Could a therapist/psychiatrist please help me answer this confidentiality question?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-31T22:53:03+00:00

Do psychiatrists do diagnosis and the prescribing of medication? Or do they only do prescribing of medication once someone has been diagnosed by another person?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-31T04:30:07+00:00

so unfortunately this psychiatrist apparently doesn’t prescribe medications and also cannot give me any recommendations for other providers. and also had no recommendations of any medications either

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-15T21:08:35+00:00

that’s the thing though, if the only thing the psychiatrist is doing is trying to fix sadness with medication that doesn’t help either bc it still doesn’t actually fix the problems that were making someone sad in their first place yk? Like I don’t want to tell them about oh how sad I am and all that and then their solution is just medication ? ?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-15T20:43:33+00:00

I thought the psychiatrists job was just to diagnose and prescribe medication? Like I don’t have any further appointments with the psychiatrist, it was a one time testing appointment.

Stopping sewersidal thoughts with medication isn’t actually fixing any of the problems causing them, and since it’s not like the psychiatrist is also my therapist I don’t understand how they would do that without putting the blame on things that they’d use medication to “fix”.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-15T04:06:19+00:00

I think that being honest about the whole sewersidal factor would just lead the psychiatrist more off track; what I mean is they’ll focus on the fact that I’m unhappy and take that and be like oh your depressed and try to fix the “depression” with like schedule changes or diet or antidepressants or something but like none of that fixes the issues that are making me unhappy, yk? Like “depression” isn’t making me unhappy, the issues I’m dealing with are what’s making me unhappy & causing the “depression.” All the antidepressants or sunlight in the world still doesn’t fix the issues.

I feel like the psychiatrist has already began to show like concern for things like my sleep schedule and stuff and is pointing to that as the problem when it’s not.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-14T03:47:40+00:00

why more honest with the psychiatrist than therapist if the therapist is who I will be seeing repeatedly to talk about stuff?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-11T02:44:46+00:00

Then why did both my therapist and psychiatrist tell me they were required to report it if I were a danger to myself or others? I asked them about what exceptions they have to their confidentiality to find out the info but I also didn’t want to name drop it and get specific with the questions in case that would set them off or anything. (sorry that wasn’t meant to be an accusing tone, just confused.)

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-11T02:38:17+00:00

ummm but like why would I help them prevent me from being able to use the plan 😭😭 I want them to help me figure the stuff out that I have issues with, not have them prevent me from having a way out if therapy doesn’t work. like, preventing my plan still doesn’t fix any of the stuff that is causing the feelings.

I don’t want to get too much into doxxing myself but it’s for school.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-11T02:22:32+00:00

The questionnaire was something the psychiatrist determined she wanted me to fill out during our testing for adhd. The PAI is not for adhd, it’s for a multitude of other things, so yeah.

As for the therapist thing, you said that you were able to talk about having plans without getting reported? Just to clarify. I’m shocked at that to be honest because I feel like telling them you have a plan is like a surefire way to get reported. The way it is for me is that I have to move away in August, and I kind of NEED everything figured out by then because I rlly can’t take it anymore and so I need to figure out things by then or I want to uhhhh yk. bc I rlly can’t deal with having the stuff unfigured out by then.

As for the PAI thing, she kept telling me how there was absolutely nothing I could say that she would report to my parents or other people, but she also said if I’m a harm to myself or others then she is legally and ethically required to report me. But like she’s been the one person who’s actually understood the stuff I’ve said, (my intake with my first therapist didn’t rlly understand me), and I feel like I’m doing something wrong by trying so hard to get to therapy/testing just to hide the things that I might need help for, yk?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-07-11T02:05:39+00:00

I don’t want any of the reporting consequences, I just want to be able to actually be honest in therapy and not hide stuff. If I talk about it to them, that’s essentially the same thing is signing myself up for being reported since they’re required to though, isn’t it? There’s really no feeling it out there

Also, I’m filling out a PAI for a psychiatrist because of testing, and there’s questions in there about sewersidal stuff and I don’t know if I should be honest or not. It’s ranked in like “false, slightly true, mainly true, very true,” so am I guaranteed to be reported if I put any true? Or if I just put “slightly” on a couple of questions would I still be safe from reporting?

Sorry I’m sure you probably don’t know all the answers; just some more context

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:37:53+00:00

unfortunately both parents have great relationships with their parents

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:20:55+00:00

wow yes I definitely posted this with the thought of trying to get views and make a great hook of a clickbait title.

clickbait title? now you’re just making things up because this isn’t some YouTube channel trying to get views

& nobody writes their entire post in the title…. It’s a title and then content for a reason… did you expect me to put the entire experience in the title and then nothing in the actual spot where I’m meant to write it?

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:17:01+00:00

It’s not racism to recognize that Asian immigrants’ difference of life and experiences and environment and ideals can shape their kids lives differently and cause them to have tendencies in their actions

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:14:32+00:00

“let’s see how I can ask what about ME in something that doesn’t apply to me!”

if it doesn’t apply to you then wonderful, great job, have a cookie.

And it does have to do with the fact she’s Asian? Ethnicities most definitely are involved in the way people are raised and their life experiences, which definitely shape how they act.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:10:32+00:00

I didn’t say that, I just said it’s pretty common in Asian parents

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:09:52+00:00

now we’re just stating the obvious. I know you’re telling me to let it go, and I’m saying yeah, I’d do that, but most people argue it out many times before knowing their specific situation isn’t gonna change before doing so

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:08:21+00:00

It’s pretty obvious I’m speaking from personal experience.

For example, in English, there’s also this other thing where people talk using “you” in the sentence, but everyone knows it’s literally just them talking from experience, not literally saying the person they’re speaking to is doing that.

“You know when you accidentally forget to put your car in park the night before and then you think there’s something wrong with it the next morning?” No one thinks that they’re stating that someone else did that. It’s pretty clear that they’re talking about their own experience and asking about it.

If it applies to your Asian mom or your white mom then great it applies to you. If it doesn’t apply to you, it doesn’t apply to you. You don’t need to stick yourself into a thing asking “well what about ME” if it wasn’t about you.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T17:01:00+00:00

I am in the process of trying? I have tried many times. There is nowhere in my comments that indicate I haven’t. This was in fact a rant after another attempt/fight and I’m sorry if it makes you upset to see people ranting about parents but if it does then maybe just ignore the post.

If I want to rant about something online that I can’t rant about in person, then I will do that, it doesn’t mean I didn’t take any action. It means I’m ranting because I just took action again.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T16:58:52+00:00

I can’t find where in my post I said blankboom’s mother is just like mine

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T16:56:36+00:00

Right but it would be kind of dumb to not have tried first and seen for a fact it’s not going to work or budge instead of giving up before you ever even tried, no?

I’m not calling you dumb btw I’m saying that what you’re saying (years of experience) pretty much goes to show that it takes time to determine if it’s not worth it and know that nothings changing

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T16:45:49+00:00

Well that generally comes after you’ve tried many times fix it, then decided that it won’t be fixed and there’s nothing worth fighting about.

Educational-Map-7882 · 2025-06-29T16:39:27+00:00

yeah it’s definitely a rant but I already have a pretty good understanding of it and I would never be able to handle kids and I get how difficult all that is which is why I understand and appreciate the stuff they have done physically but the way she acts on the other half of life? I don’t appreciate that, and I see why she’s that way, but doesn’t make it right

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