Unfortunately, I can totally relate. I also have the added misfortune of being a (medically-suspended) medstudent which, b4 i was suspended, added to the 'of course you must be coping!', and means they think i feel i know better than them and deliberately go out of my way to prove their treatment doesnt work. I'm due to see psychiatrist number 6 next week after it crashed & burned with my last pdoc, and i'm on med no6 which does diddly squat for my mood.

Oh, and i totally agree with the 8month wait for therapy - I was put on it 8 months ago (as i was told) and now just found out that i wasnt put on the list at all!!! Grrrr! Private therapy is expensive, but mental health service is the cinderella service of the NHS and they just dont have the resources.

I guess what i'm trying to say, in my round-about rambling way! lol, is that i still try to have hope. As a student I've worked with good Drs and even good pdocs, who've been interested in hearing what their patients say and working together to find a suitable treatment. I'm just struggling to meet them as a patient!! Hopefully the next one is a keeper *fingers crossed*, tho she is a woman pdoc so i'm hoping her communication skills are going to be better than all the male pdocs i've seen. Also look out for charities in your area that offers reduced/free therapy - i've just started counselling with a charity that helps young women who self-harm, which is free.

Lots of

*Willow*