Oh no, I just typed a long response and poof, it disappeared.

Anyway, thank you to all of you who responded. My new n/p mentioned that it wasn't absolutely necessary to have the records, but also said we could get them. I filled out so much paperwork that I don't remember if there was a release in there. It doesn't help that my memory gets fuzzy when I'm anxious, which has been the case for pretty much the entire year.

Today I will call the old n/p's office and ask if there's been a request for them, and if they haven't sent them out, I will tell them not to. It will probably look suspicious, huh? Tonight an additional thought came to mind that scares me, and that's the fact that the new n/p is a co-worker of my mom's. Over the years, I have told my old n/p a lot about my family, much of which wasn't favorable. I have had periods where I've been so angry and much of what I said about my family was unfair.

I know the new n/p is bound by HIPAA to not say anything, but privately she may form an unfavorable opinion of my mother which would be undeserved. I would feel awful about that.

HIPAA's site states that you can have a copy of the records, but not the psych's personal notes, but of course the notes are mixed in with the records, making it impossible to get them.

Oh the stories I could tell you guys about the old n/p pulling ideas and theories out of her rear that made no sense and she wouldn't listen to me when I told her it wasn't the case. I figure that over seven years, she spent a total of perhaps 30-35 hours with me. How could you possibly know everything about me or how my brain works in that time? It wasn't even therapy! She would throw out some decent advice from time to time, but most of it was medication management.

Please keep your fingers crossed that the records weren't transferred.