Posted by merpmerp on December 1, 2010, at 21:53:49
In reply to Re: Need help approaching pdoc, posted by bleauberry on December 1, 2010, at 19:56:34
Thank you bleauberry :)
I met with my counselor today (not my pdoc) and told him what was going on with my pdoc. He said that studies have shown that one of THE most important variables in whether a patient improves is *whether they feel listened to*. He said, direct quote, "We had *better* listen to our patients!" because it is such an important thing.
He also told me that it might be a good thing if I tell my pdoc directly that I'm frustrated with her, because this frustration is building and she really needs to take notice.
***Possible trigger***
I mean I have been suffering with these vivid, traumatic, terrifying violent intrusive images of self harm for almost a year now, in varying degrees (sometimes they're barely noticeable, but they've almost always been there). It's actually a complete mystery to me how I have been able to never act on them or even make any type of attempt. I will never understand how I held that at bay. But enough is enough and it's clearly related to the meds and this nonsense has to stop. The pdoc thinks it's my own anxiety and panic. Horse****. Had plenty of anxiety throughout 23 years of life prior to this 2-year-long mess and never once had symptoms like that.
I will post back in a couple days how the 2.5 mg dose is going. And I am finding the psychotropical site to be a good resource.
Diagnosis: recurrent melancholic depression
Meds: Lexapro since Sept. 2009
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