I finally made an appointment to see my fathers eye doctor in two months.
I have to fill out medical forms in order for me to see her.
Should I mention my bipolar diagnosis on the form?
I mean I don’t want to scare them away or feed into the stigma.
Doctors offices can be very stigmatizing places.
What would you guys do?
I tell all of my doctors. Thankfully, only one doctor asked me if I am homicidal. All of the other doctors seemed caring and knowledge about what schizoaffective really is. I think you should tell her, but it doesn’t sound like you necessarily need to, since they’re just checking your eyes. It’s up to you.
I never tell, unless there is a need to know
Well the thing is that the eye drops that dilate your eyes may contain steroids and this would cause me to become manic.
I think that they should know this.
Plus I have to list all of my meds including psych meds.
Ohhh. My opinion is that you should most definitely tell her then.
Yeah. It sounds like you should tell them.
Thanks @Blossom.
Maybe I will tell her.
Thanks @everhopeful.
I told all my drs. Too. I didnt feel like they treated my differently because of it. Sorry if you experienced this. Drs shouldnt do that.
Some medicines can cause blurry vision, I might mention the Zyprexa for that reason alone.
why not? it could help 
IDK. I mean they’re in the helping field right? They’re supposed to be compassionate, right? You go only once a year, right?
I won’t say yes or no but if you are backed into a corner and you have to tell them just be on your best behavior and turn on any charm or likability you have and they are more likely to have a higher opinion of you and treat you better.
On my health chart it says I’m schizophrenic I saw it on the computer when I went to the opthamogist. I told my family doctor they shouldn’t share that info. But I never had a bad experience at the eye doctors because of it. I think it may just be a pre caution due to meds or if you start acting strangely.
I just feel it shouldn’t be on file like that. They should at least ask me.
Well I always have to list my medications at medical places (you should always be honest about your meds for safety reasons) so my diagnosis just comes out. I tend to just say I have a mood disorder and be vague about it rather than say I have schizoaffective and psychosis.
Those are topical and are absorbed by the eye and do not enter the bloodstream. Oral prednisone - different story. I say keep it to yourself. If something is prescribed at the end of you appointment “Oh, I forgot to mention, I take X, will that interfere?”
I have to give a list of my meds so I’m sure they figure out I have a mental illness but I don’t talk about it and neither do they
Medical I tell. A good specialist will know what is what from most disorders!
Other folk stuff em I’m not telling you squat!
Well they can’t find another eye drop that doesn’t contain a steroid so it’s kind of inevitable, I do think you should share it. My vision didn’t get worse over time it just ‘changes’ according to the eye doc. My sight changes Everytime with new sz meds. It’s really weird. So I just gave up on wearing glasses. It can be very stigmatizing though, but I try to prove to them they don’t have to treat me any different even though the stigma was definitely there. I had a really bad experience with an oral surgeon. The only time I don’t get stigma is from my treatment team …
I told my dermatologist of my schizophrenia, and has it turned out, it was for the best.
Yea I thinks it is good if you do.
I tell my dentist too due to having to write medications down.
You never know something may work against another med they use otherwise.