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Just wrote a letter to my shrink-AND SENT IT

anxiouschick
anxiouschick
OMG,
I just wrote this letter to my psychiatrist that I totally got in an argument with a couple of times, and let him know (nicely) exactly how I feel. I want to try and continue treatment with him,but I would like for us to see eye to eye on medications.
I don't know if the trust will ever be able to come back, but I'm willing to try and work at it because I do really like this dude. Im really on the fence and can't make up my mind on what to do. I don't want to try and find a new therapist that would SUCK!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have written letters and sent them and then regretted it but you sent it to a trained therapist so it is not such a bad thing. You arent the first one to send your therapist a letter. It could actually help your relationship with the therapist after all being honest is not a crime and it is how you feel. When is your next appointment? It will probably be much better because you have been honest and he will have a clearer understanding of your issues. Whose trust are you talking about? Yours or his? Psyches believe that medication will make us better. We try them and deal with the side effects if we are unlucky or have lots of allergies as I do. Many people are luckier and find medictions that make their lives better.

Lots of people argue with their psyches about medication. I have and mostly do what I feel is right for me but that took a while for me to do.
Stop stressing out, take a couple of deep breaths and make an appointment if you havent already. Take careof yoursel.
deleted_user
deleted_user
The one thing about medications is that these people that sell medications a lot of times end up actually paying these doctors/psychiatrists to prescribe as many patients as they can to these certain medicines. Even a friend of mine told me that her doctor told her about it when she was getting every side effect of every medicine he gave her. it's terrible in my opinion but it's true. But of course they cannot force you to take the meds. If you really don't wanna take a ton of medicine then u can tell him no I won't take this and there is nothing he can do about it. Hope you end up finding an agreement with him and don't have to find a new one.
anxiouschick
anxiouschick
Wow! I can't believe it. I sent this letter out on Wednesday and I STILL have not heard back from my doctor. Not even an acknowledgement that he got the letter! I sent him a quick message this morning confirming if he got the email and he didn't even reply to that.
I know he checks his emails all the time becuase that's how i used to do my schedule with him!
I can't believe it! If he doesn't get back to me AT ALL, I'm going to be really let down.
Well the good news is i have an appointment with a new therapist who is nearby next wednesday. My old guy was 30 minute drive away.
The thing that sucked is that this guy did meds AND therapy. He just refused to prescribe me benzos, which have and do help me in the short term. He wanted me on all this other crap like gabapetin and visteral.
So i went to the other shrink in his office and he said it was fine for me to take my klonopin as often as i needed until my prozac kicks in fully.
I will be really disappointed if he doesn't even reply at all to me. Seing that we were together for a year! Gosh, i sound like i'm breaking it off with a boyfriend.