Posted by MB on December 15, 2002, at 14:40:02
In reply to Why a GP? » MB, posted by utopizen on December 13, 2002, at 20:40:02
> Um, may I ask why you're using a GP? I always thought it was interesting a GP would even bother with meds- I mean, they refer people to neurologists (I mentioned a tic, my GP said to go to a neurologist) so why not a psychiatrist? I would be pretty humble over the thing if I was a GP.
There are only two psychiatrists in my area. One works for the state and is closing his private practice. The other is an egomaniac who spent 45 of my 50 minute session discussing his trip to Africa and how flies vector the H. pylori bacteria and that I should get tested for it. Then, after I had told him that SSRIs made me worse, he sent me home with samples of Celexa. I never went back. There *is* a nurse practitioner, but he fired me when he found out I had taken unprescribed morphine. Also, he wouldn't let me stay on my Klonopin, which has been a life saver as far as anxiety goes (wanted me on lithium instead, though I've never been manic). There isn't anybody else. I'm not sure a neurologist would be appropriate in treating depression/anxiety/rage issues. Ergo, GP it is.
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