Posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 24, 2006, at 16:24:17
In reply to Thanks Guys!-Benzo Phobia, posted by Tom Twilight on November 24, 2006, at 12:21:42
Shhh... Tom, you'll get an uncivil warning, although I fully agree with what you said. I honestly don't know how she can go around preaching the stuff she does. Grrr. I would like her to see how it feels to have a major panic attack and GAD constantly or something and see how she likes it. I don't think she could ever have experienced crippling anxiety. And even so, the stuff she preaches is rather strong if you know what I mean. She makes out benzos to be worse than heroin or something. Its very sad. And why do they listen to her??
Anyway its a sad state of affairs. And yes, I agree, its completely insane the way that UK GPs hand out SSRIs like candy. Last time I checked, it was no fun withdrawing from effexor/venlafaxine or cipramil or whatever. And where is the therapy? Here in Finland the pdoc I see (yes even through I'm just a plain old depressive, I see a pdoc here and I only had to wait four weeks for the inital appointment! And its free) suggested long ie 2/3 years pyschotherapy at 2 times a week. Funded by the healthcare system. Can you believe it????? I can't. Well we'll see what happens, but still...... its amazing the differences. I'm really babbling on now, but really the UK has alot to answer in terms of mental healthcare. Well it doesn't really have any, you merely see a GP who puts you on an SSRI and thats it. Plus its really hard to see a pdoc. I really really had to persuade my GP to get me to see a pdoc and then they refused me initially. After some pushing from my GP I eventually got an appointment. It was pretty useless anyway all they wanted to do was prescribe drugs. Anyway.
Something seriously needs to be done with mental healthcare in the UK. Its just a pity that we have enough on with our own internal battles and we can't form I dunno pressure groups or whatnot like those cancer sufferers do. We could really pressurize the government into doing something. Well I suppose alot of people still feel stigmatized by it and things.
Kind regards
Meri
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