Oh my! That would seem a shocking first impression of her! Here are some of mine, as briefly as possible, not in the order I saw them:
1. "Adulation Psychologist" - This guy was freaky in the amount of compliments he gave me, and the types. Just in one particular session I counted 6, and I'm embarrassed to list some. Lesser ones would be "You have the most beautiful shoes I've ever seen in the world!" Or, "Your sweater looks so luxuriously soft. Can I please stroke it?" Super creepy! I eventually asked him to curb it and if he did the same to his other clients. I forget his exact response, but it was basically that he only compliments if they are true ones from his heart. I ended up quitting him after that particular session.
2. "Animal Lady" - Therapy with her lasted only one session. It was in her house. As I sat there, as many as four cats and three dogs were on my lap, smelling my legs, and running around the room.
3. "Previously suspended for sleeping with a client" - I didn't know that initially. Hubby found it mentioned online after I told him that tdoc seemed overly concerned with my sex life. That's all he wanted to talk about, when he wasn't answering the phone or texts or eating Reese's Pieces from a large gumball machine on his desk, during the session. No coins needed, but he still turned it for portions.
4. "She scares me"! - That's what she told my psychiatrist (in a call) after "suspending me" for being scary manic and telling me I couldn't return until my psychiatrist deemed me safe enough to be around. This all surprised my psychiatrist. Yes, I was manic, but scary? Boo! In any case, when I returned she said she would only see me once per month instead of once per week. I got the message and found some other tdoc.
5. Others? I once saw a tdoc whose office was a near hoard. She had file folders piled on her desk nearly two feet high. All she did was laugh at my jokes. When I'm nervous, I sometimes enter comedienne mode. Another tdoc just stared at me like a deer in the headlights. Another always locked the door and stared at me in a very creepy way. Then there was a tdoc who always gave me the "stink eye" and yelled at me. Another tdoc (one in an IOP) would issue "punishments" for me and call me multiple times per night when I was home, making me feel harassed. I ended up requesting another IOP therapist.
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Dx: Bipolar type 1
Psych Medications:
* Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg
* Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg
* Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg
I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia.
Last edited by Soupe du jour; Apr 20, 2022 at 04:39 PM.
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