[ickydog2006]

When I first started getting treatment, my doctors cared about suicide and depression, but very little about the anxiety. Eventually they got around to the anxiety but it took a long time, and I felt like the anxiety played a huge part in my depression.
Now I'm depressed but opened up to doctors about my hallucinations. After being in the psych ward for 2 weeks due to a delusion, it seems like everything turned into being about the hallucinations and nothing about the depression.
I've been feeling really depressed lately, and I don't want to live, but with the hallucinations now controlled, it seems like they could care less about the depression.
I have a meeting with a psychiatrist in about a week. Do you think they will address the depression?

A good pdoc will address the symptoms that are bothering you, but it's been my experience that they focus on the psychotic stuff more. I'm really depressed at the moment too so I know how much it sucks The depression could be caused by too much sedation from anti-psychotics, post-psychosis depression, or something else, so I hope that they will look into this for you.

All the best,

*Willow*

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by ickydog2006

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I've been feeling really depressed lately, and I don't want to live, but with the hallucinations now controlled, it seems like they could care less about the depression.
I have a meeting with a psychiatrist in about a week. Do you think they will address the depression?

ickydog
They really should! Please please please make it very clear to them how much you need help with depression, and get them to give you a detailed plan on how they plan to help you treat the whole picture - you as a whole person - both now and in the longer term?

I really hope you get relief from your frustration and suffering soon.

TS

[justmeandmyhead]

Have you told/asked them about helping with the depression? Sometimes people (and i know i do) assume that they can almost read our minds and know everything that's wrong but really we have to tell them everything and how they can help us

[newtus]

only thing my pdocs really cared about after igot dxd wiyh psychotic disorders were the voices. i HAD a good one that asked about my delusions too. and all this. they dont see to care about my depression at all. my anxiety not too much either.

n e way for me its all about voices. :/ :/ :/

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[Gr3tta]

A lot of psychiatric treatment starts off as crisis intervention, and doctors get focused on the crisis alone- suicide prevention, delusion containment, reduction of voices, etc. Once the crisis is averted, they may have to be redirected by you to the issues that need dealt with in order to prevent another crisis.
Its a shame they don't always do this on their own, but I have to figure that I am ultimately the one most responsible for my own care.

[faerie_moon_x]

I have no idea but it seems like doctors should focus on the whole picture and not just a part of it. Since I have very little experience with treatment I have no advice, but I know depression sucks so I hope you are away from it soon.