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Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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sossie 02/01/2011

Okay so yesterday I took my husband to see the new/old P-Doc. He was the original doctor who got him started on any sort of drugs in the first place. Because it had been 3 years since the last visit, we had to fill out all new patient paperwork.

8 pages of rating your emotions, thoughts, what those thoughts were..the whole 9 yards.

I was filling them out for him, but he was reading over my shoulder answering them. It got to the part about homicidal suicidal thoughts and I asked him how honest he wanted to get. He said be totally honest.

So I am wondering how many of you guys get totally honest with doctors or even filling out forms?

Suninbloom 02/01/2011

100% honest here

Unwell 02/01/2011

I do. You have to be open and honest with pdoc, doc's. You wont get the correct treatment otherwise.

It's in his best interest to be totally honest and open. About everything.

deleted_user 02/01/2011

I'm 99% honest...I leave out the part about what drugs I've done and how many times I've done them.

My reasons for that are long....

=)

deleted_user 02/01/2011

it depends on whether or not I'm willing to go inpatient, if not I may fudge and say not really when I am in fact feeling that way. Just me

deleted_user 02/01/2011

I've learned to be about 90-95% honest with my pdoc. AS I know my honesty will only help me I see that sometimes my honesty can hurt me too.....

chilvr 02/01/2011

i try to be 100% honest, but sometimes i forget things...and then there are the things i am scared to say, but i am trying.

walkingthewhiteline 02/02/2011

I have this thing for being terribly honest. Fortunately the times I was suicidal, I wasn't at the doctor's office.

I do have suicidal idealization sometimes which I see as different. When faced with the worst pdoc on the planet I told him I wasn't having them.

I couldn't tell him the truth because he didn't recognize the difference. With all of my other pdocs. I have been able to tell them I have suicidal idealizations and talk about whether or not there is a need for hospitalization.

Tamara

deleted_user 02/02/2011

There are 2 secrets I keep from my doc and one of them is one that no one knows about except God and me. Even my husband doesn't know.

I also realized recently, I realized how in my head I am even with him. There things that matter a lot I should discuss. For example, he had no idea how reclusive I had become. Now I am making a concerted effort to get out of the house more often.

I feel, in a way, like I am living a double life by not revealing to my husband the one secret I have and my doctor both of them.

deleted_user 02/02/2011

4 out of 10%
I'm honest but until I chat w doc her/him self, I won't even put my ss number on such question neers.
I half to directly speak w billing dept before I share my ss #. & insurance info.

deleted_user 02/02/2011

I like to keep as much of my private stuff private as I can. I don't want him writing down absolutely 100% of me for any bozo mental health worker to read. He just needs to know the general stuff.

HannaHana 02/02/2011

I'm another one who tries to be 100% honest, but I forget things. So the pdoc never knows the whole story. I mean, how honest can you completely be if you're only scheduled for a 15 minutes appointment?

deleted_user 02/02/2011

Sossie; Im impressed that your husband wants to be totally honest with you. An experienced pdoc can discern your general state even if you are not forthright.

deleted_user 02/02/2011

100%

Can't help if I'm not honest.

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