I have been seeing Dr. Fogelman for a couple of years now, and after my last visit a few weeks ago I realized just how bad the situation I?m in really is. I started seeing him for pretty much situational depression and anxiety from a bad break up. I was put on four different medications, one of which(Klonopin) I had no idea how stong of a medication it was until I did some research on it. I was taking 3mg and tapered off now to 1mg without sight effect but, now I am starting to experience them-irritability, fuzzy brain, severe insomnia and I'm sure many more to come. I wish someone had told me sooner how awful this medication is to get off of. Dr. Fogleman didn't seem to think I would have any problem getting off of it and suggested a tapering off method that would only take 12 days! What a joke! What I'm still taking right now is equivalent to 20mg of Valium! Just reading different peoples experience of getting off of this horrible drug, I can now look forward to 6 months-2 years to finally get back to normal. Klonopin isn?t supposed to be taken for a long period of time because it is a extremely addictive benzo. After telling Fogleman that I wanted to get off Klonopin he was fine with it and gave me his tapering off plan, and then proceeded to tell me that he thinks I am bipolar and wants to put me on lithium and that he is ?just trying to help me?. I couldn?t believe what I was hearing, so let me get this straight. I want to get off one medication and you want to just add another one to take its place? Taking four different medications for depression and anxiety is NOT NORMAL and horrible for your mind and body. I know this is a lot of information to read but I just want to tell people my whole story. A year after seeing him I also started loosing weight. I got down to 92lbs when my normal weight was 110lbs. I knew it was because of the medication I was on because I had never had issues with my weight before. I told Fogelman how upset I was, and even cried at one point asking for help because loosing that much weight scared me. All I basically got were some questions about me possibly having an eating disorder. Don?t you think if I really had an eating disorder that I wouldn?t be upset about losing so much weight? Ridiculous. So after getting no help or support I decided to take things into my own hands, and decided to get off one of my medications- wellbutrin and guess what happened? Within a week I gained 5lbs! Hmm imagine that, I was losing weight because of a stupid medication he put me on. Researching wellbutrin later I found out that it does usually causes weight loss or a decrease in appetite. I swear I am a better psychiatrist than he is! I think that the people who said that all the bad reviews for him were just because he wasn?t giving people the ?pills? they wanted is totally absurd. I?m giving a bad review because I want to get off the unnecessary medications he put me on, not trying to get on a certain one. Stop assuming things ab
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