Posted by noa on March 29, 2004, at 11:21:52
In reply to Transference or legitimate annoyance?, posted by Joslynn on March 28, 2004, at 10:13:54
FWIW--
My previous psychopharmdoc is extremely disorganized and never returns calls unless it is a dire emergency, in which case you would have to page him, not call him. After a long time, the final straw was drawn and I stopped going to him.
I wrote the story over several posts a few years ago:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020112/msgs/16861.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020112/msgs/16905.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020112/msgs/17039.html
My current pdoc is also disorganized but not in the same ways. He is terrible at keeping times. He is always always late, starting with arriving late for his first appointment, and he doesn't keep good track of time during the meeting. He can go off onto tangents easily, too. But his files seem pretty well organized (he has an assistant, maybe that is why). Also, he is very interested, curious and not complacent at all like my previous pdoc had become. He is much more personable, too, although very very quirky. I think he has tourettes and adhd, btw. I haven't had occasion to have to call him, but I have called the office and the assistant has taken care of getting refil scrips from him. So, except for having to deal with the time issue--choosing appt. times carefully, bringing a book (although he has a lot of good magazines, too), and leaving time on the other end open, as well as trying to stay on top of the time within the session and manage how off topic we get--I know it is a lot of work for a patient to have to do, but there aren't a lot of choices of good pdocs--I am feeling ok with this one so far.
What you are dealing with is hard. Good luck.
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