Posted by Dinah on October 30, 2002, at 17:39:44
In reply to Re: How honest should I be with my pdoc? » Dinah, posted by judy1 on October 29, 2002, at 20:11:45
Well, I'm completely private pay on psychiatrists (I didn't want to go through certification process), so it's entirely my pdoc's choice to have 5-10 minute meds checks every few months. And I'm really ok with it.
Except of course that you're right about having someone monitoring my moods from the outside. I am a lousy judge of how my moods have been over an extended period. I only know what I feel now.
But I'm really afraid to have therapist talk to current pdoc. Prior pdoc conferred with therapist regularly, and therapist conveyed some impressions of me that led me to be labelled as schizotypal personality disorder by the pdoc fairly early in treatment. Pdoc didn't have a hint of discretion and casually told me that I was personality disordered and really couldn't expect too much in the way of a range of emotions or being able to relate to others. Therapist was furious with pdoc for letting me in on the secret personality disorder diagnosis, but pretty much confirmed that he was in on it.
It disrupted therapy for at least a year, and I don't want to be hurt like that again.
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