I was extremely paranoid that my pdoc over the years had secret folders on me and was spying on me. My community nurse arranged for me to read my folders with himself and me in the hospital. I had 3 hours reading 11 large folders and I managed to skim them but after reading them and not finding anything saying I was a malingerer it really helped with my paranoia
These are my proper MH folders not just sent in the posts like when I asked perviously. Have you ever read your mental health folders?
I was in the military when I got sick. All the psychiatrist notes were in a web based system called. AHLTA. I never had access to that.
My paper medical records were just full of papers that said I had an appointment with a psychiatrist.
I didn’t know what a therapist was until I got out the military.
I saw my psychiatrist every Friday. We always talked for an hour or more. I thought that’s who you talked to.
Now my psychiatrist appointments are like 10 minutes.
I had at that point 11 large folders and been sectioned 9 times. I read in one of the folders I was too over enthusiastic with my prognosis as I wasn’t going to get better.
I have never asked. Not something I worry over.
@shutterbug I was super paranoid what they wrote. Like I was dangerous and they had secret folders on me.
just paranoia…the doctors only talk in their records your state of mind usually…sane or not…semi stable, etc…I have no need to see my records…I trust my treatment team totally…pdoc and all.
@jukebox My biggest thing is that my treatment team, especially pdoc is out to get me.
I’ve read mine. It wasn’t flattering in places.
@anon4362788 I know mine wasn’t but it helped me reading them all too understand they are not out to get me.
Ä° also read mine.it wasn t exactly writing dangerous or not.it usually writes that how are you (or did you) responding your drug schedule
I can see all of mine now that I got to the VA. You can view them all online. Back when the DSM4 was in effect I always used to get a GAF score every time I went. It’s a score between 0 and 100 that says how well you are functioning. I guess the goal is to be at 100:
I never had one higher than 50. I think that’s pretty bad. That’s why I got the 100% disabled coming out of the Marines. When my doctor wrote my med board narrative it was like 35. He said I would never be able to hold down a job.
I worked full time for several years before I applied for SSDI. I didn’t think I was sick.
I was only a danger to myself though. Not anyone else. I was suicidal a lot.
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