD/ADHD or they are just for behavioral therapy ?
7 Comments
November 13th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
yes! they can perscribe most medicines if they have made a proper diagnosis..in my personal opinon i wouldnt give these ADD drugs to my worst enemy…
November 13th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
GPs don’t generally like to mess with psych meds…it’s not their specialty and they don’t really know much about the diagnoses and all that good stuff to help you out. Of COURSE they can rx anything for you but I would go to a real specialist and if your GP says no, you don’t need to, get a new GP as well as a good shrink. That’s my thought on this issue. Good luck and take care.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Some family physicians specialize in ADHD/ADD and do prescribe the medications but most family physicians have little training in ADHD/ADD so I would be a little leery of getting them to prescribe them.
Your best bet is to look in your phone book for doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists that deal with learning disorders and seek their diagnosis. Psychologists diagnose and handle behavorial therapy but cannot prescribe medications.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
You might be able to…it just depends on how comfortable your family doc is with prescribing psych medications. Some family docs are okay with it, some are not. Just ask your family doctor if he/she can prescribe the medication; if he or she says no, ask for a referral to a psychiatrist. Sometimes family docs aren’t comfortable with prescribing psych meds (especially for something like ADD/ADHD) because they may not have received much psych training. Psychiatrists have had many years of training in psychiatry, so they are experts in the field. Find out with what your family doctor is comfortable with doing.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:01 am
ive been misdiagnosed for depression more than a dozen times by my family doctor and finally he got it right. so go to a psych. dont make the same mistake i did.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:20 am
NO! THEY ALWAYS SEND YOU TO A SYC. FIRST THEN IF ITS JUST LIKE DEPRESSION MEDS OR ADHD MEDS THAN THE SYC WILL GIVE THE FAMILY DOC A LETTER TELLING THE DIAGNOSIS AND THE DOSAGE AND ACTUAL MEDS.
WHY I KNOW THIS…..
November 14th, 2009 at 12:51 am
I had our physician take over my sons ADHD med management. No, a psychologist cannot prescribe any meds, but a psychiatrist can.