Posted by Jazzed on May 19, 2005, at 9:07:47
In reply to Re: T is sending me to a shrink » thewrite1, posted by Daisym on May 18, 2005, at 19:07:57
> Ouch! That was my reaction too...complete melt down around being too much for him, too hard, etc. etc. I felt like he wanted me to stop talking about all the sad things. Especially suicide.
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> Mostly I think he wanted me to not be in such tremendous distress between sessions. And that makes sense on some level. I *do* need to work and take care of my kids and clean house.
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My therapist also coached me some on what I "had" to tell her and what I could "choose" to tell her. He was worried that I come off so together that she would dismiss most of what I was complaining about. ...Hi Daisy,
Oh, I'm sure the T was just doing it for the benefit the meds would bring to the equation.
But I'm sure the "sad things" might be key to needing meds. Great that you have such high energy, can I borrow some? You know, having ADD myself, and going on meds, the way I look at it is that I'm "tweaking" my brain. Some chemical is obviously low or missing, so we're working on finding out what that is and replacing it. I always wondered why doctors didn't automatically replace the hormones we lose as we get older. I mean, if losing your natural thyroid hormone causes physical and emotional decline, they why not replace it? (or estrogen, or testosterone, or whatever) Seems to make sense to me. I think there's just more stigma with the brain chemicals.I was curious, what kinds of things wouldn't you want to tell your p-doc? I wonder because I don't know how much to reveal and how much to keep to myself. He isn't there to do therapy, so do I tell him stuff? But, if I don't tell him stuff, how's he supposed to know me enough to treat me? I've said before about my p-doc, he doesn't miss a beat anyway, but I still don't know how much to reveal.
Sorry if I rambled.
Jazzed
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