As above. I just saw the new one a week or so ago to get the dosage of my Ability upped to 15mg. Before that I saw the old one in June, and he upped the dosage to 10mg.
Weekly, I see a Certified Licensed Social Worker who does 30 minutes of psychotherapy and attend a group therapy for an hour. It’s geared towards recovery from substance abuse. With me it’s alcohol.
My psychiatric care provider is a charity, not-for-profit organization. They take uninsured indigents. Their funding comes from clients with insurance, grants, and donations. They operate on a shoe-string budget.
The latest cut back is a Medical Assistant instead of a Nurse. A cheaper employee.
My next pdoc appointment will be in Oct 2021(yearly i.e) . Negative symptoms will be explored then.
Those that see a pdoc monthly or quarterly are lucky.
I want to see my pdr less but he wants me to see him every month. Sometimes I skip apts on purpose so I see him less often like in 2 months.
The psychiatrist and meds dont help at all with my severe negative symptoms.
I’m not sure of what all the negative symptoms are. Not being motivated to do anything is one I think. The other is lack of hygiene? I have trouble sleeping at times. The Nashville bombing has me stirred up.
I’m also flat emotionally.
There comes a point when what pdocs focus on doesn’t apply that much. Does that mean you’re functioning well? - not necessarily . It just means you’re less overtly symptomatic Social difficulties can dominate with chronic , as opposed to acute, SMI. ,especially if you have ASD alongside the SMI. When you get to that stage the time between appointments becomes much longer than when you were first a psych patient.
Hi Aziz! I agree, my psychiatrist and the Risperdal don’t help my negative symptoms. But I just now started dissolving my Risperdal in water before drinking it and that has stopped the Risperdal from making my negative symptoms worse.
PS I think it’s better on my kidneys to dissolve the meds in water before drinking them.
i see my pdoc once every 2 months now, it changes though, when things get really bad then i email him or my mum calls him and then i see him more often.
The last time my visits were six months apart, but I’ve gone several years without seeing him. It’s a matter of cost for my psychiatric care provider. Thanks for sharing.
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