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07 Mar 2011, 10:33 am

I think it's normal to see both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I do! I call one the talking doctor and the other the prescribing doctor. Normally, I'm not required to see both because I don't benefit from the talking doctor, but I have to use a different clinic right now and there's a process I have to work through to get to where I was at my old clinic. My husband also sees both a psychologist and psychiatrist. He has PTSD from being a firefighter plus some weird PTSD from an awful car wreck he was in that messed with his memory a bit and gave him claustrophobia (can you imagine a firefighter with claustrophobia?). So he is on some medication to help with anxiety from that but he's required to talk to the psychologist because talking does help him.

So I say settle your nerves and really try to use these people as tools to gaining greater control over yourself and your life. I don't think you have to sacrifice the wonderful things about you that make you so unique - like your creation and writing about Creedonia - but you can accept their help to figure out things that haven't been easy or interesting. Use them to gain greater functioning.



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07 Mar 2011, 8:46 pm

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I think it's normal to see both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I do! I call one the talking doctor and the other the prescribing doctor. Normally, I'm not required to see both because I don't benefit from the talking doctor, but I have to use a different clinic right now and there's a process I have to work through to get to where I was at my old clinic. My husband also sees both a psychologist and psychiatrist. He has PTSD from being a firefighter plus some weird PTSD from an awful car wreck he was in that messed with his memory a bit and gave him claustrophobia (can you imagine a firefighter with claustrophobia?). So he is on some medication to help with anxiety from that but he's required to talk to the psychologist because talking does help him.

So I say settle your nerves and really try to use these people as tools to gaining greater control over yourself and your life. I don't think you have to sacrifice the wonderful things about you that make you so unique - like your creation and writing about Creedonia - but you can accept their help to figure out things that haven't been easy or interesting. Use them to gain greater functioning.


The rationale behind that is that you often need both psychotherapy and medication. After you are stablized (or have managed whatever problem you have) then you probably just end up seeing a psychiatrist for med management.It is actually considered bad care if you a new patient and they just send you on your way with a script.



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07 Mar 2011, 11:41 pm

I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.



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08 Mar 2011, 7:34 am

Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


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08 Mar 2011, 9:55 am

I should be seeing someone, but the local mental health office keeps turning me away, even though I still have a file open, there. They judge people by appearance. If they see a skinny scrageley hippie with a bitter look in his eyes, they will take him in in a heartbeat. If they see a well respected Mod who's slightly overweight and speaks with a Cockney accent, they won't help them.


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08 Mar 2011, 10:34 am

I wish you the best Ackman. :sunny:


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08 Mar 2011, 11:43 am

Delirium wrote:
Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


Well not me. I've told my regular doctor about my 50 suicide attempts.



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08 Mar 2011, 1:39 pm

Ackman wrote:
Delirium wrote:
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I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


Well not me. I've told my regular doctor about my 50 suicide attempts.


I've been hospitalized for depression and suicidal thoughts. If you do go to a hospital, you'll be in there for a week or two at the very most.


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08 Mar 2011, 1:51 pm

Ackman wrote:
Delirium wrote:
Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


Well not me. I've told my regular doctor about my 50 suicide attempts.


How do you fail at suicide 50 times?



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08 Mar 2011, 1:53 pm

Plywood wrote:
Ackman wrote:
Delirium wrote:
Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


Well not me. I've told my regular doctor about my 50 suicide attempts.


How do you fail at suicide 50 times?


I fail at everything, so there you go. I truly am lost.



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08 Mar 2011, 4:24 pm

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I fail at everything, so there you go. I truly am lost.


You've managed to start a mini-movement around your stories. That's something you succeeded at.


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08 Mar 2011, 4:28 pm

Ackman wrote:
Plywood wrote:
Ackman wrote:
Delirium wrote:
Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


Unless you pose a danger to yourself or others, you won't go to a mental institution. Lots of people with schizophrenia lead normal, productive lives.


Well not me. I've told my regular doctor about my 50 suicide attempts.


How do you fail at suicide 50 times?


I fail at everything, so there you go. I truly am lost.


Well in the case of suicide its good to fail at it...so there is always that. I feel like I fail at everything as well...I would say it will get better but I can't even convince myself of that. But if you are suicidal and having a hard time controllng it you should get help.......I know I should be taking more action about how I feel but I am too embarrased to admit i might need protection from myself quite soon and I have a curiousity problem so I kind of want to see where my mind will go. Uhh now I am rambling but what I am trying to say is do not do what I am doing.....if your suicidal getting help is a good thing though I can understand why it can be difficult.



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08 Mar 2011, 6:08 pm

Ackman everyone is pulling for you good luck buddy


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08 Mar 2011, 8:19 pm

Temptation, frustration...So bad it makes me cry.



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08 Mar 2011, 8:28 pm

Are you listening to The Police right now by any chance? :)


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08 Mar 2011, 9:02 pm

Ackman wrote:
I'm afraid that if I have schizophrenia, they will want to lock me away in a mental institution. I will also be very, very ashamed of it.


I understand the fear but lots of people have schizophrenia and live productive lives. I am friends with a very successful chef who moved to New York and is doing very well in a popular restaurant. If she hadn't gone to these specialists, she wouldn't have received the care she needed to channel all her creativity into something the world would appreciate and she could truly love. Thanks to that care, she was able to go to culinary school and now has a full-time job. She's not ashamed of who she is now. You've got wonderful creativity and talent. Don't waste it by not getting the help available to you.



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