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Originally Posted by comicgeek007
Let's start with the good, I guess.
- the guy knew his stuff about meds
- he took me off my meds completely, which I guess I wanted
And now for the bad:
- He wants more than anything for me to go to a different college.
- He thinks colleg adjustment is the reason for my problems with mood, even though it's been going on for longer than that - try 2+ years longer
- but at the same time, he thinks Bipolar 2 is a joke diagnosis and so naturally there's nothing REALLY wrong with me
- HE CALLED ME FAT! No joke. My dad brought up my diagnosis of anorexia and the pdoc looked at me and said I couldn't be anorexic because I wasn't skinny.
- AUUUURGH!
- Why do I get stuck with the stuck-up a**hats?
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When I read experiences like yours it makes me realize just how blessed I am to have my psychiatrist of 18 years. He has seen me through involuntary commitments, severe psychotic episodes, deep suicidal depressions, manic episodes so severe I needed to be restrained and forcibly sedated, and he has always treated me like I was an intelligent and valuable human being worthy of respect. I have a great professional career, a healthy and happy daughter and I have a future because he has done his job so well. Trust me, there ARE good psychiatrists out there. Please keep looking.