I think it’s fair to say that most of us are not 100% with our pdocs on every level.
I think most pdocs 100% know that.
Do you think they account for that in their prescribing and treatment?
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Do you mean that our pdocs don’t really understand what we’re going through?
No.
I mean they do understand.
They understand so much that they know we’re holding back a little.
Does that make sense?
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My PDoc seems to know that if he tries to push me too far with medicating that I’ll get upset.
But I think that’s unusual? I’ve had pdocs in hospitals that couldn’t give a ■■■■
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I like my doctor. He’s a very nice fellow and got me on the right medications and levels and kept them there, no fiddling. He is of Indian heritage and found out that I always wanted a set of tablas (Indian drums) and he happened to have a set and gave them to me.
We only talk once every 3-4 months on the phone but seems to be all we need.
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My pdoc once told me she knew I wasn’t telling her everything because I didn’t want to go to the hospital so she must have known I wasn’t being completely forthcoming. Sometimes voices make it hard to be completely forthcoming. So I think you are correct about drs knowing we hold back. @Charles_Foster
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I visit my pdoc every ~6 months. Sometimes we do it only by phone…
I am happy she’s in my life.
I wouldnt say I agree with her always and 100%, but she found the meds for me which in real saves my life.
She was never hurrying with diagnoses or smth.
She is really polite and helps me at those moments when I am completely lost.
Ofc there were several misunderstandings - but I believe the fact that I am working with her from 2017 is a big clue on how much she helped me. 
I think my pdoc was a little put off by me because I talked so much about how my dad had harmed me, and he was paying for my stay in the mental hospital out of his own pocket. That’s understandable, but we were in therapy. We were supposed to discuss our issues in therapy. I didn’t go around saying that in the mental hospital. I picked up on my pdoc’s negativity towards me, and I disliked him. There was some mutual recrimination there. I should have asked to see a different pdoc. We got nowhere in therapy. I talked about the same thing every time because I didn’t know what to talk about. Different pdoc’s relate better to different patients.
I changed a lot of pdocs so It’s all about finding the right one. Not all pdocs are the same
My pdoc downplays what I tell her quite a bit actually.
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