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Originally Posted by luvyrself
——of course therapists work more w the symptoms. I think it’s more important for pdocs to get all parts of the diagnoses right within reason, because of course they prescribe the meds. With the 15 minute sessions I don’t see how they do anything right. I have diagnosed myself all my life until I finally realized I was bp2 mixed. Pdocs don’t like to put labels on you sometimes, because we are so suggestible. Me, I’d rather know, but after they told my girlfriend she was borderline she kept getting hospitalized w suicidal thoughts.
The thing I’m really getting irritated about is that I am having to get ideas about meds changes myself w pdoc only there as a safety net w knowledge of titration up and down, interactions, etc. The 15 minute med check is ridiculous unless your life is smooth sailing. I am reminding myself to ask for a longer session if I think something should be changed. Hugs!
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Hugs! thanks so much!
Indeed luvyrself! It's sad that they kind of shuffle you in and out in fifteen minutes. Like you mentioned they prescribe the meds so they might want to get it right! Sadly, my Schizoaffective diagnosis was while I was on the ward. The doctors stop in for a hot second and then you're diagnosed for life. They really don't have the time to thoroughly talk to each patient in those circumstances.
For instance, my psychiatric nurse just lowered my Latuda to 40 mg. In the hospital they started me on 160mg. I vomited in the hospital and told the nurses. I guess they didn't connect the dots. My old psychiatrist had to lower that to 80 mg because of the side effects.
The side effects got so bad that I mistakenly quit "cold turkey." Thankfully that's when she lowered it to 40 mg. She didn't understand why they started me so high in the first place! Yeah, it can be difficult when you get that label. I've fluctuated. Learning about ptsd has been so liberating. But previous diagnoses just left me depressed.
I couldn't agree more about the meds! I do the same with the pdoc. Like, I never knew I could withdraw from psych meds (I learned the hard way)! I've been on and off of them since I was fifteen, but I only heard about relapse. So, I'm learning to be WAY more involved in my treatment (seems like patients have to put in the leg work). I'm going to try medication management therapy with my pharmacist.