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Old Aug 30, 2006, 08:07 PM
Anonymous29319
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If I was you I would be signing release forms and setting up a meeting with both therapist and psychiatrist attending at the same time specifically for discussing your treatment options. By doing it this was all sides can hear all sides at the same time so that there is no he said she said confusions and you don't end up being pulled in two different directions. The purpose of having both a therapist and psychiatrist is so that the psychiatrist and therapists can BOTH help you with medication options and therapy options at the same time. They can only do this well if they have the same information of symptoms and problems and have contact with each other so that they are not contradicting each others treatment plans.

Another avenue that has worked out very well for me is that I don't see a psychiatrist unless I am undergoing comprehensive psychological evaluation testing and updating. My family physician prescribes my medication needs when needed and both him and my therapist have a release form signed and actice so that they both can contact eachother at any point to talk about me and my treatment programs.