[tipper1492]

I'm confident some psychiatrist (& doctors) should not have a license to practice. The book I am reading "MADNESS" by author Marya Hornbacher shows without any doubt Marya is totally messed up in her pitiful life. Interesting reading I guess. She, among many other things on her list, is a lush alcoholic day & night. The list of psychiatrist she has seen is very long. But in the book is one psychiatrist that should have her license taken away. Marya is a genius, and a writer, and at times spends much, if not all the money time & time again. But one psychiatrist she visited with is herself crazy. Marya hates psychiatrist to start with. And back in 80's & 90's less was known about BP. But this one, when she first went to visit, it took Marya time (her time) to start revealing things about her life. When it came to alcohol, Marya started off slow, but at first she thought the psychiatrist wasn't getting it. But even when Marya told of all the alcohol, that psychiatrist told her it should not alarm her. The psychiatrist also placed her on medication. What I almost forgot to say was when Marya first went into her office, right away she could see the office was finished with the most expensive every thing. And the psychiatrist was dressed in the most (her) expensive clothing possible. It was a large city, so just maybe if patients are not told what they want to hear, the psychiatrist knows they will go somewhere else. Anyone experience something just not right with a psychiatrist? Sorry this is so long. As always, Marya move on to other states and cities. One time she and this equally crazy guy just took off with no direction, and spent time in USA & Mexican deserts totally as drunk as one can possibly get.

[Moogieotter]

Boozing while under Pdoc care makes success very difficult.

[marmaduke]

You do have to be very careful when selecting a psychiatrist. There are a high percentage of narcissists that choose this type of profession. They have faux empathy, really they 'feed' on you, enjoying your trauma liking the control and power they gain over you.
If a therapist makes you uncomfortable or invalidates your experiences get away from them A.S.A.P
Then again some psychiatrists/therapists 'get' you and are amazing.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Ye I am requesting new pdoc tomorrow

[cool09]

I've seen some very poor PDOCs (including residents) over the last 30 yrs and even a very sick PDOC who abused me and eventually lost his license in several States. A lot of them are in it to prescribe pills and benefit from their salaries, imo. And what kind of psychiatrist gets angry at patients who have trouble taking medications? The govn't needs to put more regulations on psychiatrists like demanding that every session gets documented well and that they share their opinions and all other information with their patients otherwise it really shouldn't qualify as a medical field, imo.

[jacky8807]

I have read both maryas bpoks "wasted" her struggle with anorexia and then "madness" her struggle with bipolar. In both books she shows contempt for most healthcare professionals and in both books she is hell bent on self destruction. She is drinking day in day out and plays with her medicine. Much of her issues seems personality disordered as well and many of her "episodes" in both books were brought on by drugs and alcohol and would have caused anybody to go nuts
Some of the book i related to but mostly nah

[wing]

Thanks. I'll cross that book off my list.

[Zippo]

One psychiatrist I saw weekly for 5 or 6 visits. It started out okay but as time went on there were many red flags and each week her behaviour became less and less professional. Every appointment was in a different room of this big empty house she was renovating, and she was badmouthing other psychiatrists and insisted she had so few patient's because she "cured" hers. At one point I was looking hopefully to the walls for evidence that maybe she did have a diploma of sorts. Never did see one. The last time I saw her she started yelling at me before I'd even said "hello" about how I was turning people against her. By the end of the appointment she was sitting on the floor in front of me yelling that I made her spend money. It was funny, but the second I entered her office that day I knew I was the only sane person in the room. And even with this bizarre behaviour and my shrink hurling paranoid accusations and insults at me, I managed to be mature and unflustered. I just knew she was not rational and though I did defend myself it was not with any great passion, I simply corrected her each time she was wrong.

Just before that last appointment I had seen my g.p. and told him about how she was deteriorating each week. So by the time I got to my appointment with the psycho my g.p.'s nurse had called her and asked that she be in touch since they had never received anything from her about me, and that's what set her off. She knew I'd said something and she went batcrap crazy. She knew my g.p. was also my friend and would believe me, though she did try to discount me by telling me I was paranoid and delusional and irrational and psychotic. I was none of those things, I was depressed, but she was desperate to discredit me.

A month later I was in the hospital for depression and I told the psychiatrist all this, against my friend's advice who thought no one would believe me. But this psychiatrist looked into it and the next day came and told me that he didn't like to speak ill of his colleagues but he was not surprised I'd had that experience with her and she should not be practicing. I always wished I had lodged a complaint against her but it felt like it would be too hard and frustrating to be believed, while the psychiatrist in question would be trying to make them think I was just crazy. However, I believe when I told the psychiatrist at the hospital it was taken care of. No one had ever heard of her there so they were astonished that there was a psychiatrist practicing in this relatively small town that they did not know about at the hospital.

When I stepped out of that last appointment after driving my psychiatrist completely nuts, I stood on the sidewalk in the sunshine like a gunslinger in a western and blew across the barrel of my pretend gun and said, "My work is done here."

[HALLIEBETH87]

I'm waiting to see my pdoc for hopefully last time as I'm requesting a new one. I'm super anxious

[Love&Toil]

I had one pdoc who kept falling asleep on me during sessions. This was during my teens.

[tipper1492]

ZIPPO Your story is most amazing. Thanks for sharing it. I must say you "must" be a strong person, among I'm sure other nice things. That WITCH met her match with you. Someone needed to investigate her. Surely there is some agency in the medical field who would be willing to check out her credentials. I, among so many out there, just go to these people with great believe in what we are being told. You have certainly help open our eyes.