Do You Tell Your Doctor/Therapist Everything?

the last time I did I got put in the nut house.

so now I parse my words or just tell them what they want to hear.

Complete honesty is a double-edged sword.

Well the statement above is no longer true I just got out of the. Psych ward for ptsd and I had valium in my tox screen. My pdoc said bc I wasn't honest he would no longer write me scripts for adderall. So, I came clean and told him my primary care Dr will write me lots of scripts for addictive meds. He called my Dr and told him I was an addict and could no longer take those meds. My Dr's office left 4 messages on my cell when I was inpatient!!! I didn't call them back and never want to see him again. I know I'm partially responsible but dang he wrote scripts for 90 percocets 10/325 mgs since about 2006. Sounds like a pill mill imo.

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I was on the fence, about how to answer this poll, until I read LizardLady's reply.
It's impossible, to get into every little detail of my life, with either my pdoc or T, yet, at least, with my pdoc, where talk of anger, sui thoughts, cutting thoughts, and all else similar, I am very honest with him. Rarely, have I mentioned anything about having such thoughts, because rarely have I had them in many years. Yet, there was one time, I mentioned I was taken by surprise over some fleeting thoughts. That along with a couple other things, pulled me off SSRI's, when I went back on a second time.

So, after writing this reply, I answered in my own mind, why on the fence about how to answer. Am I honest with my T and Pdoc? YES. Do I tell them everything? No, because that seems unrealistic to be capable of, at least for me.

Didn't go to the hospital for it, either. It was passing. At the time, with all that was transpiring, touched upon why it was occurring, and that was that.

I see them, as there, to help, not police me. I've expressed, deep anger thoughts with my PDoc. Still no hospital there.

There was NO WAY IN HELL I was telling my last therapist everything, which is part of the reason why I am currently in the process of getting a new one. When I first met her I had every intention of doing so but with time I saw her true colors. I grew to dislike her style, and looking back I almost regret staying with her for as long as I did. At the time I felt I was doing something good for me, but I see how it was now. That aside, I did have a good relationship with my doctor but it was better than the one I had with her (!). Me leaving was inevitable, but I now know what to look for in my next therapist. Even with a new therapist though...I'm still not sure I would say everything. Would most likely depend on the subject, because with me my symptoms tell all.

Nope not everything only what pertains to my feelings that day


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I've had some quaks for therapists. One told me my marriage was going down the tubes, when I told another I wanted to lose weight she talked about her own struggle and she weights like 50lbs less. When I quit going I had to call for my records - she asked how I was and as soon as I mentioned seroquel she talked about weight gain. I had a very scary one who told me I needed to be hypnotized bc I blacked out trauma from ptsd!!!

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Not when it will get me sent to the psych ward. I figure I'll work that out on my own one way or the other.

I have always been honest with my docs. However, the last times I was in inpatient care, the docs had the nerve to tell me I was faking. Really? I absolutely was not. It destroyed my faith in the medical profession. I lost hope and my trust. I was always dismissed way too early and that caused even more damage. I sought out help because I knew I needed it. Being dismissed is one of the most damaging things I think a doctor can do to a patient.
I even had a doctor tell me he would not stop me if I want to kill myself. He then proceeded to give me the 'gift' of a few days inpatient, where I was treated like a non-human.....I came to them for help! I was tossed out on the streets with no income to even continue with outpatient care at the time nor money to keep up with meds. It was a complete disaster. An utter disgrace.