Posted by Racer on April 30, 2006, at 11:01:42
In reply to Re: Got my psych records, posted by med_empowered on April 29, 2006, at 23:21:51
It was an educational experience, but at the time, it nearly sent me over the edge. For anyone who remembers, this was The Agency From Hell, so what was written had little to do with what I experienced in those rooms. And I don't think that means I'm delusional...
My favorite, though, was the pdoc's little MMSE, which is the part where they write, "39y/o WN/WF, grooming good, etc." During the time I'd been under his care -- starting about three months after first seeing him -- I'd lost about a third of my body weight. (Can anyone here maybe think of something that might suggest? Let's see... PT claims history of Anorexia Nervosa... PT claims to feel problems starting with food... Uh, nope, not a thing comes to my mind. She seems perfectly fine to me...)
Flash forward to his notes on me: at the very beginning of my weight loss, while I was still within normal range, his notes say, "39 y/o WF, thin." That's at about 135, on a body that used to be 5'9", so that's pretty OK right there, yeah? The next appointment, by which time I weighed about 110, it's back to "39 y/o WF/WN" -- that is, "39 year old White Female/Well Nourished!" Stayed there after I lost more weight, too. I don't know if he was truly unaware, or if he was trying to cover his butt by NOT seeing it.
Psych records, for anyone interested in seeing theirs, should probably been reviewed with a good T sitting next to you. I'm not kidding about barely surviving reading mine.
Bah. Doctors...
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