Posted by grapebubblegum on March 29, 2001, at 7:24:13
In reply to Re: Bad doctors (Dr. Bob, someone, help!), posted by Eric on March 28, 2001, at 21:07:30
I'm sure we all have a "nightmare p-doc" story. I've only found one who is not intimidated by my efforts to learn about my condition and about pharmacology and I've been to a handful of others for "one-visit-stands."
One doc LIED to me by telling me on the phone that he sees his own patients for therapy and does not farm them out to a legion of psychologists and social workers under him (little did I know that is basically the way it is done these days.) When I went in, I found it weird that he talked the whole time and hardly gave me a chance to say anything. He also seemed to think he had me figured out down to a t in five minutes, even asking me about the nature of my panic attacks and before I got five words out, interrupting me to say, "Oh, you're one of THOSE kind..." and then talking nonstop about which meds I could try without even allowing any input from me. It was the only time a p-doc has talked so long and not gotten any input from me. He went on about how he is much smarter than the other doctors (talk about ego) till the session was over. Then when I went in next time, he told me that I would see his social worker from then on. When I confronted him on his lie, he refused to acknowledge his dishonesty but instead turned it around on me by saying, "I think you are very rigid and unwilling to try new things." Well, I did give that jackass a try so that proves him wrong. I went back to my faithful old-fashioned doctor who practices by herself out of her home (a dinosaur in the dying world of traditional psychiatry) who said, "What are they teaching students in medical school these days? That is not the way we were taught to relate to patients" referring to his "you're rigid" barb. Needless to say, I picked up my bill while fighting back tears and never graced his office again.
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