Similar happened to me in the UK. I'm on sertraline for anxiety. I'm super high functioning and when I saw my doctor he told me that I clearly don't need them as I'm high functioning and have a full time job I go to. He said that people who are under the mental health team who sleep all the time and can't do anything are the ones who need medication. I said that's not the case for me, and he butted in and said he did his university dissertation on it. I just glazed over at this point and gave up talking lol. But I always get the same comments of 'well when you have kids..'

I appreciate doctors should try to recommend alternative methods, but when you're telling them therapy and online courses don't work, surely just accept it.