Posted by Dinah on April 16, 2003, at 19:14:04
In reply to Re: Misdiagnosed?? » Dinah, posted by sedona on April 16, 2003, at 18:07:29
I don't think that under your circumstances I would want to do that. For one thing you would probably feel awkward trying to work through residual feelings towards her, and you really should be able to do that. Although it may not be a problem. I speak negatively about the miserable pdoc I told you about, even though he is good friends with my therapist. My therapist just accepts my feelings while calmly expressing his own liking for the guy. He admits his perspective is different from that of a patient, and acknowledges a personality clash.
I tell you though, under the circumstances you have explained, I wouldn't even want to forward my records. At least not for a while. When I left that pdoc, I went to a very highly regarded psychopharmacologist, and had my records forwarded. He obviously built his impression of my diagnostic picture from my former pdoc and continued on an ineffective meds strategy. After I left him, I did not forward my records to my new pdoc. Nor did he ask for them. In my first visit, he prescribed a mood stabilizer, and that proved to be the key in my med regimen. Because with no baggage coming with me, he was able to correctly diagnose me.
Do therapists usually ask for records to be forwarded? And what do they do if you request that at least they wait a while to get to know you for themselves first?
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