Posted by Dinah on March 7, 2005, at 17:38:33
In reply to Moved. New doctors. Starting over., posted by Shame on March 7, 2005, at 13:05:06
Chuckle.
It sounds like a wise strategy to me.
Maybe you could write up your history so you don't have to go over it time and time again. When I was interviewing pdocs last time, I felt like saying "oh whatever" by the second one.
The one I decided on suggested a medication change that turned out to be the smartest medication change I've had yet. He noticed that my antidepressants were making me agitated and added a mood stabilizer. Other than that he didn't change a thing. I'm still on the same drugs something like four years later. Except that I dropped the antidepressant altogether.
What are you looking for in a therapist? Do you have a good idea of what therapeutic orientation you'd like? I started out with a CBT therapist, but he was capable of being flexible with me so it worked out all right. Fortunately, because I was a totally uneducated consumer at the time. I went to him because he was the only therapist I contacted who actually seemed to want to see me. Most of them seemed to be very off-putting on the phone. Possibly because I wasn't using insurance to pay, and because I had no referral but was cold calling them from the telephone directory.
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