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I want to first thank everyone for all your wonderful feedback. I don't know what happened with this doc but when I had to say no to his appt last Wednesday, he decided not to call back. It has been 6 days. He did this last week! Just thinking about it gets me into a rage. Anyways it seems he is just too important (in his head) to find the time to call back. I have started looking into getting some justice. I have this thing about getting really upset when I am not respected.( it comes from the childhood). I am in contact with the ombudsman of the hospital. I am so overwhelmed and I need to talk to someone soon. The problem is that one cannot just start getting therapy with a psychiatrist. I think it will be a little complicated due to the fact that we have had some serious cuts in healthcare and people are now referred to their general practitioners for meds! What do they know about psychiatry?
By the way are there any meds out there that will NOT numb me out? All I want to do is calm the rage that occurs everytime I get into my car and have to drive around with all the maniacs.
Oh I failed to mention that last year when I went to seek a second opinion I was told to ask my doc to send my file to a certain department of this place and said goodby to this doc. After 2 weeks they had nit gotten it and when I asked him about it because I contacted him he said he does not just send a file. I am his private patient. Make sense? I don't know. In the end I went back to him because the system is so bad and I had an episode. I wish there was nothing wrong with me and then I wouldn't have to deal with this guy
Oh I failed to mention that last year when I went to seek a second opinion I was told to ask my doc to send my file to a certain department of this place and said goodby to this doc. After 2 weeks they had nit gotten it and when I asked him about it because I contacted him he said he does not just send a file. I am his private patient. Make sense? I don't know. In the end I went back to him because the system is so bad and I had an episode. I wish there was nothing wrong with me and then I wouldn't have to deal with this guy
Hi.No I have no GP and he had given me Ativan for panic but even at less than 1 mg I would be exhausted after the episode and it took forever to work. He gave me Epival for the moods because they were all over the place and very bad. This guy is chief of a department known as the Brief Treatment Unit at a well known psych hospital in Montreal. I don't know where to go next because I am afraid I will be told that I have to go to the ER of a hospital and do you think I want to discuss this with ANY doctor? There is a stigma attached to this after all
I hear you ok, I had a shrink like that a couple of years ago who just said nothing all session, he also missed my Bipolar as well.
I have not taken Risperdal or Epival - I know a lot of people do not much like Risperdal, its not normally something that makes you numb but Epival which is Tegrital apparently can.
Im confused ok, he thinks you are PTSD but he has prescribed an Anti Epileptic and a Schizophrenia Med / Mood Stabiliser? Has he given you anything like Xanax for anxiety or anything else because to this layman those meds and the diagnosis he has given make no sense - theyre not going to control the rage very well unless they sedate the hell out of you.
What is it with pdocs and sedating patients today? Anyway.
Something as simple as Valium may help you calm during panic - do you have a GP you can speak to ?
I have not taken Risperdal or Epival - I know a lot of people do not much like Risperdal, its not normally something that makes you numb but Epival which is Tegrital apparently can.
Im confused ok, he thinks you are PTSD but he has prescribed an Anti Epileptic and a Schizophrenia Med / Mood Stabiliser? Has he given you anything like Xanax for anxiety or anything else because to this layman those meds and the diagnosis he has given make no sense - theyre not going to control the rage very well unless they sedate the hell out of you.
What is it with pdocs and sedating patients today? Anyway.
Something as simple as Valium may help you calm during panic - do you have a GP you can speak to ?
I have no ides how long I will have to wait, but I am going to call other hospitals in the area. I am trying to stay clear of meds due to the fact that they wipe me out. I was only on 250mg of Epival and 1mg of risperdal and I felt numb!!! I am quite discouraged and scared that I will have another rage episode which wipes me out for at least a day if not longer. This doc is making me feel like I am exaggerating and that I don't have a serious problem. Sometimes I go in in the midst of a panic attack and in tears and sometimes I will talk about a rage episode and he will say nothing...not a word. complete silence. I can't do it anymore. He is nuts
Sigh.
Don't you hate that? I waited for my pdoc to call me for 3 weeks and nothing until his secretary finally set an appointment in January. Waste of time.
I have no idea where you are in the world, sadly this is a real problem that we see all the time, mental health is not a priority, it does not make for good press unlike cancer treatment and the like and yet its vital.
GP's really know nothing about medications and mental health and they in fact can do more harm than good with bad med choices and worse follow up - the habit of just prescribing anti depressants at the drop of a hat (among other drugs) is just depressing.
Now what may have happened here is when you refused the appointment he has decided you are not interested - this happens a lot in Hospital's because the doctors are so busy and there are too many patients.
Can you access private psychiatry? If fact you can just start seeing one - all you need in most countries is a referral from a GP to one - thew problem is finding one who will take patients, many have closed books or are expensive but its not impossible - in Australia you would need to ring the Australia and NZ College of Psychiatrists who can advise on members in your locaiton - I don't know what its like where you are but you should be able to find one.
The reality is doctors work for us - we sometimes forget that but if you find one is not performing change, thats always my advice.
How long will you have to wait now?
Don't you hate that? I waited for my pdoc to call me for 3 weeks and nothing until his secretary finally set an appointment in January. Waste of time.
I have no idea where you are in the world, sadly this is a real problem that we see all the time, mental health is not a priority, it does not make for good press unlike cancer treatment and the like and yet its vital.
GP's really know nothing about medications and mental health and they in fact can do more harm than good with bad med choices and worse follow up - the habit of just prescribing anti depressants at the drop of a hat (among other drugs) is just depressing.
Now what may have happened here is when you refused the appointment he has decided you are not interested - this happens a lot in Hospital's because the doctors are so busy and there are too many patients.
Can you access private psychiatry? If fact you can just start seeing one - all you need in most countries is a referral from a GP to one - thew problem is finding one who will take patients, many have closed books or are expensive but its not impossible - in Australia you would need to ring the Australia and NZ College of Psychiatrists who can advise on members in your locaiton - I don't know what its like where you are but you should be able to find one.
The reality is doctors work for us - we sometimes forget that but if you find one is not performing change, thats always my advice.
How long will you have to wait now?
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