For me its like a kid going to funland lol. Im having the time of my life with my pdoc
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I look forward to them but that’s only cos I want to know for sure what I have. It’s been a friggen 7 years and they still stuck at you may have schizoaffective, or even bipolar … what is it? dammit
But what does it change for the treatment? You need to take in both cases a mood stabilizer right?
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It changes what I am reading and learning and what kind of triggers to look for.
Thinking I had schizophrenia for 7 years didn’t allow me to do that…
Oh really i didnt know. Unfortunate for you. But if im honest i think you are bipolar
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A fair amount of people do fully recover from schizophrenia, and most attain some degree of recovery. What this means is individual, but the numbers are increasing. Hope is a big factor in recovery from sz. When people think sz means they can’t get better, they lose hope and don’t try to get better, and then never do get better.
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Even if I was bipolar I’d want to know what type… rapid? mixed? cos I am trying to learn about it so I can manage it better… i find it confusing all the time to try and figure out what it is i am feeling…
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Recovery is not easy and takes a lot of work… That doesn’t mean I haven’t failed but picking yourself up even to start again… is so important…
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I look forward to it when my meds aren’t working, because I want to tell the pdoc.
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Yes. You need grit, hope, support, and much more. It’s extremely hard.
I understand that you want to get the correct diagnosis. These things do matter.
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My doc sits there staring at a computer screen for most of the session. I don’t know what he is thinking or what he thinks abut me. I’m not even sure he knows I’m there when I go see him. He doesn’t talk very much.
I’d rather have Donald Trump as a therapist than my current doc. Trump would insult me, lie to me, question my U.S. citizenship, drive me over the edge, pick my pocket, and steer me in a dozen wrong directions but at least it would be more interesting and helpful compared to my current doc.
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I am trying to help the poor guy. He seems lonely and I think I am actually his only friend. I think if I got a new psychiatrist it would break my current docs heart and he may never recover. If he didn’t have me, I don’t think he would ever recover.
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Yeah, I’m aware of the tables turning in the doctor’s office.
I’ don’t like my visits to my pdoc. I get very cranky on doctor day.
I like seeing my pdoc but she spends so little time with me.
10 to 15 minutes tops if I’m lucky.
I do like seeing her though, but she knows that there are very few treatment options for me.
It’s basically going to be Risperdal and Depakote for me and that’s it.
No, because sometimes I tell him stuff and he tests how bad it is. Like I told him that I can’t stand people behind me anymore and then he follows me out of the office, down the hall and to the bathroom.
Uhhh depends. Messing with medications makes me nervous.
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