Posted by creepy on January 19, 2011, at 15:38:16
In reply to Has anyone been told 'you research too much'?, posted by Cydnie on January 13, 2011, at 12:48:41
personally Ive gone through a few doctors like this. =(
It feeds into trust and control issues. Your pdoc may develop what amounts to a counter transference with you, which makes treatment much more difficult.
How to resolve this? Well.. theres a couple ways. depending on how good your doc is.
You can admit to it, tell them you research stuff, and then work out limits and trust issues together. This sort of doc probably has some experience with the therapy side of things too.
If your doc isnt like that, it may be best not to admit to knowing anything, and saying a relative did well or badly on XYZ medication. Or someone in med school told you X raises the levels of Y medication and youre concerned. Lots of ways to raise the right questions without admitting to knowing any of this stuff and having control issues.
If you have a therapist also, this is the perfect thing to bounce off of them. tell them why you are worried about med suggestions from your doc, and reality test it. Figure out what part of the difficulty is yours and how much belongs to your doc.
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