Posted by fallsfall on July 22, 2003, at 16:24:13
In reply to Re: A little scared » fallsfall, posted by Tabitha on July 22, 2003, at 15:00:16
I went to my pdoc appointment. I think that my old therapist wasn't even in the building - her lights weren't on, so I didn't have to see her.
The receptionist was really happy to see me. That made me feel good.
My pdoc was really glad I was feeling better. He did ask about what I thought made the difference, so I did have to go into the details a bit. We did talk about trying to go off the meds. He said that as long as I was feeling better he didn't object. He looked like he kind of agreed with my new therapist that my depression isn't caused by brain chemistry (my thought is that even if that is true, that doesn't mean that it can't be helped by meds). So I proposed that after my therapist has his 2 week vacation, and after my son joins the Army, and after my daughters go back to school that we would try a conservative experiment (try eliminating 1200mg of Lithium over 6 weeks). He and I were thinking of the same pace before he articulated it.
So now I feel really anxious (same thing, but not as bad, as I felt when I saw my old therapist. I don't know if it was talking about her (my new therapist has given me a break on talking about her), or being in the building, or worrying that I might see her. Raspberries and Bordeaux cookies are the cure for now.
My pdoc is very good and really knows his stuff. He will listen to me (or to my therapist), but if he thinks a plan is ill advised he will say so.
My therapist used to be the Director of Psychology at a psychiatric hospital. So he probably does know more than the average therapist about meds. He was really careful to say that he wasn't suggesting that I stop taking my meds, and that he thinks my pdoc is really good. He just wanted the discussion to occur between me and my pdoc - so he had to question things enough so that I would be motivated to talk to my pdoc. Would my therapist have talked to my pdoc about it if I didn't? I'm not sure, I don't know him that well yet.
I filled out the authorization form so they could talk.
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