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Originally Posted by sunrise
Before you discard this pdoc, could you give him a chance to help you by really being honest with him?
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I called pdoc to schedule an earlier appt (my scheduled one was next month). I told him on his voice mail I wasn't doing well and I thought we need to look at meds. Then I vm'd my T to tell him I did that. T spoke with pdoc before pdoc called me back. Pdoc said "I heard you've hit a little bump in the road" then he laughed like he usually does and I laughed back. I did manage to say "it's way more than a bump." He wanted to just up my rxs over the phone to get me thru the month, but I managed to also tell him I really needed to talk with him about this.
T won't be with us, but I see T first and he can help me figure out what to say
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I don't put a lot of stock in psych testing either. This pdoc had known you for years so didn't need the testing (probably more useful for a practitioner new to you who doesn't have time to get to know you). He probably was trying to save you some money on what he saw as unnecessary testing by not signing off on the tests at first. If other practitioners you go to have been helped by these test results, then great. I'm not seeing how this past incident with testing plays into the issue you have with not being honest with this pdoc? Perhaps it is part of a mental list you are compiling about why you are dissatisfied with this pdoc?
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Well, since pdoc only sees me for 10 min every 4 mos, and T saw me every week, you would think pdoc would take the lead from T. and I was mentioning it as part of a history of issues over the past few years. Pdoc has never read any hospital reports (and there have been quite a few) nor has he spent any time speaking with T's. He is friendly with the one I have now so it's a little different and shows a bit of hope.
again...I really like pdoc, I like his sense of humor and that he laughs easily. I laugh when I am nervous so it doesn't make me feel odd. And I do have a history with him.