Hi everyone I’m kinda new but just wanted to say thank you so much for a warm welcome
I feel completely at home finally with people like myself. It’s not so lonesome now.
I have schizophrenia and just been diagnosed about 6 months or so ago. I’m pretty paranoid about just about everything.
I got a new pdoc and went to see him my first time last week and just wondering if I can be completely honest with him
I guess my real question is
Can a pdoc send me away or admit me to a hospital against my will ?
I want to be completely honest with him but I’m scared if I do he will send me somewhere
Would like some insight on it if you have time some time thanks!
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Maybe start slow and build a relationship. Then you can tell him more each visit. The most important things you should mention upfront. But the important thing is to get to know each other and build trust. Imo
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Welcome! Congrats on making your first topic!
I am always honest with my pdoc. In the US they won’t admit you unless you’re an imminent danger to yourself or others. So, if you have a plan for suicide and intent to follow through, or talk about wanting to hurt people, you might get admitted. But if you have all that going on, you should be admitted. For anything else, they don’t want to waste the beds. Psych hospitals are always overfull.
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I was honest to the point of being embarrassed when I went, I go back July 1 and was just wondering before I opened my mouth
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Thanks @Ninjastar I’m not suicidal or want to kill anyone but I have extremely large delusions that I think are real and was scared if I told him he’d think I was outa my mind and send me. But that’s good to know thanks for replying
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No, therapists and pdocs are used to hearing us spout nonsense. They can help you do reality testing and adjust your meds.
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@Cindy10 Not all drs will admit you to the hospital against your will for psychosis. But they will if you’re homicidal or suicidal.
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I am new here as well Cindy I think u should tell the doc slowly
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@Ninjastar I’ve been forcibly admitted for psychosis without being suicidal or homicidal in Michigan. In my area, all the docs admit for psychosis unless they’re the county mental health docs. That’s why I won’t switch drs and I stick with county mental health
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The golden rule is be 100% honest with your psychiatrist. Maybe even make notes about what you want to talk about before you go in. Sometimes it’s easy to forget what you meant to say.
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Thanks @LilyoftheValley I guess he will get the whole story here in a few weeks lol
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Sure will now that I feel like I can half way trust him
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I live in Kentucky and I don’t know how nun of it works
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I’m not sure about Kentucky either.
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Yeah I think he could tell I was distrustful and so then he just shot a full hour a questions to me but I answered them honest and then he was asking me to remember 3 things he told me and I couldn’t because I could remember what is was that I was supposed to remember
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I TRY to be honest with my pdoc, but I kept things from her and my therapist that would have helped me sooner. I used to be a cutter and have only told them now that I quit for fear of being locked up. What I see now is that I could have gotten help for the self harm sooner.
Now I try to be 100 percent honest with my treatment team. It’s the only way they can help.
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@Squanchy I think your all right about this
I’m going to be completely honest when I go and see what happens
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I know it’s scary. I’m a gun owner and I was terrified to tell them I owned guns, but I was suicidal so I felt that they should know. They worked it out with my dad to change the combination of the gun safe if I were to get suicidal again. I hope and pray that I dont, but we have a safety plan in case I do.
My point is that your treatment team only knows what they can observe and what you tell them, and being honest is the quickest way to get to recovery.
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I should also add that it’s totally okay to take your time and not say everything all at once. Your pdoc is new to you and it makes sense that you dont fully trust them yet. That’s a perfectly normal feeling.
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@Squanchy that’s good to know because we have guns in every room of the house except the bathrooms.
I guess he can’t help if I don’t tell the truth so I’m anxious about this coming up appt I was honest the other time but no very in-depth.
Think I’m going to just go for it and let the chips fall where they may
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