[He listens to her quietly; the second she's done, he snaps into business. His tone isn't without sympathy, but his first priority isn't making friends, here.]
So our first order of business is the suicidal ideation. I'm not a psychiatrist or a pharmacologist so I'm going to have to ask what you're on so that I can read up on it.
We're gonna revisit that in a month and ask them to adjust the dosage if you haven't felt any effects.
[His gruffness, his generic urban accent hasn't faded; but the words sound natural in his mouth. He's obviously not putting anything on. He writes that down, a little action-item.]
I'm gonna ask you to keep a mood journal for the next four weeks-- frequency, duration, and severity of depressive and rage episodes. If you have any manic episodes or just periods of contentment, that'd be good to know, too. It'll help nail down symptoms if you wind up needing to tweak the meds.
[Scribble, scribble. To-do.]
You're already ready to give it a month, so I don't have to ask you to give it a full run. But if you do wind up having any effects so bad you need to change the dosage on an emergency basis, I need you to tell me. Change first, but tell me.
You self-medicating at all? Alcohol, other recrational drugs?
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Date: 2012-08-17 09:55 pm (UTC)So our first order of business is the suicidal ideation. I'm not a psychiatrist or a pharmacologist so I'm going to have to ask what you're on so that I can read up on it.
We're gonna revisit that in a month and ask them to adjust the dosage if you haven't felt any effects.
[His gruffness, his generic urban accent hasn't faded; but the words sound natural in his mouth. He's obviously not putting anything on. He writes that down, a little action-item.]
I'm gonna ask you to keep a mood journal for the next four weeks-- frequency, duration, and severity of depressive and rage episodes. If you have any manic episodes or just periods of contentment, that'd be good to know, too. It'll help nail down symptoms if you wind up needing to tweak the meds.
[Scribble, scribble. To-do.]
You're already ready to give it a month, so I don't have to ask you to give it a full run. But if you do wind up having any effects so bad you need to change the dosage on an emergency basis, I need you to tell me. Change first, but tell me.
You self-medicating at all? Alcohol, other recrational drugs?