Posted by RealMe on November 25, 2007, at 14:23:16
In reply to Re: Do u trust your Pdoc? » star008, posted by seldomseen on November 25, 2007, at 13:39:37
I have the same situation; my therapist/analyst is a psychiatrist and also prescribes the med I take, just Parnate at this time, but I wanted to reduce it from 40 mg to 30 mg., and he did not think it was a good idea. I said I could do it without telling him, and he stared at me and said he hoped all our communication could be honest. I felt like a heel, and I said I would continue with the 40 mg. I think he is correct with what I need; I just hate taking med's. I am on so many other meds for different physical things. I would like to eliminate something!!!
As far as a therapist being able to commit a person if they are suicidal, the answser is yes. Actually, they usually get a family member to sign the petition, and then they sign the ceritificate. In IL you need two signatures, but it is not hard to get. The treating psychologist or pyschiatrist can sign a certificate, and then the admitting psychiatrist usually signs the other.
My psychiatrist/therapist/analyst said he would do it (commit me) if he thought I was serious about suicide, and since I first tried to kill myself at age 8 by hanging, I think he would do it. He is not trigger happy, however, and knows if I talk about suicide, I am not likely to do anything. If I tell him I won't do anything until we meet again, I keep my word. He knows that I am more likely to do it and not ever say a word, and so we have that dynamic, unfortunately. So far I talk rather than act. I don't do other stuff like cut on myself or other self-destructive things though I used to do that years ago when I was hospitalized for intensive long-term treatment. Actually I almost got back into eating disorder stuff but was able to nip that in the bud. If I do anything self-destructive, it is in terms of relationships I have developed in the more recent past.
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