Ugh, that's so crappy! I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. Doctors can be really stupid sometimes, considering all those years of school they went through. I'd have told that first doc to shove those antidepressants right up her ass! marijuana is in NO WAY as dangerous as antidepressants, that's just ignorant. Of course, I'm sure the doc gets some kind of kickbacks from the pharma companies for prescribing their meds. Nobody's going to give her a kickback for recommending cannabis, so that just goes to show you what most doctors are really motivated by.

Not helping patients, but making money.

It's funny, my family's doc will pretty much prescribe anything we ask for. I've gone in and said "A friend gave me some klonopin and it really helped me get to sleep" and walked out with a script for klonopin (pretty addictive stuff there).

One thing to always keep in mind is that you're in charge, not the doc. Let them know right from the start that you're not going to be their guinea pig. YOU know what works because it's what you've already been using.