Scared

I have the doctors in Wednesday afternoon about my bpd/schizophrenia and I'm scared. What do I say? Any ideas? X

I'd start by telling them I've been hearing voices.

What else should I say as I think they know I've been hearing voices... Actually I know they know

Why don't you prepare a written statement based on the original post in your previous thread?

That way, you'll portray your condition honestly and won't leave anything out if you're nervous or agitated.

I often write my symptoms down and hand the sheet to the doctor. I don't think they like it, but I'm there to secure the help that I need, not to please my GP.

Sounds like a good idea actually thank you

Dead_star wrote:What else should I say as I think they know I've been hearing voices... Actually I know they know

Journeyman gave you good advice. Writing things down is definitely a good idea so that you're prepared when you go and don't leave anything out.

Put down everything, even if you think something might be insignificant. The more they know, the better.

You know what scared me, how casually you wrote about hearing voices in your first post and almost wrote it off as nothing. That scared me how you barely recognized that it was a problem. Or at least thats how it came across to me.

It took a lot of effort to write about it, but I knew it needed to come out as otherwise I wouldn't get anywhere and I would be stuck.
I guess the main reason I wrote it was to see what help I needed as people around me have been saying I need to go to the doctors a long time but I guess I didn't see the extent of it all and how bad it was. I sorry if it came across that way though warmonger. I'm not good with words and sometimes things just come out the way they're not supposed to sorry!

Dead_star wrote:It took a lot of effort to write about it, but I knew it needed to come out as otherwise I wouldn't get anywhere and I would be stuck.
I guess the main reason I wrote it was to see what help I needed as people around me have been saying I need to go to the doctors a long time but I guess I didn't see the extent of it all and how bad it was. I sorry if it came across that way though warmonger. I'm not good with words and sometimes things just come out the way they're not supposed to sorry!

Nicely Worded ...
We sometimes forget how our words can sometimes come across to others, and like you said ..."I'm not good with words and sometimes things just come out the way they're not supposed to sorry!"
Is ok

Journeyman15 wrote:Why don't you prepare a written statement based on the original post in your previous thread?

That way, you'll portray your condition honestly and won't leave anything out if you're nervous or agitated.

I often write my symptoms down and hand the sheet to the doctor. I don't think they like it, but I'm there to secure the help that I need, not to please my GP.

Nice advice and very true

Nicely Worded ...
We sometimes forget how our words can sometimes come across to others, and like you said ..."I'm not good with words and sometimes things just come out the way they're not supposed to sorry!"
Is ok

That's a first for me! Thank you. I guess I've showed someone I live with and they said maybe it's because I've lived with it for so long it's become a norm to me so I don't know how it would come across to others.


The other thing I was thinking was if I do have schizophrenia how would I deal with it? I've looked online and I think you guys are right but I'm just scared to go to the doctors but I know I need to go... And I also want to go but hospitalisation scares me. I know I'm instantly looking at things a negative way so I guess that won't help. I just don't know at the moment everything is so difficult
Apologies