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How important is having same psychiatrist for longer time?
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<blockquote data-quote="dstc_99" data-source="post: 637155" data-attributes="member: 15473"><p>My mother has gone back and forth between therapists and psychiatrists for many years. She finally settled in with one a while back and has stayed with them for a while now. I'm not sure how good they are but the suicide attempts have stopped. On the other hand she is now an alcoholic? </p><p> </p><p>So from my experience both have been good and bad. When I was in highschool and college my mom was with the same therapist for years. I couldn't stand the lady. My mom never improved and in fact was worse than ever during those years. She was hospitalized multiple times and as soon as she would get out she would run right back to this lady. It was useless. Combine the lack of communication with the lack of a good therapist on the outside and life was an neverending merry go round of hospitalizations and psycho turmoil.The only way I ever got my mom to move on was that the therapist died.</p><p> </p><p>The biggest issue was that the doctors didn't share information well. The hospital providers didn't really correspond with her civilian providers. They would put her on a medication combo and then the other doctor would pull her off. It got to the point it was ridiculous. Imagine being someone who was molested for years and beaten and God only know what else and then you have to tell the story over and over and over to each new therapist? While I guess it helps you learn to talk about it but it also causes you to relive the trauma.</p><p> </p><p>OK now to the point of this story. I would try to avoid changing doctors frequently and switching back and forth. The info doesn't flow well. Also don't find a therapist and stick with them if they aren't helping. If he doesn't like the doctor or he isn't seeing any benefits don't be shy about moving on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dstc_99, post: 637155, member: 15473"] My mother has gone back and forth between therapists and psychiatrists for many years. She finally settled in with one a while back and has stayed with them for a while now. I'm not sure how good they are but the suicide attempts have stopped. On the other hand she is now an alcoholic? So from my experience both have been good and bad. When I was in highschool and college my mom was with the same therapist for years. I couldn't stand the lady. My mom never improved and in fact was worse than ever during those years. She was hospitalized multiple times and as soon as she would get out she would run right back to this lady. It was useless. Combine the lack of communication with the lack of a good therapist on the outside and life was an neverending merry go round of hospitalizations and psycho turmoil.The only way I ever got my mom to move on was that the therapist died. The biggest issue was that the doctors didn't share information well. The hospital providers didn't really correspond with her civilian providers. They would put her on a medication combo and then the other doctor would pull her off. It got to the point it was ridiculous. Imagine being someone who was molested for years and beaten and God only know what else and then you have to tell the story over and over and over to each new therapist? While I guess it helps you learn to talk about it but it also causes you to relive the trauma. OK now to the point of this story. I would try to avoid changing doctors frequently and switching back and forth. The info doesn't flow well. Also don't find a therapist and stick with them if they aren't helping. If he doesn't like the doctor or he isn't seeing any benefits don't be shy about moving on. [/QUOTE]
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