[nicole84]

A day back on the forums and I'm already posting like mad. The irony there. Well I got in to see my gp who was totally useless and just told me off for stopping my meds 3 odd months ago now. Wrote me a script for more Seroquel and just said to start taking it and see the pdoc. Shouldn't have expected much more really.

Rang the pdoc who I haven't seen in months, turns out I owe money from missed appointments but they can get me in tomorrow I'm just going to be broke as well as feeling how I do which I'm not even sure anymore. Think I'm hitting a depressed point after all the other stuff that was going on the past few weeks in yesterdays post.

Keep safe till tomorrow. 25 hours. Surely I can do this. They gave me a crisis line if I need it, but tbh I just feel like I'd get pushed away. The medical profession is ridiculous at times

[BipolaRNurse]

I'm sorry you've been treated poorly. Sadly, I have to say that the health professions can be unkind to their clients, but they are even more merciless to their own when we find ourselves in need of assistance. Hang in there, hon.

[Mollywisk]

Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse

I'm sorry you've been treated poorly. Sadly, I have to say that the health professions can be unkind to their clients, but they are even more merciless to their own when we find ourselves in need of assistance. Hang in there, hon.

So true about how we clinicians are treated. It's a feeding frenzy.

[nicole84]

Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse

I'm sorry you've been treated poorly. Sadly, I have to say that the health professions can be unkind to their clients, but they are even more merciless to their own when we find ourselves in need of assistance. Hang in there, hon.

The scary thing about that is I was studying to be a nurse. Kind of glad I'm going to be taking another path though, don't think the stress is for me as much as I love to help everyone else but myself, as it usually is x

[Mollywisk]

Originally Posted by nicole84

The scary thing about that is I was studying to be a nurse. Kind of glad I'm going to be taking another path though, don't think the stress is for me as much as I love to help everyone else but myself, as it usually is x

I think a lot of us go into the helping professions. We understand suffering and pain and want to minimize its effect on others.

But, honestly, I am in upper management for a large nationwide healthcare company and I gotta say that our professions are the worst for supporting any illness, or any need for leave. Its appalling.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by nicole84

The scary thing about that is I was studying to be a nurse. Kind of glad I'm going to be taking another path though, don't think the stress is for me as much as I love to help everyone else but myself, as it usually is x

Don't blame you there. I was a pretty decent nurse, but the stress combined with the BP became too much. I hate that the profession eats its young, so to speak---in another decade, we Baby Boomers are going to need health services, and there won't be enough nurses to take care of us at the rate they're being driven out of the field.

[nicole84]

Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse

Don't blame you there. I was a pretty decent nurse, but the stress combined with the BP became too much. I hate that the profession eats its young, so to speak---in another decade, we Baby Boomers are going to need health services, and there won't be enough nurses to take care of us at the rate they're being driven out of the field.

I applaud anyone with mental health issues that can even manage the stress involved. Pretty sure it tends to make matters worse in a lot of nurses too. Only thing is I'm back to square one in where the heck I can work or want to study, something that isn't going to send me off into a bad spiral.