Posted by JenniferB on December 20, 2002, at 17:08:06
Hi. :) I have inattentive ADD and recurring situational depression, anxiety, and OCD symptoms. I recently got in a disagreement with my psychiatrist about a missed appointment fee, so I was kind of surly, uncommunicative, and obnoxious. He responded in kind, and I said I'd have to start seeing someone else. At that point he said I should know he'd been thinking of changing my diagnosis from ADD (which had actually come from a different [excellent] doctor in my former town), to some sort of psychotic disorder (he wasn't clear about what, exactly). Well, this naturally upset me (as it was dead wrong), so I started crying and seemed, I'm sure, even more out-of-control. When I read more about psychotic disorders later this afternon (the appointment was this morning), I became even more convinced of his total misjudgment.
I've made an appointment with a doctor who is very experienced with treating adult ADD, but now I'm concerned that the other "psychotic" diagnosis will follow me and affect the new doctor's opinion. Any suggestions of what I can/should do?
poster:JenniferB
thread:132659
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