I am sick of stereotyped attitudes towards mental illness

I really have enjoyed reading this thread. It is really nice to know I am not alone. I went to the er with stomach pains. The computer flashed red with psych alert. They gave me a shot of pepcid and told me to go home. Went to another er and was admitted for the removal of my gall bladder. I used to teach full-time and I remember the ambulance drivers driving me to the hospital after an episode and remarking about how our educational system was in such bad shape! Like did they think I could not hear. I am quite functional most of the time but people tend to overlook that and concentrate on when I am not. Anyway thanks for posting and I hope your dr will listen to you or you are able to find one who will.

Put on a 'crazy' leer and say "Don't get too near -- I might bite"!

Oh, that made me laugh, Pach! I have actually done that! It really works, but you have to chose the time and situation. I sent a whole gang teenage girls running just with a smile one day, and i got this sudden, overwhelming feeling of supreme power... no, not really, but it was worth it to see the looks on their faces. They have never bothered me or mine since!

hahah Pachy I'm going to have to try that out now!

Yoda, and to everyone else who posted on this thread, I can relate to the frustration you feel with licensed medical practitioners. I've run into some problems there myself, but I won't go into any details here about that. I agree with Yoda, and QueenAccountant, their stories of just how misunderstanding and biased towards the mentally ill their doctors and nurses were with them is without excuse. Yes, they are people too, but come on! They are practicing medical providers, they have college degrees, this is what they chose to do with their lives! They should be the first ones to offer support, be understanding, and if they can't understand, they could at least be more sympathetic, and work to overcome the biases that they of all people should not have to begin with!!! These types of people, man, they make me sometimes want to lop off their limbs with a chainsaw!! What are their degrees and medical training good for, if they're going to be so stupid and insensitive? Okay, I'm done with my self-righteous ranting and raving! But... The idea of lopping off an insensitive and biased doctor's limbs with a chainsaw... Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!!! ( just joking, obviously!)