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Old Dec 14, 2010, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by robw View Post
I know I'm bipolar. I've researched it, looked at the DSM-IV standards for diagnosing and everything. It's just that my current pdoc is such a d-bag that he doesn't listen to me. I don't even talk to him anymore. I tried once, when I first started seeing him, and he told me I needed to get a psychologist for that.

I mean, aren't psychiatrists supposed to listen to our problems too to be able to give us meds? Anyway, I'm not making that mistake again with the new pdoc. He/She will hear everything I have to say on the first visit and then we'll go from there.
Psychiatrists listen to symptoms, not long stories of problems. Just the way it is. They are usually scheduled with 10 minutes per patient, sometimes even less.