I have done it many many times. For some reason I minimize things that are bad. I will make sure I am showered and shaved and dressed good for the appointment when I haven't showered in over a week. He will say "your looking really good" when I am not good. Then I can't really remember how I was a week or so ago or I forget what I really wanted to say. It ends up with the Pdoc getting a false impression of how things are. Sometimes we might have a good reason to lie but they can't help us unless they know the truth.
The way I solved this was to keep a daily mood log. At the end of each day I type out how the day was, what was my mood, what did I do, etc. etc.
Then on the day of the appointment I print it, bring it in and let him read it. The log doesn't lie. He gets the true picture this way and it keeps my records much more accurate.
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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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