Posted by Christ_empowered on October 21, 2010, at 3:43:03
In reply to psychiatry is a joked dreamed up by Kafka +Abilify, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 21, 2010, at 2:52:11
What I've find is that often, the worst part about psychiatry is...psychiatrists.
My experience with psychiatrists has also been decidedly negative. I've had ex-shrinks who broke confidentiality--in bars (in a small southern town, that's a big freakin' deal).
I don't know why psychiatrists have to be so terrible. You'd think that the private practice ones would at least be kind of nice--I mean, they make a pretty penny, and its not like the state is picking up the tab like in public mental health--but...no. That's just not how it is.
I personally wouldn't take Abilify unless you actually needed, you know, a NEUROLEPTIC, b/c that really is what Abilify is, all the marketing crap aside. I mean, I take a whopping 30mgs/day of the stuff, but that's only because I can tolerate it and it keeps me out of a mental hospital where they'd probably try to pump me full of Haldol (again).
You can refuse drugs. I know someone who was given an "off-label" Rx for a low dose of Abilify for depression. She brought the filled prescription back to her (private practice) doc, told him she wasn't going to take it OR Cymbalta, and that she needed something effective, pronto. He put her on a stimulant.
That may or may not work for you. The sad thing about shrinks is that you sometimes have to "stick up" for yourself, like you're dealing with an overgrown (and overpaid) schoolyard bully.
Good luck.
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