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[Alec]

Saw a got my first prescription from a psychiatrist today, I'm gonna tell you later what medication I got, I'm at the bus stop right now and I don't wanna type too much.

But I wanted to ask, is there any way I can stop seeing a psychiatrist in a normal way that won't seem weird? I'm getting scared a bit because what if I won't want to take medication and will want to stop coming but they keep giving me appointments. Is there anyway to say "I think I'm good for now I don't want to keep going with this, so I'm gonna stop going in this direction, thank you" that won't raise any flags? What would you say to a professional from a government funded Medicaid program that has access to all your history?

Help is appreciated thank you!

Love,
—Alec.

 

[Suez]

Saw a got my first prescription from a psychiatrist today, I'm gonna tell you later what medication I got, I'm at the bus stop right now and I don't wanna type too much.

But I wanted to ask, is there any way I can stop seeing a psychiatrist in a normal way that won't seem weird? I'm getting scared a bit because what if I won't want to take medication and will want to stop coming but they keep giving me appointments. Is there anyway to say "I think I'm good for now I don't want to keep going with this, so I'm gonna stop going in this direction, thank you" that won't raise any flags? What would you say to a professional from a government funded Medicaid program that has access to all your history?

Help is appreciated thank you!

Love,
—Alec.

You could be truthful somewhat,,,by that i mean you could say something like "I know that the things we talked about are things that I need to be looking at and something I need to spend some time working on . Since we last met a number of things have come up in my life which has meant that i need to prioritise these things for a little while and for me that means that I need to put this on hold for a little while, so I can focus on the things i need to focus on at hand and when i have more time and the kind of time available to me that I can really devote to looking at the things we talked about I will call you. Will that be ok with you? Im so sorry, I know Ive only just seen you the once, but i just did not see this coming"..... Something like that?

 

[SipSop]

Saw a got my first prescription from a psychiatrist today, I'm gonna tell you later what medication I got, I'm at the bus stop right now and I don't wanna type too much.

But I wanted to ask, is there any way I can stop seeing a psychiatrist in a normal way that won't seem weird? I'm getting scared a bit because what if I won't want to take medication and will want to stop coming but they keep giving me appointments. Is there anyway to say "I think I'm good for now I don't want to keep going with this, so I'm gonna stop going in this direction, thank you" that won't raise any flags? What would you say to a professional from a government funded Medicaid program that has access to all your history?

Help is appreciated thank you!

Love,
—Alec.

I have to see the doc too. I do not take the meds because they make my emotions numb and I feel weird, like a zombie. But I will tell him this, wich is true: I took the medication for a while but I stopped because they didn't help me at my work. I realised that my problems were not physical but psychological. I realised that what I lacked was meaning in my life and now I will try to focus on that purpose in my life wich I believe will give me joy if fulfilled.
I hope he will understand and not lock me up again in the psych ward for any reason. I've been there once, I hope I will never go again.

 

[GoBack]

That depends how you ended up at a psychiatrist in the first place, if they think your a risk to yourself, and if you can hold it together enough that they believe your ok

 

[GoodPersonEffed]

Unless you were mandated to see a psychiatrist, it is your right to cancel the appointment and just stop going, same as with any doctor. No explanations needed. In fact it's easier now, just call the appointment desk and cancel, say you don't want to reschedule at this time. If they push, you can say it's a scheduling conflict and you'll call back to reschedule, and then just don't call back.

When you wrote you were at the bus stop, I thought you were getting ready to catch a different kind of bus.

 

[SleeplessSoul]

If it's not mandated you can even just be honest and say you don't feel like it's working out for you and that you don't want to continue. When I didn't want to go to therapy as a teenager I just keep cancelling and/or not turning up until they discharged me

 

[BPD Barbie]

With mine if I didn't attend I simply got discharged. But it might be worth being honest with them and saying that maybe you don't feel medication is the right route for you and they can maybe suggest something else.