Mine is great although I'm feeling kind of ignored right now. (I need meds adjusted, she agreed to do it so I can stay OP, then she disappeared and didn't respond to my phone call asking her to check the email. But I've been so needy for 9 months that I can hardly blame her for not considering every contact from me urgent. I just want some treatment before she is gone for part of next week. But there's also a wait out the numerous changes I've been through since I went to the hospital and she may be trying to encourage that. Dunno).
But I see her for an hour or longer every month and she listens, she cares, she accommodates my views on meds, she tries to find things that will work for me even after I've been on so many things and she calms my fears about running out of meds, over and over. She's willing to talk to my therapist when needed and emails with me as needed between sessions (except for right now and for all I know she wasn't in the office today and didn't get my message). Once when I was in the hospital for Christmas she was the on-call dr. I thought she was going to be so mad at me because I had lied about how suicidal I was and instead she just sat on my bed and held me while I cried. She always does extra; I've had calls on Christmas Eve (she's Jewish but it's still a busy time) to check on me and calls returned late at night. She had to slow down a bit when she had breast cancer a few years ago but even throughout her treatments she was always there and always ready to help. I am so glad I have her.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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