Comments on: Journaling Your Bipolar Journey http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/self-help/journaling-your-bipolar-journey.html Information and support Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/self-help/journaling-your-bipolar-journey.html/comment-page-1#comment-1115 Joe Fri, 30 May 2008 13:51:37 +0000 http://finkshrink.com/blog/?p=28#comment-1115 Yes, it would be in the medical records, but several times my wife has come home from a doctor's appointment to inform me that the doctor prescribed a new medication - with a name that sounds vaguely familiar. I search our records, and low and behold, she was on that same medication a couple years ago! I think it's best to keep your own records, especially in this day and age when changes in insurance often mean changing doctors. Yes, it would be in the medical records, but several times my wife has come home from a doctor’s appointment to inform me that the doctor prescribed a new medication – with a name that sounds vaguely familiar. I search our records, and low and behold, she was on that same medication a couple years ago!

I think it’s best to keep your own records, especially in this day and age when changes in insurance often mean changing doctors.

]]> By: namegoeshere http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/self-help/journaling-your-bipolar-journey.html/comment-page-1#comment-1114 namegoeshere Fri, 30 May 2008 13:18:03 +0000 http://finkshrink.com/blog/?p=28#comment-1114 Wouldn't that information be in the medical records? Don't doctors actually read the records to see what has been done before? Sorry about the sarcasm, but those of us not in the medical profession tend to have unrealistic expectations about those things. It's truly sad to find out that my mechanic keeps better track of my car's history than doctors do. Wouldn’t that information be in the medical records?

Don’t doctors actually read the records to see what has been done before?

Sorry about the sarcasm, but those of us not in the medical profession tend to have unrealistic expectations about those things. It’s truly sad to find out that my mechanic keeps better track of my car’s history than doctors do.

]]> By: Journaling Questions http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/self-help/journaling-your-bipolar-journey.html/comment-page-1#comment-245 Journaling Questions Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:13:57 +0000 http://finkshrink.com/blog/?p=28#comment-245 [...] be keeping journals or diaries these days. In Bipolar Disorder For Dummies and in the post “Journaling Your Bipolar Journey,” we recommend keeping a journal to record medication changes, mood ratings, and so on. If [...] [...] be keeping journals or diaries these days. In Bipolar Disorder For Dummies and in the post “Journaling Your Bipolar Journey,” we recommend keeping a journal to record medication changes, mood ratings, and so on. If [...]

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