Posted by Quintal on May 3, 2008, at 8:52:51
In reply to Re: Angry at pdoc, posted by Molybdenum on May 3, 2008, at 5:37:51
The NHS doesn't operate like a business, so you can't shop around 'till you find one that fits. There are private psychiatrists somewhere (I don't know where), but only the extremely wealthy use them. I'm pretty sure there are none where I live, not that I could afford one anyway. You can ask to be referred to another consultant if you're having problems, but this may or may not be successful, and if not then you're stuck with a pdoc who knows you think he stinks. That's what I'm going to do anyway. Anything would be better than this one.
Worse still is that all our records are now held on a central database, so any doctor that treats me will see what the previous ones have written. My GP made a particular point of pasting warnings on the computer to say that I'm personality disordered and to stop any other doctors prescribing benzos to me. She gets off on that kind of thing. And yes, I could change GPs too, but with that kind of reference other GPs might be reluctant to take me on. Between the pair of them, they've made sure that any doctor that sees me will be predjudiced against me, and it will be this way for the rest of life. I hate them.
Q
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