dear Flagpole, you seem as though it's been tough through your three pregnancies and the other problems which could be PND plus other hardships. I don't know of any psychiatrists in Albany as I am from country Melbourne, try and check 'get support' from the top or google for psych. in your area, not much help I know.
Sometimes it makes me wonder about what some doctors know of these medications, and unless they have been on them their self, they can only go by what the information tells them by the drug companies or what the internet tells them. If you feeling unsafe I can't understand why the doctor would want to double this medication. Antidepressants should be given to a person in a small dosage so that your body can adjust to it, and if any bad side effects occur then they would stop that medication and then try another one. I can't understand the logic of them saying 'take a day off drug x and then double the dosage, or then try drug Y, this isn't a game, this is serious.
I really hoped that you can find a psychiatrist, and maybe change your doctor if need be, someone with whom you have heard about who is good, just food for thought. Let us know how you keep on. Love Geoff x
