Universal said:
i've also been thinking about going over to have a talk with Dr. Simeon. I should probably do that asap, no? hey rula how has your experience with mt.sinai been?
I never finished my thread on my experience at Mt. Sinai, cuz as they say, if you have nothing good to say, probaby best not to say anything at all. :wink:
Let's just say that as long as you keep a few things in mind when you go see Dr. Sensitive (as us lab rats later nicked named her) then your experience could be more positive than ours.
first, you're not going to be dealing with a therapist but a researcher. She will not bother with things like showing concern or empathy. it's dry scientific data collection.
She will make you sit outside in the hallway to fill out questionnaires despite the fact that there's plenty of room in her 2 sections office. No one understood exactly why, but it bothered us!
Although your agreement with her includes 20-mins of talk therapy, you'll never actually get that. it's basically here's a pill come back in 2 weeks and fill out more questionnaires. (therapy funding was apparently cut)
The questionnaires themselves have a lot of questions that seemed irrelevant, more about multiple personality disorder. gets really annoying to have to fill them out every 2 weeks...no, i don't find myself wearing clothes i didn't remember putting on, that's not dp/dr :roll:
If you're prepared to deal with all that, then go for it. but before she'll take you in, you have to be stable, meaning no change in meds/dosage whatsoever in at least 2 months. The first med gave me lock jaw and i stopped it after 2 weeks. I felt no improvement in my symptoms after med #2 either, that one lasted 4 weeks. someone else who finished the fulll 8 weeks said it "helped release pressure in her head" but she's not fully recovered either.
I don't really think Dr. S is on to anything yet, no cure in the near future. If i were you i'd give my body a break, and not pump it full of
experimental meds.
-ru
