Common problem. I always tend to minimize how bad I am doing. I think others expect that i should be doing better and I don't want to disappoint them.
The way I solved this was to keep a mood log everyday. I date it and write down how I am doing each day and all my symptoms. And whatever else is going on that I want to share. then I just hand it to my pdoc or T and they read it. It doesn't lie and I don't have to try to remember all the things I thought of I wanted to talk about. You don't have to share all your secrets at once. Just share what you can. Of course total honesty is the best way for them to help you.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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