Posted by Jenna S. on December 11, 2001, at 15:44:29
In reply to Re: I give up, posted by pathetic_n_useless on December 10, 2001, at 14:23:45
> > Is there no way you can see a different doctor?
> >
> > Kat26
> this is the 2nd GP who has said the same. whats th e point?This sucks. Those doctors should not be allowed to practice IMO. I had a vicious judgemental pdoc once too. I just refused to see her. Luckily I have a sympathetic GP.
One idea I heard once which might help you, is to go to local pharmacies and ask the pharmacists which doctors in the area seem to be sympathetic to psychiatric illnesses. Of course some pharmacists might be as bad as those docs you've already seen, but you can at least just walk away and go to the next one. If you have a friend or can find anyone who is sympathetic, take them with you, for moral support. When we're ill it's really hard to do stuff like this, having support makes a lot of difference.
You can then go to the new GP, I think without registering first, and if you like them, you should be able to re-register. You can get information about the process of re-registering by phoning your local Health Authority.
I don't know which system is best/worse - seems like in the US you can get stuff prescribed but you have to be able to afford it, at least here we only pay the prescription charge, but it's much harder to get what we need. Sigh.
I really hope you can make some progress with this, you deserve proper treatment.
Best wishes,
Jenna
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