Posted by sowhysosad on September 30, 2009, at 19:36:55
In reply to Re: Success Rate of Antidepressants And Theraphy, posted by letterbox on September 30, 2009, at 2:10:26
Wow! Sounds like the mental health experience in Canada is scarily similar to here in the UK (although your waiting lists are even longer than ours)!
Do you still feel lucky to have access to free healthcare, even after your bad experiences?
I still appreciate having access to a free psychiatrist, even if the quality is much lower than the US.
> The waiting list to see one here is six months to one year, and mosts GPs don't bother referring because it takes too long. And then those people who don't get referred may get poor treatment by the GPs who don't know a lot about these types of meds. My GP knew the basics but not a lot. When I had questions about medications, she had to keep leaving the room to look things up. She finally returned with this big book and looked up several different ones and read the details out loud to me slowly. Then she told me to come back so she could do some research.
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