Posted by phil on October 26, 2005, at 19:45:26
Psychiatrist and psychologist: Same building.
Complain to psychiatrist several months ago about depression. (he's kept the same med regimen that my previous pdoc had me on 8 months ago) He said,'I won't change your meds until you keep this mood chart.'
So I kept the mood chart which showed no mania but plenty of depression in varying degrees. He then says that I need to be in therapy because (points to form I filled out listing all of the meds I've taken previously) the meds obviously won't do it alone.
So, I get into therapy and get back out because--let's just say for now, it wasn't a good fit.
To try to keep this story from becoming a novel...I call my pdoc this morning and ask if there's anything medically that can be done about my depression. He said that when I saw him two weeks ago, that(depression) wasn't the 'spin' I was putting on my condition then. (Me interrupting) First of all I'm not trying to 'spin' sh*t.
He reiterated that therapy was needed..doesn't matter that the boat is taking on water and going down now. I told him that I had started therapy again last week with his idiot cohort down the hall. He said one week isn't...(Me, interrupting) I KNOW ONE WEEK ISN'T GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM!!
Now, on to my doctor of psychology. I went back to him even though my intuitive feeling was that he was a waste of time. (Sometimes I say, hey, maybe it's me, you know.)
During my first appt back with him, he yawns three times in fairly quick succession in the middle of the appt, in the middle of my face. Then....he pops up out of his chair(at the supposed end of the session) and says, 'I gotta be downtown for an appt, I owe you five minutes.' Huh? Don't you want me to finish my sentence m*ther f*cker? (Easy does it, Phil)
Now, I ask y'all, 'Is I going nuts or is this a circus?'
I've been in the mental health 'system', meds and counseling, for 25 years. Counselling on and off but meds pretty much full time. I really don't need these two yahoos. There are shrinks and therapists behind every stinking tree in Austin.
I think I'll be firing these two. When I found them, I was looking for help-not disrespect. I fired my last pdoc for some unbelieveably bad judgement on her part. That's another book.
It's taken me a long time to get to this point, but I refuse to be treated this way any longer. They get one try-that's it. You call yourself a doctor, then act like one.Thanks for listening...
Phil
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