Posted by whiterabbit on June 26, 2003, at 23:25:54
In reply to sweet boo.., posted by justyourlaugh on June 26, 2003, at 19:19:22
Oh Miller, I know just how you feel and I wish so much that the right things would start happening for you. To get from where you are now to a place where your spirit can heal, you have to find each key to the doors locked in front of you. There isn't a map, but here are the keys:
1.) The right doctor
2.) The right diagnosis
3.) The right medication
4.) The right therapyI don't know why all the suffering is required,
why we can't move in a direct line from base camp to summit. All I know is that you have to keep standing up again somehow each time you go down.You keep up your search and don't give in. Ask for help when you need it, but don't tolerate what you suspect is less than professional care.
Don't accept indifference or rudeness from any medical professional. Learn what you can from the experience and move on.I'm on my fourth psychiatrist. Luckily I had enough experience to reject the third psychiatrist after a few months. My first psychiatrist was useless and the second one had gone nuts and abandoned his practice and patients.
The third guy told me, and I'm not making this up, that I was "brain-damaged" from substance abuse, and continued to insist that I attend a dual diagnosis program with a $15 daily co-pay while I was sitting in front of him sobbing because I had just finished explaining that I had no job and no money and my husband was leaving me.
Then he warned me that he would not see me again until I had the lab tests he ordered, and THEN his nurse called me at home and told me I would be discharged as his patient if the results of my bloodwork were not on his desk by the end of the week.Cripes what a jerk. Don't stand for that crap. I think the doctor I have now feels right and I'm hopeful...much better to weed out the bad doctors and husbands as soon as possible, I'm learning.
Finally.-Gracie
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