I see my pdoc every 1-2 months. It's because we're trying out different medications right now... but at one point, I would see him every 2 weeks! (That's when I was totally unstable.)

Hopefully I'll get to a point where we only see each other every 6 months... but I heard that my counseling office requires you to check in every 2-3 months, so we'll see.

I see my T every 2 weeks, but I'm thinking about changing to once a month. I feel like 2 weeks is too often.

[gina_re]

Right now I see my T every two weeks. I got a lot of junk in my I need to clean out..
I am in constant contact with my pdoc primarily through email and go into the office approximately every three months.

[Shadesofdark]

I see my pdoc once a month, I see my T every two weeks.

[Miss Laura]

I see my Psychiatrist every 3-4 months and my CPN (kinda like a T) once a month for 30 mins

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[seoultous]

I see my psychiatrist once every 6-8 weeks. I am stable but we discuss increasing, adding or deleting medication depending upon the time of year since I also have SAD. I see my t every 2 weeks. I could probably switch to once a month but I choose to do every 2 weeks because I still get something out of it each time I go. When a crisis comes up I schedule once a week.

It sounds like you are doing well if you are thinking of extending your time between visits. I am happy for you.

Originally Posted by gina_re

Right now I see my T every two weeks. I got a lot of junk in my I need to clean out..
I am in constant contact with my pdoc primarily through email and go into the office approximately every three months.

That's nice your pdoc lets you email him/her. Do you get charged for the emails, or is it free?

My counseling office charges for everything

Originally Posted by seoultous

I see my psychiatrist once every 6-8 weeks. I am stable but we discuss increasing, adding or deleting medication depending upon the time of year since I also have SAD. I see my t every 2 weeks. I could probably switch to once a month but I choose to do every 2 weeks because I still get something out of it each time I go. When a crisis comes up I schedule once a week.

It sounds like you are doing well if you are thinking of extending your time between visits. I am happy for you.

Yeah, I'm doing well these days, although I just came out of a dysphoric mania episode. There's not much I could do about it though... but thankfully it only lasted a week. (I think Latuda has lessened the duration of my episodes.) We're working on titrating up on Lamcital.

What medication changes do you make for SAD? I'm curious. Is there a certain medication you take that worsens your SAD?

[Ocean Swimmer]

This time it will be six months.
Doesn't matter. She. Sees me only for the time it takes her to write scripts.
When I'm stateside, I go to my weekly DBSA support group.

[HALLIEBETH87]

T weekly and pdoc every two weeks right now

[Espurr1989]

I don't have a pdoc, just a nurse practitioner. I go to her whenever I'm out of refills on my meds.

The last time I was to a T was probably around July 2014. She seemed to think I was fine, so she let me go. She's the one that gave me (confirmed) a diagnosis early on in the sessions and then at the last session she said I don't know what you are, I'm not a very good diagnostician. After that, I was just fed up and didn't seek any other help.

Sometimes I wonder if I should be more aggressive about treatment, but life hasn't fallen apart without it. When symptoms start interfering with life, maybe I'll do more. Which might be a bad idea because by then I might not have the wherewithal to choose good qualified provider and end up in a similar situation.

Right now my reasons for not going are I'm too lazy to go do anything that's not necessary and since there doesn't seem to be a lot of openings in mental health offices around here, I justify it by saying that there are people out there who need the appointments a lot more than I do. Also I don't want to get dependant on med changes and all the crazy side effects that go along with that. When something happens that I need help with, I just come here.

I see my T every week and my pdoc every other week. The week I don't see him I have a check-in on the phone, but I'm thinking of quitting those check-ins. They are not terribly useful to me.

[gina_re]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

That's nice your pdoc lets you email him/her. Do you get charged for the emails, or is it free?

My counseling office charges for everything

It's free! So it's pretty much a life savor. She's so hard to get an appointment with to begin with. My previous pdoc would have me come into the office for most med changes and/or issues. And $$$ adds up!

[Victoria'smom]

T use to be weekly and pdoc use to be every 6 wks.

[violetgreen]

For T, just changed from weekly, to every 3 weeks. For Pdoc, just changed from every 2 - 4 weeks, to every 6 weeks. I'm coping better, and am more balanced.

[lilypup]

pdoc...was every two weeks...now once/month
T 1-2 times per week

[Wander]

I see my pdoc monthly and T weekly as I am still quite unstable and need the support.

[Blue_Bird]

I see my pdoc once a month since I'm on a monthly injection. Just recently moved here and am still getting set up with a social worker/therapist. I'm also starting a day treatment program which meets at least 3 days a week and has various groups.

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