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Originally Posted by melanie221
I have Borderline Personality Disorder and have been seeing a great psychiatrist for years. However, he recently moved and I got reassigned. I met my new psychiatrist today and it was the worst experience with a doctor in my life. I have never had any really negative experiences such as this.
He said that there was no point for me coming into the office really because it wasn't helping. He said that there was no evidence that counselling or meds help "someone like me." That after all these years and trying many things, nothing has worked for me and I'm still miserable (I did not say any of this). He started grilling me with intense questions that were overwhelming in themselves to begin with. He asked me why people (doctors) said I might have PTSD, and aggressively asked me what my most traumatic experience was to make me have that. I told him I didn't feel comfortable comparing things that have been hard in my life - I was getting more and more flustered. This type of questioning kept happening, and whenever I would answer he would give me strange looks (no, I'm not misunderstanding or projecting). He asked me about how I "act borderline" and I tried to describe it and he said, "so you throw temper tantrums and you're immature." I ended up calling and asking to be switched and they said I could, but I didn't say what happened. I just wanted it to be all over. He is retiring this summer, so I don't know that it would be worth putting in a complaint at this point.
Anyone have a similar experience or have any advice? Thanks  |
Thats insane! Im SO sorry!
I would have walked out, no one grills me like that! Not even non-therapists.
And ive never heard of "acting Borderline".
Im thinking about changing simply because my psychtistrist doesnt read my file, you're always waiting hrs for her, shes just a 'script witier', doesnt listen, rushes you out of the 5 min apointment, etc. My therapist I talk to and have built a relationship (trust) is a LMHC, they are in a group. There is one more psychristrist in the group now and I can change to just that other one and stay in the group but thats the only one without changing therapists and thats not happening.
I cant imagine this! He wouldnt of gotten 5 questions in before I would have hit the door and I wouldnt let him just retire. Id report him just to put it on his file or whatever! Why let the man retire with a 'clean record'? Even if it didnt do anything, I would just to do it! Just to make sure that if my abuse, as that IS abuse of power, could have the abilty to be documented!
But thats just me.