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    Coming clean with my psychiatrist

    I have an appointment with my psychiatrist early next month. I have never told her about my drinking. I'm being treated with meds for depression and anxiety. Little does she know that my symptoms are probably mostly related to the AL. I'm thinking I need to come clean with her about my drinking so I can get the right help. The only help the meds do (Ativan and now Klonopin) is control the shakiness in the morning and withdrawals. The antidepressants don't do crap because of the AL. Anyways, I'm scared to tell her because than she'll know I lied and won't trust anything I say anymore. I don't know what to do. I need help but am scared to ask for it.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know I can't go on this way. It will eventually kill me. I've recently realized that I can't do this on my own. I need help.
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    #2
    Coming clean with my psychiatrist

    Funny to find this because I made an appointment with my husbands psychiatrist tomorrow. She has known me for years and I am going to talk to her about medication for craving medications. I want to know what is better, topamax or Campral.
    meggie

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      #3
      Coming clean with my psychiatrist

      Jewels83;922363 wrote: I have an appointment with my psychiatrist early next month. I have never told her about my drinking. I'm being treated with meds for depression and anxiety. Little does she know that my symptoms are probably mostly related to the AL. I'm thinking I need to come clean with her about my drinking so I can get the right help. The only help the meds do (Ativan and now Klonopin) is control the shakiness in the morning and withdrawals. The antidepressants don't do crap because of the AL. Anyways, I'm scared to tell her because than she'll know I lied and won't trust anything I say anymore. I don't know what to do. I need help but am scared to ask for it.

      Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know I can't go on this way. It will eventually kill me. I've recently realized that I can't do this on my own. I need help.
      She'll respect you more for being honest. They want to be effecive but unless they know what your true history is? Well, you know the answer!
      Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

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        #4
        Coming clean with my psychiatrist

        I'm also concerned about having this on medical file....

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          #5
          Coming clean with my psychiatrist

          Jewels, don't know anything about medical files in the States so someone else needs to answer that one. Re. the psychiatrist, don't worry about having lied - there is no story on the planet these people haven't encountered, he/she will be just so pleased that you are coming clean. They are professionals and they get paid to deal with you, so it's your health that counts.
          Meggie, sorry I know nothing about those meds, but good luck at your appointment as well
          Molly
          Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
          contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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            #6
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            Well done in making this decision. It will almost definitely mean the psychiatrist can now work more effectively with you. My counsellor, who is also a psychotherapist told me as long as I was going off drinking she couldn't really help me. This was because she needed to know what issues come up for me in sober life, going off for 4 days a week even just drinking in the evenings was enough to prevent me from knowing myself.

            So good luck and I'm sure you will feel a lot better for it.

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              Hi Jewels,
              Personally, I'd go the whole hog and get as much help as there is and that would involve being truthful with your health professionals.
              I hid my drinking from nobody but my doctor all my adult life until the time came when I was alone, homeless, unemployed and desperate. It was the last throw of the dice and I knew it. It was a release. Once I started talking it just all came out and all I could do was hope for a sympathetic response. She was brilliant. I got all the right medication and was put in contact with a counselor and they only knew how to start treating me properly because they had all the facts. Pretty soon I started feeling that there was something worth getting up for in the morning. Now, I can't imagine being the weak wreck that I'd become.
              Regarding having all this on file...
              I've been open and honest with everyone about it including my employers. I'm way past caring what anyone thinks of me as long as I'm doing what I see to be the right thing and not hurting anyone. I have been refused life insurance and I'm quite sure there are other things that this money orientated society would have me barred from participating in, so I have decided that I don't need them.....and I don't. Instead of lining their pockets I'll look after my own affairs. I don't have much but it's all honest and it's all mine. I've changed a lot about my way of living and thinking and this is just another part. As Groucho Marx put it...I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.
              I'm ranting...
              Anyway, good luck and I hope it works out as you want it too.

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                #8
                Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                Very good decision to be 100% honest, otherwise any help she can offer you would be clouded by her not knowing the truth of the matter, not to mention the fact that it will be diluted. So you are probably wasting your time unless there is full disclosure. In regard to it going on your record there is patient confidentiality here and nobody is authorised to look at your files without your consent. TBH I would be more concerned with getting the help needed. Good luck with it, it is a brave step and well done on seeking that help.
                Ethanol is a toxic chemical, why would I drink it?

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                  #9
                  Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                  Can anybody tell me the medication they were put on to help with the cravings.
                  meggie

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                    #10
                    Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                    I agree that you need to come clean. It takes a lot to tell people things about AL and if you trust her then tell her.

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                      #11
                      Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                      Meggie,

                      I purchased Baclofen and Naltrexone from River Pharmacy. Both help with cravings....much more powerful than L-Glutamine.

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                        #12
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                        Good for you jewels. Alcohol made me even more emotional. I just didnt have the strength to deal with life. I still get gouchy in my sobriety but seem to be able to deal with problems better. There is just less drama involved.
                        Be strong-
                        We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worse that has been done to us.
                        Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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                          #13
                          Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                          Meggie - I used Topa to stop the cravings. Have you downloaded and read the My Way Out book? Topa is the med that Roberta used - it worked for me 100%. Some folk have Side effects on it - there are different meds you can use - read about them and see which you feel is best for you to try - if one doesn't work, then try another. Feel free to PM me if you want to know more about the Topa.

                          Hugs to you, Sunshinedaisies x
                          How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now and there will never be a time when it is not now....

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                            #14
                            Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                            my meeting with the shrink went very well, she is starting me slow, first on sleep meds, then i am going to try Campral on monday. I need to get this off my back. I want to be clean. I wish i could drink like normal people.

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                              #15
                              Coming clean with my psychiatrist

                              Well done for telling her and getting the help you need. Even 'normal' people have problems with alcohol. Believing that you need it to have a nice time means you have a problem. I can't believe I now think this this but life is so much better without AL. Better to get the help to leave AL behind rather than trying to hold on to him.
                              Suz
                              Happy to be sober since 07 Sept 09.

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