Cheers Simcha......yes, i have been fighting against mental health discrimination for a while now from the comfort of my housebound laptop. I am usually more clinical as I know health care professionals respond better to logic....as do I most of the time. Having worked with doctors, scientists and the like, I know how dogmatic they can be. When it comes to MY life, My son and being a good woman to my partner, I become extremely territorial and protective. It is like, "How dare you question my integrity when you nothing about me and you can see that I am suffering!!"

And yes I have had many years of stupid, all knowing looks from doctors.....Didn't matter, I just kept going and praying for their ignorant souls. But now that I am truly fighting for my life, in a way that is foreign to me after much years of trauma and getting mentally better......I say "Do not patronise me. I have fought many battles and won. Do not look at me like I am a victim of my own demise until you can PROVE that I am."

yes, I am cynical and bitter but triumphant as well. I have found good doctors now who want to help. Funnily enough, my close mental health professionals have always been supportive.......I have had a few horrible nurses and a Freudian psychiatrist that made me feel like an a nasty animal but on the whole, I have had good ones.

And as for the letter....it is a matter of principle. I do not expect a response. I do not think, even as charming and as persuasive as I am, that I can make a difference to her long term clinical practice or lack of bedside manner.

Thanks for your input babe......