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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 103002" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>A notebook will be invaluable (can't stress this enough) to letting your doctor in on days, dates, times and medications (if any). </p><p></p><p>If you want help - you have to help yourself (or so I was told) years ago. And started keeping journals with all the above mentioned items. The LARGEST reason it helps most people is because people (therapists, psychiatric docs, etc.) in this business get burnt out quickly. Average stay here is 18 months if that depending on the severity of the caseloads. </p><p></p><p>I showed this to the last psychiatric. we had and he was in shock that I had kept such good records, but more over that MY records were more detailed than any of the reports from any one else. It helped him build a past picture or history in his mind of what had been tried, what worked what didn't. </p><p></p><p>And the psychiatric evaluations you get ? make a special folder for those and keep copies and mark the word COPY on them so if you are asked for them you can quickly hand out a copy in the language a psychiatric doctor understands. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps - congrats on the meetings - I promise you won't regret doing this. I know the feeling of being drained. Not fun. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 103002, member: 4964"] A notebook will be invaluable (can't stress this enough) to letting your doctor in on days, dates, times and medications (if any). If you want help - you have to help yourself (or so I was told) years ago. And started keeping journals with all the above mentioned items. The LARGEST reason it helps most people is because people (therapists, psychiatric docs, etc.) in this business get burnt out quickly. Average stay here is 18 months if that depending on the severity of the caseloads. I showed this to the last psychiatric. we had and he was in shock that I had kept such good records, but more over that MY records were more detailed than any of the reports from any one else. It helped him build a past picture or history in his mind of what had been tried, what worked what didn't. And the psychiatric evaluations you get ? make a special folder for those and keep copies and mark the word COPY on them so if you are asked for them you can quickly hand out a copy in the language a psychiatric doctor understands. Hope this helps - congrats on the meetings - I promise you won't regret doing this. I know the feeling of being drained. Not fun. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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