I recently moved and have now seen new-t three times. I very awkwardly broached the What To Do In A Crisis topic by saying, "um, pdoc told me that if I feel out-of-control-can't-stand-it awful, I have to go to the emergency room... but in the past I had the option to call former-t when things were really awful like that... so... what should I do when things are bad?" And she immediately said, "you should call me" and started opening drawers and things to find something to write on. As she was looking, I said, "thank you. I only ever called former-t twice in two years, and never in the middle of the night or anything." As she was writing her cell number on the back of her business card she looked up and smiled and said, "yes, God forbid you inconvenience anyone!" And that made me feel good.

However. Things are really very bad right now... but I am not in immediate right-this-second danger so I just can't bring myself to call her. And if the badness were to escalate I think I might just walk to the hospital rather than bothering her this late. (It's ~10:20pm where I am.)

How have y'all handled this kind of thing? What made you decide to call a new T the first time you did it?