Posted by Christ_empowered on March 21, 2015, at 18:07:18
In reply to I thought my new pdoc was a psychiatrist,, posted by ClearSkies on March 19, 2015, at 14:33:02
Some shrinks (personally, I think the men more so than the women) are *ssh*l*s. Power hungry, sometimes sadistic, often sexist and elitist and homophobic. Trust me...back when I was a pretty little gay dude living off very little $$$, I saw how some of the "best psychiatrists in (city near me)" treat people when they have power over them/us.
Your experience--terrible as it was--is not unique. There are far too many "bad apples" in the mental health profession (its not just the shrinks, btw), and far too many horror stories.
I don't really know what to say...how much $$$ do you have to work with? In a city near me, you can get a 1 hour consult w/ a cash only doc for a bit less than $300, and then less than that for med checks or whatever you have to do afterwards. Community mental health here is...well, they can't prescribed controlled Rxs, usually, but they have lots of rules that keep the docs behavior from getting too unprofessional.
Sorry about this terrible experience. I'll be praying for you :-)
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