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Re: Over psychiatry? » Christ_empowered

Posted by brynb on July 20, 2012, at 16:05:18

In reply to Over psychiatry?, posted by Christ_empowered on July 19, 2012, at 19:11:39

It's definitely exhausting, but I imagine any long-term or incurable illness is too. I never really benefited from talk therapy myself. I have no insurance and pay out of pocket to see my current pdoc. I too dealt w/ drug addiction, and over the years had to medically detox 6 or 7 times, and was hospitalized twice due to my behavior when coming off of high amounts of benzos. It sucked--I was going through detox, severely depressed, and not sleeping for days, and if I protested or didn't act completely "normal", I was treated like I was really crazy. Unfortunately, I do think you get better treatment with private care, you pretty much get what you pay for, even w/ medicine.

I believe it's important to work w/ one private doc that you really trust, and to be self-aware and educated.

Frances Farmer, an actress from way back in the day who had a very public battle w/ mental illness is quoted as saying "if you get treated like a patient, you're apt to act like one." Touche.


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