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Old Jan 02, 2017, 04:21 PM
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Hello franz kafka: Well... I understand your concern here. I'm no longer on psych med's. But I do still have a pdoc I see periodically. Mine is pretty dismissive in general. He sees me for about 10 minutes or so, asks me how I'm doing, suggests a couple of med's I could take (which I always decline) & I'm out the door. Really all he's interested in is if there's a med he can prescribe for some problem I'm having. That's it. There's a lot I don't tell him about. And, in fact, I really couldn't even if I wanted to because... how much can you get into in 10 minutes?

So, anyway, assuming your pdoc is like mine (& it sounds as though he is) I'd have to say telling him about your "chatter" is probably only likely to result in exactly what you fear... dismissiveness. The only reason I would mention something like that to my pdoc was if I wanted him to prescribe a med for that particular concern, which he would do. Personally, I would probably be more likely, at least at first, to talk something like that over with my therapist (if I had one... I don't.) And then, if it seemed to make sense, I'd bring it up to my pdoc. But, of course, you know how much this problem is bothering you. If it's really a problem, then perhaps it's worth the risk to mention it to your pdoc. Either way... good luck with it...
Thanks for this!
franz kafka, gina_re