Posted by JGalt on October 23, 2001, at 9:43:08
In reply to Re: Looking for some advice before I see the psydoc » JGalt, posted by JohnX on October 23, 2001, at 0:52:34
Thanks for the advice John. I think you're right about just informing him of what was working and staying away from the extended details of my drug use history. The pdoc is already aware of some of the brief details of why I am going to him, but not much.
Only problem I'm going to have is that I don't have any prescription for selegiline, I never did, and I've never seen anyone for any of my symptoms. I was simply buying various meds from overseas and domestically, experimenting and reading everything I could find on drugs, and then modifying my approach as needed. Many of my drug choices were illegal. Unfortunately I decided to help a friend struggling with similiar problems, got him out of alcohol+cocaine addiction, but then he slipped up, the police found out, and they seized everything I had. Obviously I have slipped back into the depression that I was previously doing quite well against. Avoiding the legal details, I am now just trying to get a psychiatrist to prescribe what I found worked for me.
Still, I think you are right on how I should approach this. Would you, or anyone else, agree that if he does not choose to go with the selegiline (if he happens to be one of those pdocs that thinks that any MAOi (especially one he's never heard of likely) is the last line of defense before ECT) or a similiarly non-sedating choice, that I should find another Pdoc?
Also, I can see the logic in not telling the doc my drug history on the 1st few visits, but if I were to, why would that lead him to believe I was neurotic? Not trying to disagree with you, just trying to follow the line of thought.
Thanks,
JG
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