Do you trust mental health professionals?

wolfie205 · Apr 08, 2013, 01:17 AM

Theres this thought that's been going through my mind for the past couple of days and no matter how hard I try, I can't figure out what to make of it. I haven't been diagnosed with anything yet. I've only been to see a gp and I'm waiting to see a psychologist there. It's just that I don't know if I can trust the staff working there. I went to get help because I didn't know what to do about it anymore and I have no idea if I'm really hearing voices or not because sometimes they seem so real, I think they're being said by someone around me but I never know who. I think the gp doesn't believe me and that the staff there are all laughing at me for thinking that I hear things. I was sitting in the waiting room and I kept hearing my name and people laughing. I know I can't tell whether my experiences are real, but how am I supposed to trust them when I think they don't even believe me? Am I overexaggerating or overreacting and that's why they don't believe me? I just can't cope with it anymore and I wouldn't be seeking help if I didn't need it. I hate feeling like everyone is out to get me and I can't feel safe anywhere.

Apr 08, 2013, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by wolfie205

Theres this thought that's been going through my mind for the past couple of days and no matter how hard I try, I can't figure out what to make of it. I haven't been diagnosed with anything yet. I've only been to see a gp and I'm waiting to see a psychologist there. It's just that I don't know if I can trust the staff working there. I went to get help because I didn't know what to do about it anymore and I have no idea if I'm really hearing voices or not because sometimes they seem so real, I think they're being said by someone around me but I never know who. I think the gp doesn't believe me and that the staff there are all laughing at me for thinking that I hear things. I was sitting in the waiting room and I kept hearing my name and people laughing. I know I can't tell whether my experiences are real, but how am I supposed to trust them when I think they don't even believe me? Am I overexaggerating or overreacting and that's why they don't believe me? I just can't cope with it anymore and I wouldn't be seeking help if I didn't need it. I hate feeling like everyone is out to get me and I can't feel safe anywhere.

Are u still up?

KUREHA · Apr 08, 2013, 08:07 AM

I don't trust any of them - they all keep turning against me - because of the receptionist - only person I trusted was my psychologist, but I don't see her now.

Atypical_Disaster · Apr 08, 2013, 08:39 AM

I don't trust most of them at all, my current pdoc is a notable exception.

KUREHA · Apr 08, 2013, 10:36 AM

I like my Dr - hopefully it will go ok.

faerie_moon_x · Apr 08, 2013, 10:36 AM

I really trusted my last psychologist. But she had to retire. So I don't have anyone right now.

I Think i'ts like all things in that some people are good and some are bad. If you get a bad one that's terrible. If you get a good one it's amazing. You have to find someone that you feel safe with.

newtus · Apr 08, 2013, 12:19 PM

i dont trust any of them. at all.

Wayfarer25 · Apr 08, 2013, 04:07 PM

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i dont trust any of them. at all.

i'm with newtus on this. i don't trust them one bit.

volatile · Apr 09, 2013, 08:40 PM

I just don't like them. I can deal with therapists but anyone else more professional than that nope. With me doctors always have some rude attitude. I hope your doc isn't rude, I'm sure not all of them are. I'm just unlucky i guess.

AlternateUniverse · Apr 13, 2013, 02:15 PM

I have a lot of difficulties with trust anyway. But doctors are the most difficult to trust when they always talk down to me. Though thankfully my current pdoc is mostly ok. But I hate when I tell them something and they are like 'oh that's another delusion', using my diagnosis as an excuse to not take me seriously. I have also had times when I have been accused of making up symptoms and experiences. I am sick of bad doctors, and it is one of the reasons why it took me so long to get treatment.

newtus · Apr 13, 2013, 11:13 PM

when they think your making up symptoms is the worst. ive only had that happen once. or at least to my face. not surprisingly they put me as bipolar because they thought i was lying about psychosis symptoms. they also made me very physically sick from their prescribing of meds to me. every doc before that one and after said i was not bipolar. that was a very incompetent doctor btw. be careful if they dont believe you because they might prescribe the wrong meds. its important that they listen.

Atypical_Disaster · Apr 15, 2013, 10:40 AM

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when they think your making up symptoms is the worst. ive only had that happen once. or at least to my face. not surprisingly they put me as bipolar because they thought i was lying about psychosis symptoms. they also made me very physically sick from their prescribing of meds to me. every doc before that one and after said i was not bipolar. that was a very incompetent doctor btw. be careful if they dont believe you because they might prescribe the wrong meds. its important that they listen.

This EXACT thing happened to me. Wow.

wolfie205 · Apr 15, 2013, 10:48 AM

Yea i know what you guys mean.. It's like they give you this really weird look as if someone would lie about hearing voices. Like if you're functionng pretty well, then no you can't be experiencing psychosis. I don't know, maybe they're right, I have no idea if I'm imagining things.

Atypical_Disaster · Apr 15, 2013, 10:51 AM

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Yea i know what you guys mean.. It's like they give you this really weird look as if someone would lie about hearing voices. Like if you're functionng pretty well, then no you can't be experiencing psychosis. I don't know, maybe they're right, I have no idea if I'm imagining things.

Exactly.

I just don't get it, why would someone lie about hearing voices or any other form of psychosis? For the oh so wonderful medications or something? Or how about the stigma attached to having schizophrenia or some other psychotic disorder? Because all of this **** is great fun! (yes, that was sarcasm.)

newtus · Apr 15, 2013, 11:17 AM

you think they would believe you so they could put you in their resort for a short rest aka mental hospital and make some money through insurance.

likewater · Apr 17, 2013, 11:54 PM

My pdoc is always on vacation and i get sick as he cant refill my meds. So i guess i trust him to always be on vacation hahahaha. Now i have a list of new ones to call. Great. Now i can tell another stranger the bizarre workings of my brain when i have no idea if they will work out or give me wonky meds. Yay. And i'm still trying to keep my job. Which is awesome but i missed a week cause i got so sick. Going to er tomorrow. No don't trust pdocs. Think they are weird. Never met a normal one yet. Some medical drs , PAs and therapists normal. Pdocs are bizarre. Don't know why. Does the profession attract oddballs or are they normal but in the process of becoming pdocs they undergo a strange metamorphisis.

Ash0198 · Apr 18, 2013, 05:05 AM

When I asked my pdoc on Tuesday that I wanted to come off meds.... He said I was having "bizzare" thoughts about my initiation....Like wtf? They seem perfectly fine to me! Even my mum came in afterwards and said it was normal....but sort of unnormal at the same time... :/ if that makes sense :/. He straight away judged me without even thinking about it!! Or taking any of my thoughts and feelings into consideration! What an A-HOLE! >:/

a bland · Apr 18, 2013, 06:51 PM

I use to trust my docs but in the past week it's like they arnt taking me seriously. So I know how u feel. Just hang in there. And I'm very proud of u for seeking help, it's not easy when u feel like ur being treated like a child.

Ash0198 · Apr 18, 2013, 08:43 PM

When I was in hospital I had a register psychiatrist tell me that I was faking hearing voices simply because I wasnt talking out loud, when in fact they speak to me telephathically so it makes sense to respond in your head huh???? professionals....sometimes they have it completely wrong....it makes me sick....and it literally did make me sicker....

newtus · Apr 18, 2013, 08:58 PM

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When I was in hospital I had a register psychiatrist tell me that I was faking hearing voices simply because I wasnt talking out loud, when in fact they speak to me telephathically so it makes sense to respond in your head huh???? professionals....sometimes they have it completely wrong....it makes me sick....and it literally did make me sicker....

are you serious?

thats stupid.

they SAID that?

Ash0198 · Apr 18, 2013, 09:18 PM

Yeh they really did.... The guy was an ***** and really didnt know what he was doing. All he'd do during the day was meet with friend and chat in the offices... He was even the one that evaluated me!! It was only a 24 hour holding unit and I was in there for six days...they ended up transferring me to the adult unit because they couldn't handle me...the first thing I saw was a guy walking in circles completely out of his face dosed up with drugs. My parents refused to let me stay and they took me out of the place...even though I was involuntarily committed...I have learnt to definitely not trust the public system anymore...

newtus · Apr 18, 2013, 09:44 PM

yea.

i was in this major city hospital last summer and it was pretty bad. .
the first time i went i was 17. 5 years ago or so. and they had an autistic kid in there in the adolescent unit and he would take off all his clothes and run around naked ALL DAY. i was there a day and 1/2 before my parents had me transfered out to another place.

but like i was saying i was there for over a week last summer for inpatient. and again in december for outpatient. but inpatient...oh god. um. i mean ive got a pretty good handle now on hospitals because ive been to many places many times. this specific place had patients beating each other up sometimes. this one guy masturbated while walking up and down the hall. this one woman harrassed people every day. i mean on and on. pretty bad people there though. sad. bad in as i mean really messed up unfortunately.

this place had 2 stages of holding units. when you first come in they sit you in an old gym for a day or less. i was in the first stage area for 30-45 min. some people had been there few days. the next stage they sit you in a room with 30 cots lined up in columns and rows. medium sized room. no carpet. no day room. 1 bathroom. you dont goto the cafeteria during that stage. just a big room. i remember just laying in the cot all day with a cot on my right and on my left with people next to me and another row of cots a foot away from my head. and it was like that 7-8 rows up of just cots. i was in the second stage area for 2 or 3 days.

then if you need to stay awhile they send you to what they call "The Unit". which is where you stay short term more or long term. could be a few months or so. i was there for 8 days more maybe. it had the usual stuff like dayrooms and seperate rooms and bathrooms. but still. like the bathroom has no doors on them. it was like a saloon style thin plastic door. i got walked in on a few times using the bathroom.

just like a whole bunch of stuff. i was involuntarily committed both those times.

newtus · Apr 18, 2013, 09:54 PM

i remember now. they werent cots. they were lounge chairs. yep. not even beds. long chairs that reclined back. in those first two stages.

i remember being in that first stage and i thought it was the usual unit. and i said "is this where ill be?" and they said "no this is just the holding unit". and after they transferred me again i said "so THIS is the main area....?" and they said "no this is just the second holding unit". and i was like "ok...". and they dont ever tell you when your moving from stage to stage. its "up to the doctor". the main unit was like paradise to me compared to those others. those holding units had barely any walking room too!