If anyone is out there reading this, I’d sure appreciate some advice on switching psychiatrists. I’m in the process of doing that right now thanks to my current doctor leaving my insurance provider. He’s not making it easy, saying “So you’re going to kill me,” when I said that I needed to switch to a doctor who’s in my network. Feelings of guilt over leaving mixed with a real liking for this doctor, with whom I’ve been for a little over a year now. He pulled me out of a crisis of manic depression and I don’t want to leave him, but my checking account demands it.

So, other than just severing the ties, how do you go about switching doctors with as little pain as possible?