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Originally Posted by Creative1onder
We don't have qualifications of mental health professionals but we are the ones who experience our conditions and know what its like to have them, how debilitating, severe they are based on how greatly they affect us, and way of life and their duration. I know what i have-bipolar. I don't need their confirmation of what my illness is or its degree of severity. When i was referred to secondary care recovery team, i was assessed but they didn't think i have severe condition needing their help. They denied me therapy and support i need.
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From what I have read here on peoples experience with the NHS, and this is true in the US too, there are "gate keepers" in place and it is their job primarily to save money. So they say we are not severe enough to deserve services and then the private insurance in the US or the NHS saves money. Insurance companies making health care decisions based on cost when they have absolutely no experience as a health care provider. It's an administrator sitting in a cubby some were making crucial decisions that effect our lives.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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