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Originally Posted by divine1966
@ TishaBuv, would you consider seeing a therapist rather than psychiatrist. I mean you could see a psychiatrist for meds but that’s what they do. They aren’t going to listen to you about issues you have. Unless that psychiatrist also provides therapy, which some do. Does he not suggest therapy when you bring up bad treatment by other people? He sounds like a crook |
After burning through nearly everyone else in town, this guy is the top rated psychiatrist. He did not recommend I do talk therapy. We asked him about it. He said he could recommend someone, but he wanted to just get the meds right in me first.
I asked if he thought I had a diagnosis. He said to not worry about that, but to trust him to tweak meds. I see the meds he gave me are designed for bipolar. I never thought I was bipolar. Maybe I am.
When I briefly told him about my issues, he really didn’t want to hear, and literally said he was “the devil” when it comes to talk therapy, and that he was only good at meds. If he gets the meds right then he will have helped me, is what he said.
So, essentially, when I said I am very depressed because I can’t get along with my husband (who was there with me at the appointment), my mother is a piece of work but we’re alright now, my son emotionally abandoned us, my sister abandoned me... He just prescribed and then upped meds.
So my take away is to not go in to a doctor complaining about the bad behavior of other people.
