Posted by alexandra_k on July 13, 2005, at 16:45:39
In reply to Re: I might... be getting a p-doc :-) » alexandra_k, posted by cricket on July 13, 2005, at 16:02:29
Thanks everyone.
I just think...
That they have enough relatively straightfoward cases in community mental health, enough cases where they just have to dole out meds, enough cases for them to seriously try their hardest to avoid anything different. Anything that requires more time / energy. I mean... I'm not sure how many clients they would need to drop from their workload to see me. If they typically see a client once a month... And I get to see them weekly... Then that is four people who basically just go to be given meds / meds review.And they have already indicated they were unwilling. To the point where I was told that nothing was available...
So... I don't know.
I appreciate that things are different in private practice.
After I hurt my legs (a couple years back now) I basically got told that there wasn't anybody suitable to treat me: therefore I don't get treatment. And that was that. I eventually managed to get assigned to a new psychologist who was appointed (and so hadn't heard about me) but then she terminated me... And then p-doc felt sorry for me when I was in hospital over that termination. So I guess I figured that turning down the external funding was just them reiterating that. So I would get nothing. But I guess this has me thinking that maybe they will try and treat me from within the service after all. But I don't know. I shouldn't get my hopes up. Just wait and see... Just wait and see...
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