Posted by Think1234 on June 15, 2006, at 19:15:25
In reply to re: finding good pdoc; Groupthink. » Think1234, posted by pulse on June 15, 2006, at 6:20:16
You found 14 good Pdocs. Well thats very encouraging. Where I live there aren't a lot of Pdocs. Maybe you live in a large metrapolitan area where there is more access to good Pdocs.
I wonder if the Bipolar label is used to skirt difficulties/issues/liabilities with using unconventional medications like Antipsychotics with nonpsychotic disorders.
The widespread use of of anti-psychotics, which are so horribly dangerous for nonpsychotic disorders. Is one example of the mass failure of psychiatry as a whole.
A recent study found the 1 in 5 children seen by a psychiatrist are given antipsychotics. Thats very scary.
> absolutely, groupthink is at the heart of the matter. excellent post!
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> btw, i, too, was - at age 40 (14 yrs ago) - put in that same infamous bipolar box, when my original dx of major depression with several types of anxiety was and IS still correct.
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> far as finding a good pdoc, i've seen 14 in 26 yrs.
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> the 1st (i was 28) was a man in his late 60's, who'd practiced for years. he was well known for falling asleep during sessions, and being beyond eccentric. (he never fell asleep on me). i'd still (he's since, of course, died) rate him 5 stars. he KNEW his diagnoses, and had a real way with matching the correct med/s with the person. magical, in comparison to so very many, nowadays.
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> over these 14 yrs. of mis-diagnosis, let's see - i was:
> bpI w/rapid cycling; then perhaps it was bpIII, never bpII..hmmm, and, finally - boy, they did NOT want to admit their error - bp NOS. i loved that one!
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> the only other pdoc, and 20 yrs. later than the 1st, that i'd rate 5 stars, was a 30-something woman. mind, i was still in the bipolar box. in my case - i sincerely believe - that was simply because it got put on my record by a hospital on-call pdoc, whom i had the great misfortune to see for 5 minutes on 1 fateful night ONLY! however, unlike this idiot, this young woman, even though she still took 1 1/2 yrs., concluded, by REALLY listening and observing me, that i was right all along: not bipolar. mdd. 6 months later she moved away.
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> out of the remaining dozen, i'd rate one other 3 stars, at best. another comes in at 2 stars.
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> one was so bad in his 'treatment' of me that my therapist, who sits on the advisory board, got a black mark put against him, for all the good that may do - now. i'm sure that someday enough black marks will accumulate, and his license will be pulled.
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> i will never again go to a pdoc. so sorry that i must be this discourgaing. i have, quite simply, given up. i work with only my therapist and my gp.
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> good luck in your search!
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> pulse
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