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Originally Posted by Webgoji
To start, I would suggest seeing if your doctor will send you to a neurologist. You want to make sure there's nothing physically wrong.
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Thank you. When I went to the ER (I fainted), the triage doctor also suggested I see a neurologist, but I'll have to wait for permission from my GP.
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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0
I hear your frustration with public health.
I'm in South Africa and its the same over here, I'm not interested on going back to meds, but the pdoc I'm meeting on Wednesday doesn't need to know that. I will make him think I'm taking his pills for as long and I get to go to therapy, because dammit I need it and deserve it and if I have to pretend to be medicated to get it, then so be it! 
I suggest being very honest with your gp and getting in to see a neurologist. Once they rule out any physical problems they can then direct you to the right path.
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Thank you, it is irritating. Not just with psychiatric facilities, it's general practitioners as well. This whole obamacare thing has also backed up people transitioning, so the offices and ERs are constantly full.
I get the feeling (based on my family's experience) they simply medicate people to keep them quiet and fulfill HMO protocols. I refuse to be passed around like a puppet, I want to know what is wrong with me. It's disgusting that you have to pay out the nose for someone to give you any real attention or concern.
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Originally Posted by Sister Rags
Frankly, I feel frustrated when someone says s/he is having a truly difficult time with psychiatric issues, but refuses to consider taking medication. In my opinion, you need to reach out, connect with a psychiatrist, and consider that you just might need medication, at least for a time.
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I get this reaction a lot, but I am in a field of study that gives me knowledge about synthetic chemicals and their effects on the body. I can say for certain I have no desire to put psychiatric medications into my body at all. I won't even consider it until all other options have been exhausted.
What made me furious was the psychiatrist's lack of concern to even asses my situation. He literally looked at me, read my questionnaire and prescribed me medication. He didn't test me for any psychiatric problems, didn't suggest I see a specialist, didn't assign me a counselor, didn't ask me how I felt or what my concerns were, nothing.
He even interrupted me when I tried to explain, and he isn't the first public healthcare worker to do this to me. They all act this detached. The public healthcare system here shuffles people in and out by the hundreds everyday. They each get less than 10 minutes with their doctors once per month.