Getting very stressed out with my doctors

[ThatLady]

Okay. I see where the assumption came from.

 

[solitary man]

Yes, the doctor I'm referring to is a psychiatrist. I'm sorry I didn't make it clear...I thought you guys could read minds.

That's what happens when you never discuss things openly with people and the thoughts remain in your head. You believe that everyone can follow your train of thought.

This is actually my third doctor I'm seeing. The first one I only saw for one visit. I wasn't ready to talk and I think pulling teeth would have been easier.

The second doctor I saw for about a month and half, but ended up becoming very expensive.

My current doctor, I had to demand my GP to get me an appointment with because things were crashing around me.

Luckily, these sessions are covered by OHIP, but I've been told that I wouldn't be able to get another referral for another psychiatrist until next year.

 

[oversight]

The best advice I ever received from a therapist was to do my own research. Pick any area of psychology you wish that might have something to do with your situation. If you live near a major university library then you really have an advantage. Also the Internet, as you might know, is a great place to find relevant information and a resource in locating what you need. Also in the past few years, the new knowledge has been very impressive, and I believe just a minority of therapists keep up with information brought out in recent years.

I think in my case, perhaps 1 out of 100 therapists would have recognized my situation. My life isn't long enough to locate that 1 out of 100, and then if I found one they probably would live far away.

My situation isn't difficult or complicated, but it is unusual. It would have required a therapist with practicing knowledge of specific areas of psychological information in order to recognize what it is about me during the time I didn't have a conscious clue.

If you want to save a lot of time, do some of your own research.

 

[Halo]

The best advice I ever received from a therapist was to do my own research.

I do agree to some extent with the advice that your therapist gave you as knowledge is power and the more that we can learn about ourselves the better insight that we will have into who we really are.

Also the Internet, as you might know, is a great place to find relevant information and a resource in locating what you need.

Again, what you are saying is quite true about the Internet but just a reminder that there are so many sites out there that have false or misleading information. There was recently a thread on here about this whole topic and it is well worth the read to figure out whether a site is worthwhile or not. The thread can be found here: http://forum.psychlinks.ca/showthread.php?t=5510&highlight=HONcode

Also in the past few years, the new knowledge has been very impressive, and I believe just a minority of therapists keep up with information brought out in recent years.

Oversight, have you had an experience that has led you to the belief that only a minority of therapists keep up with new information?

 

[Steven_v]

i have been taking my meds but iam not sure if there working all to well, cause for the first time in awhile not only do i feel down but the unwanted thoughts are back

 

[Into The Light]

hi steven, sorry to hear the unwanted thoughts are back. i would go see your doctor about your medication and tell him about this. they may need adjusting. :hug:

 

[Steven_v]

i was just woundering if it has anything to do with the new medication. but then again it could also be because untill rescently i had been taking more fluoxatine then i was told to. maybe thats why they went away in the first place and now iam taking a lower dosige they're back

 

[Halo]

Steven

Sorry to hear that you are struggling right now and yes it may have to do with the increase and now he decrease of the meds that you are taking. I have to ask, does your doctor know that you increased your med and then decreased it? Was this on the advice of your doctor? If not, I would definitely tell him of how you increased and then decreased the meds and how the unwanted thoughts have returned.

Speaking from personal experience here, it is NEVER a good idea to either increase or decrease your medication on your own. Always do it in conjunction with your doctor....trust me there are so many things that can happen for the worse that it is not worth it :

 

[Steven_v]

hi everyone, just thought id give an update since i havent posted in awhile. um iam seeing the crisis intervention team at the moment, iam on a higher dosage of fluoxatine, and iam on 10mg of olanzapine. the only problem is the unwanted thoughts are back and they've been getting really bad just lately. and the only thing that i can think of as to why is that they started coming back shortly after i went on the olnzapine. just really dont know what to do, its gone from the thoughts not being there at all tom them being right at the front of my mind and almost constant in a very short time. and i just dont know what to do

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Let your team know about this so they can review your medication needs, Steven. At this point, especially since you're working with the crisis intervention team, trying to second-guess what they are trying to do is just not a good idea.

 

[Steven_v]

yeah i know its just, its ovious why i think it is that i get these thoughts. when my mind is like this i think its because iam some kind of pedophile even though i know iam not. and iam just trying to think of other reasons as to why the thoughts would have come back, and iant gona see any one from the crisis team untill tomorow, and its getting really bad

 

[David Baxter PhD]

You need to make a strong effort to remind yourself that these thoughts are just an OCD style of worrying. They are not realistic. You are not a pedophile. They are simply worries or fears, taking the form of obsessive ruminations.

 

[Steven_v]

i now its just reminding myself of that. mainly cause everytime i come up with a fact to prove to myself iam not a pedophile my mind comes up with something to make think that iam

 

[Steven_v]

i mean has anyone came across this sort of thing before, or does anyone know how to stop the thoughts before they even get intom my head, so that there is no reason for me to think that iam a pedophile

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Don't try to fight them to keep them away. That will just keep you thinking and worrying about them even more. And when the thoughts come, don't try to "prove" them false - again this will aggravate the situation.

Instead, just let the thoughts come, identify them as worries and remind yourself they are just worries, nothing more, and let them "flow through you". They have no power or significance or meaning, other than worries, unless you grant them that power.

 

[Steven_v]

i'll try it but its difficult. i mean imagine having thoughts of killing people come into your head when you dont want to or would never kill anyone, thats what its like these thoughts coming from no where into my head and they're disgusting and horrible. and then trying to convince yourself they dont mean anything.

 

[Steven_v]

what do i do if it wont go away

 

[Into The Light]

i think dr. b is right, just let the thoughts flow through your mind and don't fight them. as long as you don't feel compelled to take action on them then you'll be okay. fighting them is just going to make you focus on them more. try to accept that you have them for now and that in time they will pass.

 

[Steven_v]

its getting worse, iam starting to feel like i did just before i went into hospital. and on top of that i was going to print this off to give to the person from the crisis team. but my printer doesn't work now how am i going to show them. i just feel so bad right now its deffinitly getting as bad as before i went into hospital

 

[Into The Light]

can you do some cutting and pasting into a text document and put it on a floppy disk?