Posted by EmmyS on April 12, 2004, at 10:21:36
In reply to RE:: Sandy, posted by SandyWeb on April 10, 2004, at 20:37:24
Sandy -
I guess Dr Bob doesn't want to move your post from psychobabble since it had to do with meds. Fine. But what you said was that you quit your meds 2 weeks ago cold turkey and are feeling awfully sick from that. You were not given any new scripts while in the hospital, other than a couple ativans.
But, you were not honest with the people at the hospital about your symptoms. As you put it, you were "acting" the whole time you were there in order to leave asap.
Sandy, Sandy, Sandy...mental health professionals have to rely on the reports of their patients. If patients smile and say, "Hey, I feel SO much better! I don't feel sad, I'm not hearing voices, I don't want to cut, I don't want to die, I'd never do that to my kids, I really just need to get home, I need to get back to work", etc., well, they are not psychics and they can't hook you up to a lie detector, or use chinese water torture on you to get at the truth. In order to feel better, you HAVE to be honest with them. If you are not honest with them, they have NO WAY to make you feel better. They have no tools to use against undisclosed symptoms.
On Wednesday you have a Pdoc appt. Will you be honest with him?
Also, regarding your sister....she loves you and wants to help. She is a real live human being, who loves you, in your real life, who wants to help. A SUPPORT SYSTEM!! Yeah!! It will take some getting used to the change in dynamic between you two, but that will happen in time. She's worried because she loves you. Let her love you. That the best gift you could ever give her. Give to her. Let her help.
Take care Sandy.
Emmy
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