That’s good, and if you ever want to talk message me.
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Some times I only see her every six months, when I have symptoms stacking up and we adjust my medications we go to every three months until things calm back down.
We mostly talk about how & what I’m doing…what’s going on in my life. she knows I like to write and asks about how my progress is going, and she’s a cat person like me and lets me talk about kitty a lot. We also talked about my decision to look into a weight-loss program. I’m thinking about joining weight-watchers and she said she knew a lot of people that were successful on that program, her husband had tried nutri-system but they didn’t like half of the meals they got and were stuck with them. Then if I"m upset about anything we talk about that and ways I can be more pro-active in dealing with what’s upsetting me rather than just let it fester inside of me. At the end of the session we talk about the mediation and see if we need to adjust it at all or keep going with it.
I like that she really goes into detail about the chemical make-up of the drugs she thinks I should be on and what they’re supposed to actually do for me…and of course gives me the possible side-effects.The end she’s usually the one that chooses what I go on. However when they switched me from lorezapam to clonazepam and that I felt better on clonazepam she actually let me stay on it. She also let me change my medication times because it was making me sleep all day again so now I take them all at night like before.
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Every 3 months.
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Every week 1515151
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Every 4 to 6 weeks. She’s myeh. I can’t say I really like her. I like my therapist but not my pdoc so much. She is a tad patronizing. Most pdocs (in my experience) have a bit of a hierarchy complex and act like they are better than you. It’s annoying. While she may be more educated, she is NOT more intelligent nor is she more important than I am. Sorry. Soap box 
Love my therapist, tho, as I said.
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Every 3-4 months
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Once a month for 15 minutes.
Not much happens!
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My first psychiatrist I saw about once a month. We discussed how I was doing, medication options and services that could aid me in school. She was so helpful until she randomly decided to stop seeing me. I don’t see a psychiatrist anymore, I see an APN, a psychiatric nurse that can prescribe meds. It’s really much easier than going back and forth between a pdoc and therapist. I used to see her every week until I began improving and now I see her every other week
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Once a fortnight at the moment. It will move to monthly appointments when I’m doing a bit better.
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I have decided to quit seeing a psychiatrist.
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I have been going to the local mental health clinic for exactly a year and they keep changing the Psychiatrist.
On my next visit I will be seeing a new Psychiatrist. Third one this year.
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how often do I speak with my psychiatrist? not enough
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Are you going to stay on your meds though?
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I see my pdoc every 3 months…she won’t let me see her any longer in between than that.
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every 3 months I see my pdoc.
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Had three reviews of the meds since about this time last till last week. Pdocs saying it’s mostly psychological now.
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Yes, I’ll stay on meds. Thanks for your concern.
I can get them through the GP. I have been switched from depot to a lower dose of oral medication. I want to stay on the current dose for a few months and see how it goes. I do want to slowly and carefully find as low a dose as possible.
And I do want to see someone weekly. I want to see a psychologist/psychotherapist weekly to really try and solve my underlying problems (trauma). I’m on a search for a good one now.
It’s just that I haven’t had a psychiatrist yet that treated me as a human being and contributed something useful to my life. The last one was rightly called a “jerk” by another doctor involved. The current one has been throwing random unfitting diagnoses and insults at me (also according to others) and ignoring my request to refer me to the psychologist in her team for half a year already. I have given up on psychiatry. They have been a burden, not a help.
I have spoken to a psychiatrist-psychotherapist, but she was retired. She couldn’t recommend a good psychiatrist in my area, and was very sad and angry as well about the state of psychiatry in my country.
I do hope to find a good psychologist though. I have already been recommended a good one that has specialized in PTSD&psychosis.
So I will see someone… just not a psychiatrist.
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I’m sorry you had such a terrible time with pdocs. Glad you’re keeping it level headed and not quit everything altogether. Very commendable of you.
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Thanks @Minnii. I am sorry for being negative about psychiatry. Me and my family have fought so hard to get me some real help and are just ignored. And I’ve seen so many others with major trauma’s that aren’t getting any help. I’m frustrated about it and wish I could do something to change that system, so that I and others are getting the help we need. I have spoken to two (ex)psychiatrists who also want something to change in my country, so maybe something is slowly moving…I hope so!
I see my problem and I want help… it’s just still a bit of a quest to find “help” that truly helps.
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I’m sure there are good psychiatrists in your area, you’ve just come across some bad luck on that department. My first pdoc was a jerk too, I was clearly psychotic saying I was God, the guy didn’t even stay the whole appointment, and then prescribed me an antidepressant and dxd me with depression… Anyway, I swore off pdocs then too. Since then I’ve been lucky and have found some good ones. They all have flaws though, my current pdoc says stuff like “You’re not depressed, you just need to move” 
I understand though, he must see some severe cases of depression, and since my mood fluctuates so much he’s more prone to dx me with sza or bp than anything else. Not that I want a depression dx, I don’t. I would like some dx though, I’m dx limbo for the past two years.
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