[delicatefade26]

Okay so I was diagnosed with something different than we thought I might have by my new pdoc...so the plan was to taper off meds..unless he heard something from my T that would make him change his mind...pdoc left a message for T last Tues or Wed...so I called pdoc today to make sure it was still the plan to stop the meds today...he said yes...then I asked if he talked to T...he said no he hadn't called him back...I'm trying so hard not to be pissed at T...I see him in 3 hours and I don't want to be mad...ugg! Is it normal for Ts to not have the best timing with talking with pdocs!? Or does mine just suck? Blah : (

[roads]

Originally Posted by delicatefade26

unless he heard something from my T that would make him change his mind...(

Maybe pdoc said, "Call me if you don't agree." T did agree so he didn't call.

Maybe?

These people usually structure things so they make the fewest possible phone calls, send the least number of memos possible, etc. They just don't have time to do stuff like we might.

[Perna]

Yes, I agree with roadrunnerbeepbeep. I remember my T having to call someone's psychiatrist and, because they're doctors (the psychiatrist) that makes it harder to get in touch with them; they both, the T and the pdoc have really busy schedules that don't give much time and, of that "extra" time, it rarely overlaps? My T was using the 10 minutes left in an "hour" between clients to do a message swap with someone's pdoc and often I think they have to leave messages and who knows if your T left one and it got lost (or if the original pdoc message was never received).

I would talk to your T, be the go-between since you are the person all this is for/about? Take charge of the communication; tell your T what's going on and what you are doing based on what you know from pdoc and think would be best for yourself and see what T has to say to you.

[delicatefade26]

I would like to think it was the case...but pdoc calls me back so quickly, and even said he left T a message...and said today that T never called him back...and T has a history of being behind on things and forgetting things...its just frustrating and hurtful...but I will talk to him in less than an hour...he might have wanted to see me first before discussing with pdoc...well see I guess...