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Posted by Billyzw on March 6, 2002, at 15:45:07
sometimes my doc does head stands while seeing me. Just curious, should I continue to see him or not?
Posted by JohnX2 on March 6, 2002, at 16:23:21
In reply to Unusual doctor, posted by Billyzw on March 6, 2002, at 15:45:07
My doctor could go in the buff for all I care
as long as he is responsive to my concerns
(returns my calls etc), listens to me carefully
when I meet him, takes good time to
diagnose me properly, keeps his notes on me
organized, helps me to understand how
to tolerate medications and get a therapeutic
response, etc..-John
> sometimes my doc does head stands while seeing me. Just curious, should I continue to see him or not?
Posted by Billyzw on March 7, 2002, at 9:38:33
In reply to Re: Unusual doctor, posted by JohnX2 on March 6, 2002, at 16:23:21
Just out of curiousity, how long have you been seeing your current doctor? Has he or she helped you, Just curious?
Posted by JohnX2 on March 7, 2002, at 18:22:48
In reply to Re: Unusual doctor, posted by Billyzw on March 7, 2002, at 9:38:33
Hi,I started seeing my current pdoc around
last September. He has been my best pdoc to date.
I met him through an outpatient crisis center at
a hospital in my town. After an initial consultation,
he decided to take me on as a patient.Before this, I had seen 3 different pdocs. Mind
you I moved cities back and forth, which caused
a few changes, and 1 passed away.The 1st pdoc was surprisingly out of the oridinary
from most pdocs. He was very receptive and attentive
listening to my concerns, etc. And was actually very big
into therapy. But he was very anti-medication. This was
VERY unusual for a psychiatrist (I didn't know at the time).
He misdiagnosed me as Major Depression. He did allow me to
take many anti-depressants and I clearly had responses that
were consistent with Bipolar disorder, but he never rediagnosed
me and I remained ill despite therapy. Eventually I stopped
seing him after 6 months.My next pdoc was more medication oriented, but he was a very
nice old man. I really like him. He helped me out a lot, got
my mood stabilized. Didn't quite get my diagnosis correct.
But got me on my feet indirectly with some OK medicines.
Would return my calls, etc. Unfortunately he passed away of
bone cancer. I saw him for 3 months before moving out of state.My 3rd pdoc was a sterotypical horror story. Fortunately I knew
how to handle the situation at the time. He wanted me to take
medicines I already failed at. I insisted he put me on good
bipolar medicines, so he did. I recovered nicely, eventually
built up an OK report, although he wasn't all that great. I more
or less called the shots on what medicine scripts he should write.
I can't imagine he would have written the correct medicines for
me if I didn't know better. I then moved back to my
current state.My 4th pdoc is my current guy. He was the 1st to give me a
good diagnosis. I've seen him since Sep. He's worked with
me very well. He's recommended some medicines. Sometimes I
don't want to take some because of side effects, so he lets
me take others. Other times he pushes back and makes a good
argument that I will not do well if I don't go with his
long experience, so I usually go with his judgement. I leave his office feeling confident that he
is giving me good treatment, which is important for psychologic
boost. If i have a problem with medication, I call him and
he always returns my call the same night. He has over 500
patients, but always has every detail of my treatment handy
and can usually remember exactly where I was at the last
time I say him. He likes to go slow with changing meds to
not overwhelm my body and to minimize the risks of my
remitting into major depressive or manic states.
He dresses a little dorky, but I don't care.
Maybe I'll see if he can do some handstands for
me at my next appointment. ;)Hope this overload helps.
Good luck. Do you feel you are getting good
treatment?-John
> Just out of curiousity, how long have you been seeing your current doctor? Has he or she helped you, Just curious?
Posted by trouble on March 9, 2002, at 7:01:23
In reply to Re: Unusual doctor » Billyzw, posted by JohnX2 on March 7, 2002, at 18:22:48
This is one of the things I like about in men. I mean, you're just going to tolerate this headstanding pdoc? At first I had warning bells going off but John, your good-natured, breezy laid-back reasonableness makes me kind of wish he was MY doctor. Reminds me of something R.D. Laing might have done, and he's a hero.
But. What about the whole role model thing, and the good judgement he demonstrates in order to gain your confidence? You can be crazy in here since there's at least one man in the room who can be counted on to know the appropriate from the inappropriate, who demonstrates a working knowledge of the proper time and place for everything, who doesn't distract w/his quirks or portend unpredictability who sees his patient as the star of the show and himself as the audience, not the other way around. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that's my idea of a trustworthy psychiatrist. Someone who takes pains not to create arousal in me, as I am exceedingly arousable to begin with, in both psyche and soma, and a sympathetic pdoc knows that's one reason I'm here, so the first thing he does is give me something bizarre to lay awake all night interpreting. No, it doesn't listen.
But what if this guy just thinks better upside down, maybe you got lucky and found yourself an old-school eccentric. I'm perplexed by this. All I can say Billy is I hope you two can talk about what's going on, I imagine anyone standing on his head as an open, playful, anything goes kind of person, and in my perfect world this pdoc took one look at you and saw instantly that this was just what you needed in a psychiatrist, and thus assumed the position. Everything he does w/you should be therapeutic, for you, but it's so dadgum hard to assess that. I thought professional decorum and uniformity was meant to signify we were on the right path.
Please keep posting about your experiences w/this man. I'm going to lie down now, I want to give this some thought.
trouble
Posted by JohnX2 on March 9, 2002, at 22:23:22
In reply to Ummm ...fellahs?, posted by trouble on March 9, 2002, at 7:01:23
hi trouble,
Thanks for replying.
That's why its good for more than a few people
to be posting.The last time I walked into my pdocs I office
I looked on his wall. I was trying to see what
college he graduated from and what his undergraduate
degree was in. Have you ever checked this? Or would
you spend more time thinking about handstands? ;)I was joking about my doctor being naked
but not the other stuff.I wouldn't mind if he did 3 or 4 hand stands,
but more than that would be a distraction.Best,
John
> This is one of the things I like about in men. I mean, you're just going to tolerate this headstanding pdoc? At first I had warning bells going off but John, your good-natured, breezy laid-back reasonableness makes me kind of wish he was MY doctor. Reminds me of something R.D. Laing might have done, and he's a hero.
>
> But. What about the whole role model thing, and the good judgement he demonstrates in order to gain your confidence? You can be crazy in here since there's at least one man in the room who can be counted on to know the appropriate from the inappropriate, who demonstrates a working knowledge of the proper time and place for everything, who doesn't distract w/his quirks or portend unpredictability who sees his patient as the star of the show and himself as the audience, not the other way around. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that's my idea of a trustworthy psychiatrist. Someone who takes pains not to create arousal in me, as I am exceedingly arousable to begin with, in both psyche and soma, and a sympathetic pdoc knows that's one reason I'm here, so the first thing he does is give me something bizarre to lay awake all night interpreting. No, it doesn't listen.
>
> But what if this guy just thinks better upside down, maybe you got lucky and found yourself an old-school eccentric. I'm perplexed by this. All I can say Billy is I hope you two can talk about what's going on, I imagine anyone standing on his head as an open, playful, anything goes kind of person, and in my perfect world this pdoc took one look at you and saw instantly that this was just what you needed in a psychiatrist, and thus assumed the position. Everything he does w/you should be therapeutic, for you, but it's so dadgum hard to assess that. I thought professional decorum and uniformity was meant to signify we were on the right path.
>
> Please keep posting about your experiences w/this man. I'm going to lie down now, I want to give this some thought.
>
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> trouble
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