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Old Jan 07, 2020, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sophiebunny View Post
It's always better to give your psychiatrist more information than less. He's in the best position to explore with you whether your belief is a delusion or an actually possible event. Having a delusion isn't necessarily a one way ticket to in-patient treatment. There are a wide range of treatments you and him can discuss. You can't have the discussion, however, if you don't tell him.
You make a great point, one that I agree with generally. I'm just hesitant since this is our first meeting and I'm afraid he'll overreact.

I guess I'm also nervous about giving my ECT doc the whole picture because she'll want to go back to weekly treatments. Not a good time for that.
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