Psychiatric medications are game-changers for many people with moderate to severe mental health symptoms. The experienced professionals at Sunshine Psychiatry in Fort Myers, Florida, offer medication management, a service that ensures you get the right medication and dose to achieve optimal symptom relief. Call the office today or connect online to request an in-person or telepsychiatry appointment, and learn how medication management can help you overcome your mental health disorder and regain a thriving life.
Medication management includes getting prescription medications and having follow-up appointments to monitor your symptoms, ensure you don’t have side effects, and make timely adjustments to your medicine and dosage as needed.
The Sunshine Psychiatry team also considers medications other doctors prescribe and helps you rework your treatment plan.
Psychiatric medications offer significant relief from the symptoms caused by many mental health conditions, including:
The best treatment for most mental health disorders combines medication management with therapy.
During your first consultation, your Sunshine Psychiatry provider reviews your medical and psychiatric history, learns about your symptoms, and completes a psychiatric assessment.
If they determine medication should be part of your treatment, they may ask you to get genetic testing to identify the medicines that will work best for you. After discussing the medication’s potential benefits and side effects, you decide whether you want a prescription.
During each follow-up appointment, your provider reviews your symptoms, evaluates your progress, and asks about any side effects you may have. They also devote time to answering your questions.
Depending on your progress, they may refill the same prescription, change the dosage or medicine, or decide it’s time to taper down your medicine.
You can take two steps to ensure you get the best results from your medication:
Medications need to reach and stay at certain levels in your bloodstream. If you miss one or more doses or take less than prescribed, your symptoms won’t improve.
People often have side effects or discover they can’t cover the cost of their prescription and then quit taking their medication without talking with their provider.
But suddenly stopping your medication is dangerous. You can develop a severe symptom relapse or experience sudden withdrawal symptoms (if you’re taking medicines for substance use disorder).
Always talk with your provider before altering your medication regimen. They can help you find solutions to roadblocks like costs, change your prescription, or gradually reduce the dose to wean you from the medication without causing problems.
Call Sunshine Psychiatry today or connect online to book an in-person or telepsychiatry medication management appointment.