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Originally Posted by Hairball
It is the same where I live. Psych and T's at my place are leaving left and right, I think sometimes that they feel pretty much the stress that we feel by not getting the proper treatment, or not being seen as often as we should.
I hear the word "burned out" quite a bit around my mental health center. The process for rehiring takes several months. Four yrs ago when I started going there, they had 4 psych and 5 therapists, they now have two of each.
Its a vicious circle for them and for us.
It is getting so bad at my place that they referred me to a psych nurse practitioner.......? She had no idea what do with me!!! and told me so, and didn't know why I was even there to see her.
Right now I am looking into Obama care, and maybe I will even try the county. Meanwhile I am not on any meds at all and it is really rough
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Well Obama care worked out for me until I lost my job, then I didn't have enough income to keep it. Plus you can't be enrolled in VA benefits and get Obama care, they say it's double dipping (?) So I had to make a choice of which to keep, when I was eligible. There's pro's and cons of each. I didn't want to give up my VA benefits because I was told I would have to reapply if I wanted them back and that may take some time. Just check out all things about it before making any choice.
I'm sure they are frustrated, the T's and Docs, because they know their treatment is not effective seeing patients like that. It would certainly wear on someone who cared and wanted to help people.
Take care of yourself and do your homework.