especially with treatments for depression, where the state of the art is essentially "keep trying different drugs until one seems to work", it can be a fine lin

especially with treatments for depression, where the state of the art is essentially "keep trying different drugs until one seems to work", it can be a fine line. the psychiatrist knows much more about the drugs than you do, but that doesn't give them much advantage in actually predicting which, if any, will work for you. at the end of the day, you go to psychiatrists to access pharmaceutical treatments for mental health issues. if the one you pick doesn't prescribe something that solves your problem, it's rational to either try another one or stop seeing psychiatrists.