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Posted by Camille Dumont on April 24, 2004, at 19:52:09
Ok, so I was going in for those projective tests and the pdoc asked me to tell him what was in my psychiatric evaluation that motivated the demand for those tests.
Anyway, I went over the report that the psychiatrist wrote and one part basically went like "No clear delirium present although some strange elements remain such as the episode with the friend who strangled her and made her drink his blood. This suggests that some psychotic elements remain"
What the heck does it mean?
Is she saying I imagined / made this stuff up? Would this be why she keeps trying to push APs on me?
I don't know, somehow, it pisses me off to no end. It really happened, I even have freaking pictures of my eye where all the blood vessels were busted due to the choking. I feel as though I'm being treated like a liar.
Posted by Karen_kay on April 24, 2004, at 20:45:38
In reply to Need advice on psychiatric evaluation, posted by Camille Dumont on April 24, 2004, at 19:52:09
perhaps your psychologist was referring to psychotic elements that remain due to the trautic episode that occurred? i'm not good at translatioons of any sort, but due to that very traumatic experience (and dear, i'm so sorry that happened to you.. how are you doing dear??) are you having any sort of psychotic episodes following it? perhaps that is what your pschologist was suggesting..... that's how i would take it to mean.
how are you doing? i'm not sure i formally introduced myself, but i'm karen. it's nice to meet you dear. if you need anything, let me know, ok? again, i'm not good at talking shop or translating what psychologists say or mean, but that's what i'd assume, if you are having any type of psychotic episodes following the experience, which would be quite normal. take care of yourself dear. and if you have any questions, i'd ask him/her myself. that's what i'd do, because if i don't understand what my therapist means, i'm rather quick to assume the negative. so, i quickly jump in before i allow something to set into my brain the wrong way. i'd call and ask exactly what it means. take care dear....
Posted by fallsfall on April 24, 2004, at 21:57:17
In reply to Need advice on psychiatric evaluation, posted by Camille Dumont on April 24, 2004, at 19:52:09
Can you ask the Psychologist who wrote that to explain what they mean? I would hate to guess at what something like that means. The Psychologist should be honest and open with you about it.
Good luck.
Posted by Camille Dumont on April 25, 2004, at 10:12:52
In reply to Re: Need advice on psychiatric evaluation, posted by Karen_kay on April 24, 2004, at 20:45:38
Thanks for your answer. In fact its the psychiatrist that wrote that. She's a nice lady and all, 100 times better than the one I saw before at the psychiatric hospital (where I just lied because I was so afraid they'd keep me there). Problem is, I only see her on occasion ... she's a private sector and does not follow me as a regular patient.
I mean I do understand that some of the things I see aren't really there ... and ok, might be called "psychotic" and what not but I can tell the difference when I see them because they are ususally so out of place or simply impossible ... but all those things came BEFORE that freak tried to choke me to death. I just don't know if she thinks that perhaps the said episode with the freak might have been simply a hallucination or something I made up.
The hallucinations are still there ... but not about what happened ... in fact they are more like illusions since I know that they're not real. I tried Seroquel and then Zyprexa but both were hell. I mean yes the visions went away ... but along with 90% of my brainpower. So I've kind of come to the decision that I'm going to live with them ... and besides they can be pretty funny sometimes.
I dunno, the psychiatrist keeps recomending new APs but ... ugh! I just don't want to have to deal with the side effects and ... with what she wrote it feels like she doesn't believe me and what not.
Anyhow, thank you for your posts .... sort of reassured me :)
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