Posted by Dinah on December 17, 2004, at 6:12:50
In reply to I'm not doing well, posted by daisym on December 17, 2004, at 1:47:17
Daisy, I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I think you should give your therapist's idea some consideration. You don't have to take it long term if you don't want, and there are many different options. But medication can give you a safety net so that you don't fall too far. It doesn't need to silence any part of you. It just helps you not feel so bad.
You can be honest about what you do and don't want from a medication, and find a pdoc that will work with you and honor that as mine does.
You can be really vague about anything you don't want to discuss and firmly direct your pdoc to your therapist (once you sign a release) if they insist on more information. Other than the pdoc from h*ll, mine have never seemed to want specific information about psychological matters anyway. They're more interested in the degree of distress I feel, and what specific sort of distress it is - anxiety, despair, or whatever fits - so that they can tailor my medication plan to that.
If you would like to i.m. me, inner self to inner self, please feel free. I understand the fears, but I also have learned that they aren't necessarily true if you remain careful about meds.
It's ok to step back, if you can, for a little while to regroup. Can you do some bonding sessions?
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