Posted by freudiangarterbelt on March 17, 2001, at 9:45:25
In reply to Abusive psychiatrists, posted by Fred Potter on March 15, 2001, at 18:00:52
> Can someone please advise me? I've just had a horrible meeting with a psychiatrist who favours the confrontational approach. He is a sort of behaviourist so he had told me to give up Prozac, which I'd been prescribed 2 weeks before by another pdoc. And to stop taking Xanax or he wouldn't treat me. I told him that wasn't safe done suddenly. He said it is quite often and if I felt happier I could stop it 4 3 2 1. I said if he told patients to stop it suddenly he was being irresponsible, which is where all the name calling started. "Incredibly adolescent", "a 5 year old", "unbelievably arrogant" etc. My wife was present and it didn't help when she agreed. He would occasionally snigger to my wife over some sad fact that I came up with, like the contents of my medicine cupboard.
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> So now he's refusing to treat me. I could try giving up Xanax, but why when it helps? I thought CBT worked better in combination with drugs. Where should I go from here ?
> Thanks for reading this
> FredWell Fred perhaps he is right. I would suggest you check his credentials , training, and patient load. If he is really busy he may actually be extremely good and interested in what he does. He may also be frustrated with patients that only listen to what they want to hear. If he is wrong what have you lost? If he is right what will you have gained. This is of course my amature opinion (it is always easier to look at something from the outside) The path to happiness is paved with suffering . I have no doubt you are well on your way to joy.
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