I'm sorry to be posting again but I'm insanely Stressed and Anxious .
My CMHT Have made me a appointment with 'Dr M' I HATE this Dr , I have made it abbundantly clear several times that I will not meet him again so more than 1 person at the CMHT yet they continue to make me appointments with him , I know there is No Money and by the end of this month there will be no Consultant Psychiatrists in this area but c'mon! Why did they even hire this smarmy *&^% as a Psych? His only advice to me was "Get Out There" , like that's an appropriate thing to say to someone with MH issues! . I then went home and injured for the first time in way over 3 years because he made me so anxious. Seeing him would be bad for me.
I told my Mum , All I got was "Make an Effort"
I have Taken my PRN , Please kick in fast.
Sorry again to whinge.
I'm still not comfortable in my skin and the anasthetic's slowly wearing thin - Otep
Everyones lost but me! - Indiana Jones
It's okay , they know me here .
Kahlia1981 is my adopted little sister :)
''Courage doesn't always roar , sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow"
Hey Mark, although you've requested not to see Dr M, you will still be offered appointments with him, as he will be named as your local Consultant Psych, but I suspect despite this, you may well actually be seen by someone else in the team, or at least that is how things work down here in Neath Port Talbot, I request that I don't see my Psych actually funny enough also a Dr M, and when they sent me an appointment with his name on, I freaked, but my counsellor picked me up and went with me, but as requested I didn't actually see Dr M, but another doctor in the team, is there anyone you trust who could go to the appointment with you? and if they haven't indeed listened, possibly someone who could act as an advocate?
Sorry your finding things so distressing, but just wanted you to know your not alone, my Dr M, naively told me to go to the gym, in a bid to quell my hyperactivity, however, I'm not the smallest of people, so my lack of confidence won't even allow me to step through the door of a gym, and although yes it would quell the physical hyperactivity, but it is not going to help the hyperactive thinking, the severe racing thoughts, requesting not to see Dr M, was the best thing I ever did.
I hope you get things sorted and are able to see another psych, good luck, *hugs* :)
Ok so I've been through something like this before lets see if I can help. When I stopped seeing the psychiatrist assigned to me by adult mental health because he basically told me I could get over my mood swings that were making me a danger to myself if I worked harder at my therapy, When I insisted on changing my medications he recommended the most outlandish hard core medicines that would basically knock me out so I went to go get a consult from another psychiatrist who basically said my mood swings could be controlled with an increase in one of my meds, Latter on I found out this second psychiatrist was right. The first psychiatrist agreed to increase my dose however when I asked him flat out what he thought would help my mood swings this is when he told me to try harder with Emotional regulation therapy a therapy which had already failed whether it was because of the counselor or the program I don't know but that's a different story. When I told him I wanted to see a different psychiatrist he alluded to something along the lines of "you'll come crawling back to me" he then sent his secretary to hound me and bully me into going back to working with him which I nearly told her to F-off. I managed to get a better psychologist with the recommendation of my GP who was very supportive in my right to treatment that works for me. In addition I had to be somewhat thick skinned and tell people directly what I want and ask very specific questions.
So the moral of this long story which may or may not be helpful is you have a right to the care that works for you and they are the service providers you are allowed to ask the questions you want and work with the medical professionals that best suit you're need. I would also suggest finding a doctor or anyone that has sway in this area to help you with what you need they can help ease the way. If you need too make a list of what you need from you're psychiatrist and ask them if they can provide it to you don't accept vague answers if they don't know ask who does. I hope this was helpful and maybe my story at the start didn't need to be their but I tend to rant and vent to anyone who listen so sorry.
Thanks Emily , Are you in the UK ? I don't recognise most of the music you're into . Also , there is no need to be sorry , I am grateful that you took the time to write such a comprehensive post on your experiences :)
I'm still not comfortable in my skin and the anasthetic's slowly wearing thin - Otep
Everyones lost but me! - Indiana Jones
It's okay , they know me here .
Kahlia1981 is my adopted little sister :)
''Courage doesn't always roar , sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow"
No problem. I don't live in the UK, I'm Canadian. I actually had to google what a CMHT was and only half of the music artists I have written down are obscure ones I listen to when I want to listen to music. 90% of the time I just turn on a trashy top 40s mixes for background noise.
