I doubt that you will be able to convince her, but I would question her about why she discounts your psychiatrist. It seems very counter productive to your treatment.
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Hey Alice :-)
Do you mind me asking you something? Why is it you feel that you need this label?
Just because a psychiatrist has said that is what you are you don’t have to accept it.
To be honest though, it surprises me that she would over ride someone in a higher profession…i’m sure she has her reasons though :-)
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4 months, 3 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)
A counselor can’t decide against a psychiatrist’s diagnose. That is just wrong.
Emilie T wrote:
Hey Alice :-) Do you mind me asking you something? Why is it you feel that you need this label?Just because a psychiatrist has said that is what you are you don’t have to accept it.To be honest though, it surprises me that she would over ride someone in a higher profession…i’m sure she has her reasons though :-)
I feel that I need this label in my treatment so I can get the treatment necessary for my diagnosis.
otherwise I don’t need it. But I feel that in my treatment that the labels are necessary.
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Fair enough…. :-) Makes sense….! I’ve been in a similar position so I kinda know how you feel, it does help to give it a name. ( i haven’t had one and sometimes think my problems would be MUCH easier to deal with if I did!)
She should listen to you…has she said why she disagrees with you?
no, she hasn’t. Although, she did say something though that lead me to believe that she didn’t want to change my diagnosis due to the amount of paperwork it would entail.
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maybe because the meds? so she thinks no?
The_Alice wrote:
no, she hasn’t. Although, she did say something though that lead me to believe that she didn’t want to change my diagnosis due to the amount of paperwork it would entail.
That is complete nonsense! You need another counselor, because she doesn’t appear to care and you need a counselor that will actually care.
but she should change it if it has come from a psychiatrist surely?! Silly lady…these people should be working together …..!
johnstc wrote:
Yeh, its better this way. Think if people had their own custom diagnosis, how would u like bein called a biposkitsopyromaniac?
Custom diagnosis I think you are on to something there johnstc…….!!
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Fizz wrote:
The_Alice wrote:
no, she hasn’t. Although, she did say something though that lead me to believe that she didn’t want to change my diagnosis due to the amount of paperwork it would entail.
That is complete nonsense! You need another counselor, because she doesn’t appear to care and you need a counselor that will actually care.
now that I think about it she said she has never seen me manic AND that to change my diagnosis and have it be wrong would be a lot of paperwork.
But when I told her I have been she questioned me thoroughly.
Sans, I am getting ready to shove my hockey stick up her butt!
The_Alice wrote:
Sans, I am getting ready to shove my hockey stick up her butt!
Thanks for the warning. Shaking off this counselor seems like shaking off a deer fly. She just keeps coming back and irritating you. Do you have any options to replace her?
The_Alice wrote:
Sans, I am getting ready to shove my hockey stick up her butt!
perhaps you should…maybe she would be better at playing hockey with her *** than being a useful counsellor!
The_Alice wrote:
Sans, I am getting ready to shove my hockey stick up her butt!
oh, oh, I thought you said MY butt lol!
Emilie, I had to mark that reply as quotable
sansceriph wrote:
The_Alice wrote:
Sans, I am getting ready to shove my hockey stick up her butt!
Thanks for the warning. Shaking off this counselor seems like shaking off a deer fly. She just keeps coming back and irritating you. Do you have any options to replace her?
Not really. My insurance is sooo picky.
why thank you!…that is my first every quotable :-) !
The headline of your post reads, “My psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar at the end”.
If you go through with the hockey stick idea your counselor will be “bipolar at the end”!
I have been tracking my moods, both the ups and downs, and I see her today, so with any luck the mood tracking will change her mind.
sansceriph wrote:
The headline of your post reads, “My psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar at the end”. If you go through with the hockey stick idea your counselor will be “bipolar at the end”!
no i think she’ll be antisocial
sansceriph wrote:
The headline of your post reads, “My psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar at the end”. If you go through with the hockey stick idea your counselor will be “bipolar at the end”!
hahahahaha. That’s great!
ɐʇɐɯɹǝɟ.Suc wrote:
sansceriph wrote:
The headline of your post reads, “My psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar at the end”. If you go through with the hockey stick idea your counselor will be “bipolar at the end”!
no i think she’ll be antisocial
Thanks for the laugh!
She’ll probably just be polar at the end.
Why does it matter if your counselor understands that you are “bipolar” if the medication is already helping with that? She stills sees something about you and might be able to help with that something.
You should see what I just shouted shie!
**blushes**
Michael Leibman wrote:
Why does it matter if your counselor understands that you are “bipolar” if the medication is already helping with that? She stills sees something about you and might be able to help with that something.
It matters because she could help me better if she was working with me on the correct diagnosis.
it is like treating someone for schizophrenia when all they are is OCD.
both really bad but treating one for schizophrenia isn’t going to solve the OCD.
Or restless leg syndrome.
“I’m still depressed.”
“Yes but your legs are still.”
“You moron, they were still to begin with!”
The terms get so hazy and so many people with “mental illnesses” are misdiagnosed over and over it’d seem more important that she just sees who you are. Especially if it’s a talk-therapy thing rather than prescribing more medications. But you know more about counsellors, I don’t.
Michael Leibman wrote:
The terms get so hazy and so many people with “mental illnesses” are misdiagnosed over and over it’d seem more important that she just sees who you are. Especially if it’s a talk-therapy thing rather than prescribing more medications. But you know more about counsellors, I don’t.
Yea, well I understand where you are coming from. I just have found over the years that the labels do actually help me get better treatment.
Oh, you could write it out. Take the description from the dsm and list the symptoms from your own life and explain how the medication helped with that. Then maybe she could read it over when you’re not there and get the picture.
Michael Leibman wrote:
Oh, you could write it out. Take the description from the dsm and list the symptoms from your own life and explain how the medication helped with that. Then maybe she could read it over when you’re not there and get the picture.
That might work! Thanks!
No problem. You do express yourself very well in writing, at least here,.
Emilie T
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