How important is an attendee at mental health hospital?

I feel one should never go alone. To pdoc !!!

Because pdoc does not or not see you from birth to know what kind of person I am.

So always I would suggest to go to pdoc with someone who knows you very well.

Is my logic correct?

Let’s have a discussion :fist_right::fist_left:

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No. Not for me. I don’t need someone else sticking their finger in my pie.

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what does your dr do beside prescribe x mgs ap?

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I go alone. I’m an independent adult. I don’t need someone chaperoning me.

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He actually wants to know what changes have taken place in me.

Like for particular meds, have I changed myself for the better or I have totally changed myself to someone different.

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ok i see how someone else would be helpful to bring them

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I agree with this. I’ve been going to doctors for a long time and go on my own and so far this has worked out for me. I’ve never had a family member or friend sit in on a meeting with my psychiatrist or PCP and won’t start now.

Lol, I recently went for an appointment with my PCP about my diabetes and funny enough my sister wanted to join via zoom or conference call. I was supposed to ask my PCP at the time of the appointment whether my sister could join but the appointment went fast and I forgot to phone my sister. My sister was worried because I found out from reading a blood test myself that my A1C was over ten and my blood glucose was 249 and the doctor who ordered the test never notified me at all. So in this case my sister wanted to sit in because my doctors failed me.

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Don’t worry @X_Y_Z , it’s safe to go to your pdoc by yourself.

These doctors go to school for many years to learn about medicine, physiology, and the human brain. They’re not just some idiot off the street throwing pills at you.

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Lol can I think two docs are always not the same but similar.

My previous docs and the current one always threaten me if I don’t take the pils I have to face consequences :sweat_smile:

Edit: but I have never told them I will stop the pills I just forget to take