[Nevvy]

Well I had my intake/intro/whatever you want to call it with the center I am switching to today...

It was a total of 2.5 hours or so, with most of the time being spent talking about -everything- even though I feel pretty terrible right now. They even saw my full diagnosis and such from my old psychiatrist that I brought along. It got to the point where I was talking directly to one of the psychiatrists, and she said "Oh, well don't expect anything within the month, and even then, we still need to find out if you have BP or not before we can treat"

Excuse me?

You want to see if I actually have BP2? Even though I have been receiving treatment that has been working for awhile now....you won't begin to treat me until you figure it out again?

I am at a point right now where I can't go without any sort of care for upwards of a month, and they won't even treat me until they figure things out?

I have my last meeting with my old psychiatrist tomorrow and I am hoping he can fix things....it's a slap in the face to my old Pdoc, and just enrages me that they are making me start from square one. I was almost in tears when she said that I had to go through everything again, she was even hinting at getting me off of the medicine that has been keeping me relatively okay for the past few months.

[gayleggg]

Wow, I don't blame you for being upset. I've never heard of a psychiatrist that wouldn't at least take into count what the previous one had to say. And leaving you without treatment for that long is just ridiculous. I hope they figure things out quickly.

[Crazy Hitch]

Wow that's so crap Nevvy I would have thought they would have found prior information useful ....

Maybe they're still needing to go through a few things and badly phrased their statement?

I don't know.

I'm pretty sure your old pdoc can fill them in the loop somewhat and take it from there.

Let us know how it goes.

Do they not realize that halting your treatment now can throw you into a relapse of symptoms? hell if the treatment was working they are just going to mess you up! I really hate docs like that, that want to do their own investigations and not bother to read a file. medical record exist for a reason. thats like telling someone "oh i'm not going to prescribe you insulin until i know for sure you are diabetic" get the hell out hah

[~Christina]

Ridiculous.. smh

Can you ask your soon to be old pdoc to write you scripts to hold you over until the idiots figure out what they wanna do.

[Nevvy]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

Ridiculous.. smh

Can you ask your soon to be old pdoc to write you scripts to hold you over until the idiots figure out what they wanna do.

I left my old Pdoc with exactly that. I now have about 3 months to hold me over, and I am hoping they figure it out by then.

They didn't even say when they would set up my next appointment for "testing" and to find out the plan they made.

They looked at my file and said that I'm "on a lot of medicine and it should be looked at" which raised a red flag for me, because I think 3 pills that seem to be working is nothing....

My old Pdoc also finds this situation really strange, but we will see where it goes.... He is seeing me without pay a month from now, just to make sure it's okay.

I am really starting to rethink this center thing if they can't trust my old Pdoc and make me do this all over again. I am having a lot of family things going on right now on top of that, so I am not even sure I can handle going through this again right now.... Why mess with something that's working and force me to open old wounds because you can't accept an old diagnosis?

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[Nevvy]

Had my second meeting with my new center, and things seemed to turn around a bit. I very vocally expressed how unhappy I was with them thinking of changing things and they looked at my mood chart since the last time.

It seems that the people I saw that time around didn't know a lot about BP, because the actual Pdoc that I'm assigned to didn't questions my diagnosis at all and treated me like a human.

I received a paper mood tracker now and some advice on how to work on my anxiety. I meet with him again and the nurse next Wednesday.


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I'm so glad for you that that whole situation is starting to go better, Nevvy!! Good luck with next week's appointment, and here's hoping things continue to go in a positive direction.

[Sesiley]

That's great! I need to keep up with my mood charts...gotta get copies

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[~Christina]

Being your own Best Advocate is a great feeling when your finally being heard and you see changes being made

[UncertainIdentity]

I am really glad your second appointment went better. I have a friend with borderline personality disorder and her new therapist immediately questioned the diagnosis, which understandably made her feel very insecure and, in her words, "crazy."

It is irresponsible for any mental health professional to undermine the progress done toward recovery, because it encourages noncompliance. It is a fear I have about switching doctors, as is generally inevitable unless you stay in one place, one job, one insurance plan forever.

That said, it gives me a sense of optimism that your assigned doctor is actually validating you. I am happy for you.