Do you feel you can be honest about your symptoms, but assure him you are not going to do anything over the holidays (that is, if you can make that assurance)? To be honest, it might not have anything to do with whether or not he can handle your symptoms so much as whether or not it would help you to get your meds sorted out more quickly by going IP. I know you've been struggling with this a lot the past few months. You've got to be exhausted by all of it.

I'm concerned from another thread of yours that your pdoc is not seeing you for another 2 months. Could your therapist get that moved up if you tell him what's going on and that you want to stay out of the hospital?