Posted by cache-monkey on September 17, 2004, at 1:59:45
In reply to Re: CLuster C Personality Disorders, posted by CatFanatic on September 16, 2004, at 19:51:33
<< Tried CBT and ssris for 3 months. Was able to attend a graduate course standardized test prep course and relearned 4 undergraduate science courses in 3 months. Afterwards, my ugly bitch shrink said I wasn't improving fast enough so gave up on me. I should have sued that chunt. Is that legal for a shrink to tell aa pateint if you don't improve, I won't treat you anymore? Do I have a legal case even though that was 6 years ago, and I went back to her 3 years later, and my case is now closed? Any lawyers here?
Well I was screwed. SO I got more angry, angrier than I have ever been. I actually went back to here 3 years later . Imagine that. I am so screwed up , that I went back to someone who screed me up. How about that for low self- esteem, dysfunctional decision making and dependency. Quit after a few months becasue the bitch gave up on me again. She stopped calling me for appointments after she made a home visit. Again. Can I sue??
Question. i see the same peole here for years. Does ANYONE get better? ANYONE??? Psychiatry is such a fraud. The idiots with the lowest grades in med school become shrinks. Lots of immigrant, especially Indian shrinks. Notice that? That should be a dead giveaway the level of incompetence.
Anyone here get better? i think the only one is someone named Dinah, whoever she is. >>
Hi CatFanatic,
That sounds ridiculously unprofessional on the part of your psychiatrist. What a horrible experience to have gone through. I'm not sure what the legal framework is, but there's probably some sort of medical board that you could report her to. I'm so sorry that you had to go through that experience.
As far as people getting better, I think that many people do. The road can be long and frustrating, and it's definitely not continously smooth progress. I think that it's useful and important to have a competant and caring therapist or psychiatrist involved in the process. Someone that "fits" well with your needs. This woman definitely wasn't that, but she's also not the norm. Have you considered looking around for someone else?
My initial therapy experience was pretty bad (although not like what you've been through). But after I realized the huge variation in competancy and fit, I went out and did sessions with a bunch of therapists before finding one that worked really well for my needs. The search process took some time and energy, which was agonizing, given how depressed I was at that moment. But I've made far more progress in the last 6 months with my new therapist than I did for the 2 years that I was with the old one. I highly recommend doing a search like this if you can manage it.
Final thing: I realize that you're very angry right now. (And with good reason!) But, I take issue with your insinuation that foreign doctors are somehow incompetant. The doctors that come over to the United States tend to be the best of the best from their home countries. To get into med school you already have to be at the top. (So, since you brought up India, that's the best of the best of the best out of over a billion people.) And not only do they have to go through the whole process of medical school and residency in their home country, they have to do an additional residency in the US once they come here. So they're even more highly trained than our native doctors.
Maybe you've had some bad experiences with immigrant psychiatrists that have driven you toward that opinion. Or maybe it's been another matter of "fit". But please don't cast aspersions on entire groups of people based on those few experiences. It smacks of bigotry. It might be more constructive to channel that energy into something positive, like finding someone who you match well with.
Good luck to you,
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