Posted by mair on October 29, 2002, at 21:14:16
In reply to Re: How honest should I be with my pdoc? » Dinah, posted by judy1 on October 29, 2002, at 20:11:45
Dinah
I've always been in situations where my pdoc and therapist communicate so that's what I'm most comfortable with. I found my therapist through my ex-pdoc and my now-pdoc through my therapist. It's not like they communicate alot, but I think my pdoc reports to my therapist every time I've met with her (even if just by voice mail), and I know my therapist has called my pdoc when she's been particularly concerned about me. I am not the only patient they share.
I'm not sure that my pdoc needs to talk to my therapist as much as my therapist needs to know what's going on meds-wise, although my pdoc does always want an update, albeit brief, with how things are going in therapy. I think she may feel that she can be a little less vigilant since she knows that I'm being seen regularly, and that my therapist is pretty watchful.
Some time ago I got rather suicidally depressed after starting serzone. I was too wrapped up with how miserable I was feeling to realize that what was going on with me was probably related to the drug. My therapist spotted it, discussed it with my pdoc and made sure I contacted my pdoc, although I really didn't want to. The fact that my pdoc had already heard from my therapist made it a little easier for me to explain what was happening and it was obviously critical that my therapist was able to identify that some of what was happening was drug related. I'm not sure how well all that would've played out had they not known one another at all.
Mair
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