Can I switch psychiatrists without starting over?

Yes. Bring your medication history, even just the list from your pharmacy app, and a good new psychiatrist picks up the thread instead of unraveling it. You don't owe your old prescriber a breakup conversation; a signed release moves your records, and that's the whole ceremony.

What we recheck at a first visit is whether the diagnosis holds and whether the current plan is actually working, not whether you're "allowed" to be on what you're on. If your prescriber retired or your app shut down, book quickly; the medication gap is the thing to avoid, not the awkwardness.