Posted by Camille Dumont on April 25, 2004, at 10:12:52
In reply to Re: Need advice on psychiatric evaluation, posted by Karen_kay on April 24, 2004, at 20:45:38
Thanks for your answer. In fact its the psychiatrist that wrote that. She's a nice lady and all, 100 times better than the one I saw before at the psychiatric hospital (where I just lied because I was so afraid they'd keep me there). Problem is, I only see her on occasion ... she's a private sector and does not follow me as a regular patient.
I mean I do understand that some of the things I see aren't really there ... and ok, might be called "psychotic" and what not but I can tell the difference when I see them because they are ususally so out of place or simply impossible ... but all those things came BEFORE that freak tried to choke me to death. I just don't know if she thinks that perhaps the said episode with the freak might have been simply a hallucination or something I made up.
The hallucinations are still there ... but not about what happened ... in fact they are more like illusions since I know that they're not real. I tried Seroquel and then Zyprexa but both were hell. I mean yes the visions went away ... but along with 90% of my brainpower. So I've kind of come to the decision that I'm going to live with them ... and besides they can be pretty funny sometimes.
I dunno, the psychiatrist keeps recomending new APs but ... ugh! I just don't want to have to deal with the side effects and ... with what she wrote it feels like she doesn't believe me and what not.
Anyhow, thank you for your posts .... sort of reassured me :)
poster:Camille Dumont
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