Posted by missliz on March 23, 2003, at 22:53:34
In reply to Re: If my doctor lables my case hopless....., posted by Amy II on March 23, 2003, at 15:52:22
Is your case hopeless, or is your doctor too lazy too think ?
I was labeled hopeless, told I'd wind up a suicide in the lockup ward of a state instituion, and generally treated horribly by a mean little prick of a psychiatrist. I fired him (My first ever MD firing, face to face and everything) and got another doctor who fixed me up great. Then I got a couple of college degrees and took up new sports. Unfortunately the perfect drug pooped out and I'm on the pill treadmill again but the point is -
You Are Not Hopeless. You need a doctor who has better critical thinking and creative skills. A lot of docs get complacent, they get intellectually lazy, they don't keep up with new ideas. A lot of mediocre psychiatrists came out of the Prozac age- they weren't trained in a lot of older meds. And the next new drug could be the one for you. I don't know your particular story, but I do know you are definately not hopeless.
Any doctor who would tell a patient they're hopeless is a jerk.missliz
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