In the UK you can ask to see your records, but they can withhold them or parts of them if they think it will be detrimental to your health - sneaky as that could cover anything!!

1st Uni pdoc - He never listened to me and was very dismissive. Told me to go jogging instead of S/H. Wouldn't prescribe meds, and just couldn't see past the fact that I was a medical student. Kept talking about how amazing schizophrenia is - his pet research topic - presumably unless you happen to have schizophrenia! I left after my 4th appt which went round and round in circles.

2nd Uni pdoc - He is really good and I'm hoping to go back if I'm accepted onto my postgrad course. Unfortunately I don't live nearby so I have to stop seeing him when I'm at home. He is very knowledgeable and explains why he thinks/prescribes certain things and validates how I feel. His timekeeping is appalling but I'll forgive him almost anything by this point.

1st home pdoc - a junior doctor; quite inexperienced. Kept asking me about my sex life in front of my mother!

2nd home pdoc - He was the jr dr's consultant. Typical 40%er, by which I mean he had the emotional intelligence and communication skills of a cockroach and would never have made it in a more competitive branch of medicine.

3rd home pdoc - Her communication skills are a bit better but she prefers me to decide what treatments to start and what doses to take. Personally I would like her to be the doctor and use her expertise and experience, whilst taking my feelings/preferences into account.

Unfortunately 3rd home pdoc is the last pdoc in my area I can see, so I'm just biding my time til Sept now to be honest when hopefully I can go back to 2nd uni pdoc. There are good pdocs out there; it's just a shame they are so hard to find!

*Willow*