Posted by Dinah on July 7, 2004, at 15:58:57
In reply to Newbie looking for advice, posted by lilj on July 6, 2004, at 18:38:39
I actually found mine through my psychiatry hating mother!!! She asked around at her church.
I'd already been through an awful one that my therapist referred me to. And one that was probably not awful, but that got the fallout from the awful pdoc so that it didn't work out, that I found through a public service-type seminar on women and depression. I liked what he had to say.
The last time I looked for a pdoc, I scheduled appointments with about four, from different sources. Because you need a certain amount of rapport with a mental health professional. The one I ended up with was the second one I interviewed with. I don't adore him. He's too cool and blank slate-like for that. But he understands that there *are* side effects to medications and he doesn't scare me witless. After pdoc one that was enough. :)
So try to schedule a few sessions and see if you mesh well with any of the doctors.
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