A thank you to my psychiatrist

Have you had reason to be thankful to/of your therapist or psychiatrist? Have they made a positive difference? Is your life the better for them?

If it wasn't for my psychiatrist my serious health concerns would have gone unchecked. If it wasn't for my psychiatrist I would have no clue what these concerns entail.

His concerns lead to a series of tests.

The specialist has been distant. The GP of no use at all.

The only one taking any interest, the only one explaining the results, implications, and possible prognoses has been my psychiatrist.

Thank you Doctor B!

No. I do not have a psychiatrist - and the therapists are just garden variety. I pay them - they sit there. They are not doing me a favor by sitting there - I pay them to do so.

I am thankful to my therapist, because he is really good at his job. I have had a lot of crappy therapists, so I am grateful to have found a smart, competent, helpful one.

yes, I thank my therapist at the end of each session, many times in my journal. She has made a major impact in my life.

My psychiatrist was wonderful. He was determined to help me and he did. He listened and collaborated with me rather than dictating treatment. He carefully explained his treatment choices, what he expected he'd see improvement-wise, and what side effects I might encounter along the way. He kept tabs on my total health, not just psychiatric health, and kept all aspects of my health in the forefront of all decisions we made together. He supported me when I knew it was time to move away from meds, and helped me come up with a plan to do so.

I am thankful towards the last three therapists who have helped me a great deal. The first few in my life? Not so much.

Hmmm...

*Can't thank my ex-psychiatrist for abandoning me. Don't know the new one well enough to even say hello to
*Can't thank Nos. 2 and 3 for their involvement in ex-psychiatrist affair
*Can't thank No. 1 for being, well, No. 1 (= creepy)
*Have no idea whether DBC will ever do anything worth thanking her for

So...I'm gonna thank me, for being tough enough to survive the "helping" professions.

This is part of their job. He/she knows how horribly we are treated in the medical arena so it is their job to untangle the psych from the medical and then get us to the right Doctor. Again their job. Thank goodness you have one that died his/her job right.

If not for my therapists, I would still be a practicing addict. So yes, I'm thankful.

Yes I am thankful for my therapist.
I'm wondering, (since you can see that the competence of your MH professional has been important to you), whether you can see that sometimes it isn't as simple as the onus being on the client to do the work in therapy, for therapy to be successful.

I'm thankful to my psychiatrist in some ways although our rapport has been really damaged by things he's said such as suggesting reparative therapy and saying he tells all of his young patients they shouldn't have premarital sex.

I'm on meds that help and he does encourage me regarding my job.

Yes!My life is definitely better due to my therapist.

I am very thankful for so many things I learned from him,,but I do believe I am most thankful that he helped me see that no matter who it is,or why,nobody has the right to abuse me and I am strong enough to do what I need to in order to protect myself,even if it means sending someone to jail.

The one I must thank is the overworked resident at the psychiatric emergency center. He who listened while i wailed on as a mixed crisis of epic proportion consumed me. He listened, he trusted me to stay safe and did not insist on a hospital and started me on the best cocktail I have ever had. He saw me twice, his last name was of Scottish orgin and I shall not forget him. Thank you...you know who.

I am thankful for my T and now ex-Pdoc. Both have helped me tremendously. I thank them after every session.

I had a very unique case...40 yrs ago when I was a teenager and VERY SUICIDAL I was placed in a Psychiatric hospital for almost a year. One psychiatrist was assigned to me who had more experience treating post menopausal women. He tried many ECT and told my family and myself that I would be a good candidate for a lobotomy. He arranged the location, etc. That's when the nursing department told my mom to look for another psychiatrist. Luckily there was a Dr practicing at the hospital who had been following my case and agreed to treat me. What a blessing. To make a long story short we stopped ECT and began talk therapy (I didn't talk much;-0 in the beginning), he also looked at my family life and made the decision that I needed to be out of the home...never told him but I think he knew there was sexual abuse going on. I went to live with him and his family. They had kids my age and I graduated high school and went on to college.

I was truly blessed that I had a psychiatrist that cared SO MUCH that he could see beyond what I wouldn't say. I still suffer from depression and receive ECT every 2 weeks but that psychiatrist literally saved my life. I hold a full-time job, had a family with children who grew up and went to college and now have a good life of there own! I have grandchildren now, I am truly blessed and I thank that DR. every time my children accomplish something, or I attain something I had worked towards, etc. because I wouldn't even be alive without him and his family!

I am thankful for having something to be thankful for, in and out of therapy.

Thanks everyone.

I have another few reasons to be thankful. According to her office, the specialist who ordered my CT scan did get the results but has prompty left the country without providing them to me. The office won't tell me. This has already gone on for 12 weeks so this is all complete bull you know what.

A phone call to my psychiatrist and he is getting on top of it. He is obtaining the results himself and will call me once he has them. Again, he is the only doctor who has given a damn.