I just had that video meeting on my phone with the Nurse Practitioner. Disappointing. She just read off a bunch of questions from her computer and typed in my answers. Basically, any typist could have been hired to do what she just did. There was little eye contact. She looked at the monitor that churned out the questions. She mostly kept her eyes on that and typed. She just read off questions.

At no time did I feel like I wa having a conversation with a human being.

She encuraged me to keep taking the meds I was given at the psych hosp. She recommended I stop one of them. I showed her with my phone how cluttered my apartment is. She didn't really comment on it. She said I was not set up to see a counselor. I said that was part of what I was looking for. She agreed to refer me, but said my insurance might not cover it.

After typing my response to her last question, she politely concluded the interaction. I feel so let down.

I don't know what I was expecting. This is pretty much how it goes today. I don't think she uttered a single word that wasn't just what she read off the monitor. I know she's a "provider," and they just prescribe medication. They stick to a script.

She said I should call in a few weeks to set up another appt for a video meeting with her.