Posted by Carper on November 29, 2005, at 16:25:30
In reply to Anyone see a pdoc on the NHS?, posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 24, 2005, at 16:50:34
> Hey Ed!
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> I hope you are okay, hows the anafinil going? Is it helping with focusing?
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> Yes, I'm being referred to a pdoc by a nasty little GP. He was very weird - he tried to fob me of by telling me I have a 'personally disorder' not like the proper one, but as in always seeing the glass half empty sort of thing. I couldn't believe my ears!! Anyway we had a long chat (me breaking down several times!) and he finally agreed that I should be seen by a pdoc, and was very surprised that I haven't been to one before.
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> Anyway....I was just wondering what to expect, and that sort of thing. What will they do? I guess they will ask me a long list of questions...is it better to just describe your syptoms, or say 'I think I have x y z?' What sort of drugs are in their capacity to prescribe? Should I go in with a list of medications and print outs etc?
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> I AM VERY SCARED ABout it all.
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> EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeek!!!
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Hi Meri,It angered me to hear of your GP telling you that you have a "personality disorder". No-one has the right to make judgements about other people's character.
Patients need healthcare professionals to sympathetically and respectfully focus on providing the best possible treatment and I hope that the psychiatrist to whom you are referred does so.
Best wishes,
Carper
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