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Re: definitions » Meri-Tuuli

Posted by Quintal on February 24, 2007, at 15:38:49

In reply to Re: definitions » Quintal, posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 24, 2007, at 13:17:04

>CPNs are great, although I only ever saw one - who was a really nice guy and he even gave me his email address and explained that his wife was a CPN too, so I didn't have to worry about other (ie normal) people reading my emails at his home!

That's unusual! He must have liked and trusted you to do that. Just think though of the risk they're taking of getting an avalanche of emails from someone having a manic episode or something. One of my ex-pdocs said he once gave a manic-depressive woman his phone number but she kept calling him back every time he got home. It was the last time he did it. My Schizophrenic friend once did the same to me - I spent a whole seven hours talking to her through the night until the sun came up. It can be hard work.

>I once tried to get my NHS pdocs (in the UK) email address off his secretary - well, she sounded as if I'd asked her to eat her own poo.

I tend to write them letters that are, lets just say, none too civil, when I'm displeased with their performance. I remember one phrase I wrote in complaint to my pdoc after he bullied me into taking Abilify; "My CPN says that aripiprazole (Abilify) is, and I quote, 'f*cking sh*t'. After my experience with it I'm inclined to agree." This was true as a matter of fact, but he made me regret it later.

>And all the reception staff and his secretary treated us like we were the sum of the earth. Oh well.

I had exactly the same experience. It's almost as if they got off on a power trip by working with vulnerable people. They are the most odious people I've ever met. In fact they were downright abusive at times, so on reflection I feel no guilt about speaking the truth of Abilify. The secretary actually slammed the door against my ankles as I was leaving one day (it had one of those security numberpads on so she had to operate it to let me out). This was when I was suffering the bleeding and cellulitis (I suspect) from the SSRIs, and the blow broke the skin and made a bruise that started another episode. I ended up in hospital because of it, but I didn't bother to complain. I can't imagine it getting anywhere.

>Jo Brand used to be a CPN did you know that??

Yes, I did! The teacher of my health and nutrition class was just like her, and she was an ex-CPN too. She broke her neck doing a charity parachute jump from landing in awkward position and being too 'rotund', and had to retire from the NHS.

I am responding to your request BTW, but I keep getting interrupted.

Q


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