The university hospital isn't taking new patients? That's a really, really sad commentary on the state of mental health care. I couldn't even guess how many drs there are at the university hospital I go to but it is a LOT and the residents have clinic patients as well. And I think they have some psychiatric PAs too. I can't imagine they could ever be full. An individual dr, sure, but not the whole department. That's just wrong. (To be fair my hospital is not university affiliated, it just has its' own medical school and is very much a teaching hospital).

That place sounds pretty neat. I hope it works for you. I am so glad your mom is on your side and is helping you. I'm so sorry it has to be so hard. I've learned a lot about that since joining this board. I guess it's hard for me in my own way in that I drive 2.5 hours each way every month to see my pdoc but I'm so used to it that it no longer even seems strange. It felt a lot weirder to have my orthopedist be so far away last year when I had surgery and in that case he was the closest foot/ankle specialist there was and I needed that because I had unusual and major procedures done.

I really hope this is your solution or that they make a referral that is right for you. Having the right care is so important and I'm glad you aren't giving up the fight. I know it is tempting because I've been there; I had a pdoc once who believed if I could have the education I did and work in the field I did there was nothing wrong with me. She saw me for exaclty 8 minutes per month, just added more meds so I got more manic, and countered that with ativan, and documented that I was functioning 100% normally when I was coming home from work and crawling into bed in filthy scrubs and eating only chef-boy-ar-dee, often cold b/c it was too hard to heat it. Yeah, that's normal...

I'm sorry this has been so drawn out and stressful. It just shouldn't be. Ever, for anyone. I wish you lived near me because I know for sure that you can get in where I go, usually in one day as long as you aren't picky who you see.

You are doing so well keeping things together. You're a strong woman.