Posted by alexandra_k on November 26, 2004, at 20:57:58
In reply to Re: majorly F'd off » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on November 26, 2004, at 18:23:41
Yeah, there is a pattern of it :-)
The reason why I try to be understanding about it is that he is an inpatient doctor. He initially only saw me for a medication review but when my therapist terminated me he offered me psychotherapy. He has two half-days a week in the community, but that is intended for a couple of follow up sessions for people who he has recently discharged who haven't been assigned a community clinician yet. He really is very busy with inpatients, and I think I am his only psychotherapy client.There are other things as well though... I email him when I am about out of medication so he can fax a script through to the pharmacy. Sometimes it takes him about a week before he gets around to doing it. He is supposed to be HURRYING UP to try to get me a place at Ashburn next year, but to the best of my knowledge we are no further ahead after three months or so. He has waded through 2 of my files, admittedly, but at this rate he won't have gotten to the end of them - even less have written a summary of them - by the END of next year.
I am only so tolerant because I do believe that he is genuinely really busy, and I do not believe that there is any malice or intention to hurt, and nobody else will work with me (oh yes, there is always that).
But my options are currently him or nothing. If I tell him where he can shove it (sorry - if I leave the situation now after having told him where he can shove it), well, then I imagine I'll probably encounter him as an inpatient myself in the near future :-(
I should tell him what is on my mind, though.
He varies in his willingness to talk about this kind of stuff. Sometimes he just says 'it is forgotten now, lets move on' which just might be a cop out...He isn't that bad, really. Actually I don't know... I don't know... Still, best to talk about it rather than burning my bridges...
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