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Subject: Re: Addiction Psychiatrist Eval

Author: SyckRN ()

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Fri, Nov 19 2010, 11:11:35 In reply to: aa 's message, "Re: Addiction Psychiatrist Eval" on Tue, Nov 16 2010, 8:39:19 Couldn't resist posting the essay I wrote about my psych eval: Psychiatry consult? No thanks. I am just your garden variety junkie. Besides, I really want to keep my abnormalities to a minimum. I want to look my best for the N (normal)-Stamping ceremony in 2 years. What’s that you say? It’s in the contract? Well thank you then, I’d be most…grateful, for a psychiatric evaluation. Sounds like a good time. (I already know I don’t have any psychiatric illnesses though. I am a nurse, after all, and just because I am an addict doesn’t mean don’t have any insight.) Well…tah dah!! Look who got lucky on the bonus spin! Bipolar disorder would explain a lot Chuck, but I think I will go ahead and keep the prize I already won. Yep, I’m happy with good old Addiction. Besides, I only have a one-car garage, and I wouldn’t know where to park a big old Bipolar Disorder diagnosis; So just tell me where to make my co-payment and me and my addiction, we’ll just be on our way. Medications? Weight gain? Cognitive impairment? But that’s not fair! I didn’t even want to spin again! I will not take medications! What’s that? I signed a release and you have to tell the BRN about this wonderful new diagnosis, about your recommendation for medications? You say I have no choice…that I’ll be removed from clinical duties? Well…okay…I guess then, that I would be…grateful… As long as it’s for my own good and all. My quest for “normality” has just experienced a major setback. Last edited by author: Fri November 19, 2010 11:12:34   Edited 1 time. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]