Posted by denise528 on August 30, 2002, at 7:13:21
In reply to NHS maddness, posted by Arthur Gibson on August 30, 2002, at 4:04:30
Arthur,
I have every sympathy with you. Although I have actually managed to see 3 psychiatrists on the NHS they all seemed equally hopeless, couldn't answer any of my questions about the drugs, I told one of them that I had completely lost my appetite on one of the drugs and he said he had never heard of this side effect and yet it was actually mentioned as one on the prescription literature. I tried to get through to one of them when I was feeling particularly suicidal and she just told me that he was busy. I COULDN'T believe it.
The three ones I have seen on the NHS sit there poe faced, go through there standard checklist, seemed totally disinterested and follow the usual old guidelines.
I finally got see one privately and although he is passionate about what he does and encouraging he won't seem to accept that I'm not getting any better on the ADs so I feel like I'm going round and round in circles. It's so frustrating, with this illness you feel at the mercy of the doctors and psychiatrists, sometimes I simply don't feel as though I have the strength to assert myself and sometimes I think I'm just a neurotic mess who doestn't deserve help because she can't help herself.
Wishing you all the best and I hope you finally get the treatment you need.
Denise
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