Do you trust your dr?

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I don’t trust my dr. I hate talking to her. She is not on my side. What can be done? Do you trust your dr? Is this paranoia?

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You have to make the choice to trust them. At the end of the day, the Dr only wants that you are medicated and that society doesn’t have to deal with negative impact - so in the long term, the Dr wants you to be healthy otherwise it won’t look good on their part and they could lose their licence to practice!

I trust my dr, even if i don’t like him, i trust him because he knows medication in a way that I don’t

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I trust that my doctor is trying to do the right thing for me. I do not , however, believe that an attempt to do the right thing for me, is necessarily always the equivalent of doing the right thing for me. Which is why I sometimes don’t listen.

I can give a couple examples of this. She sent to the lab an order for an HIV test that was going to cost me 800 dollars out of pocket.

Another example is the Ozempic stuff. She has been trying to push Ozempic on me and increase doses for a long time. Says it has benefits. Such as protecting kidneys and such. But it was a major contributer to make me sick and miserable.

So, I like to leave options open when listening to her advice. I usually comply, but not always.

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I trust my pdoc. She’s very professional.

Don’t expect her to cure me though.
Just to manage symptoms.

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YOu said Dr and not pdoc or psychiatrist, so thats what my answer was based on. If you meant psychiatrist, yes, my pdoc usually lets me try whatever I want within reason. She will fight me if I try to get off meds, as has happened before, however.

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I trust my primary care provider but I don’t trust my pdoc. I just don’t think he knows what he’s doing, especially after this latest time when he didn’t tell me what to expect physically and psychiatrically when coming off the clozapine. And a few months ago he told me not to go to the hospital if I feel suicidal but to work it out with my therapist…whereas my therapist flat out said that, with my history of impulsive serious suicide attempts, I should go to the H. So now I’m confused about what I should do and when…

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I trust my doctor more than I trust myself. I’m the doof who nearly killed himself by adding the wrong supplement to his stack. Better for me to let my doctor call the shots.

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I’m currently transitioning to a new doctor so no.

Edit:my doctor clinic created a insurance nightmare for me due to not using proper text id, at least that what the insurance person on the phone said and now the billing department is ghosting me from the clinic.

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I trust my mental health team but I’m hard headed… I need to listen to them :grin:

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I like very much that the doctors believe what I say, not having to prove anything, and want they to help me.

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Not seen the GP in ages. If your talking about psychiatrists, mine changes every 6 months, where you have to re explain your bloody symptoms again.

Got better lately tho - cos i have a dedicated nurse with mobile number, thats trained in psychosis. Shes Awesome.

Its almost a battle sometimes - to get your voice heard. But they are listening to me at the moment.

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My doctor seems intelligent. Doens’t talk much and there seems to be a shortage of good doctors. He makes like $1000 for a 4 minute phone appointment.

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I trust my GP who is relatively open minded and easy to communicate with. The pdocs over here are VERY orthodox. I don’t see myself getting along with them, they don’t want to see me anyways. If I need anything from them my GP will mediate.

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