I once had a pdoc tell me to get a boyfriend get a group together and make friends . Everytime I went in there he was after me to get a job at a time when I felt awful. I hate a pdoc that tell you how to live your life.
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My doctor wants me to focus on myself at the moment. He doesn’t think I’m ready to work.
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He expect me to fully recover
He say you have minor things not big thing
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My pdoc will ask me how I’m doing socially once in a while but she doesn’t pry too much at all.
She just isn’t all about the meds.
But both my pdoc and therapist have made it clear that I should socialize more often.
Heck the whole world thinks I need friends.
Including my family.
I don’t have the urge to meet new people.
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I though you already work in a way as a stay at home mom.
I do. But my doctor doesn’t think I would be able to work outside the home and stay out of the hospital. Being a stay at home mom gives me a lot of leeway to do things and rest when I need to that I wouldn’t get in a regular job.
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My second last Psychiatrist told me that euthanasia in Sweden could definitely be an option after he saw me psychotic.
I was suicidal at the time and he agreed with me that my life was too fuucked up !!
Luckily i got rid of him…
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This is awful!
I’m glad you got rid of him too @anon97118089!
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I don’t think it’s as easy as the dr. Thinks to make friends. I have a few friends out of state that I talk to. But the dr doesnt consider people like that your friends. He would make comments like you still dont have any friends? You could really need to put yourself out there work or volunteer a lot to make friends. You could need to be around people for a long time to get to know them. My other problem is that making friends just doesnt feel good anymore.
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Yea some Psychiatrists ive had have really been sub par.
Must be why ive got such a gripe with Psychiatry .
The latest one I have isnt too bad though.
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Yeah wave I once saw it on TV. I wanna say it was the Netherlands but I’m not sure some European country where they would allow depressed people to use assisted sucide.
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From what i was told by the Psychiatrist it was Sweden.
But he was so stupid he was probably wrong anyways
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My pdoc doesn’t really put any expectations on me. She has mentioned i might feel better if i try to do certain things, like go for coffee with my friend, but i never feel like she’s telling me what to do or anything like that. It’s totally up to me.
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. That pdoc that was telling me what to do all the time left and I have a pretty cool dr.now. I wish I wasn’t so vulnerable at the time otherwise I would have gotten a new pdoc at the time.the clinic that I go to has a heavy turn over for drs. Looking back I probably should of fired three of like the six I had. I now think it takes some work to find the right pdoc some of them are idiots. Anyways I was kinda wondering if people had drs with kinda high expectations for someone with schiz. That’s why I threw this out there. And I will do what I feel like doing not what some pdoc tell me to do.
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My pdoc is nice and doesn’t expect anything if me. She just wants me to take things slow. The Only thing we disagree on is the med dosage. I think it’s too high.
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She wants me to quit smoking and take meds as described.
Having trouble quitting smoking but I am taking my meds. She says your body benefits less from Zyprexa if you are a cigarette smoker.
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My pdoc expects me to spend my money because, as he says, "You never see luggage racks on a Hearst. LOL.
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To show up the next visit with money. Really, don’t know yet since no diagnosis. That’s horrible what yours said, walla.
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My pdoc says I’m not ready to work or got to public events like classes etc yet. She’s still trying to get my meds right. I’ve been the same though for the last 10 years as far as I know.
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And this is why assisted suicide should NEVER be available to anyone with a mental illness for any reason. I was initially written off by doctors as well.
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