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myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression 2 years ago

I have suffered depression since I was 14 and I have been passed from professional to professional, until the last few years.

I was suffering a bad episode and I was referred to my local CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) and I went my my initial assessment a few weeks later and all seemed well for future sessions.

I went to my next session...a month later (yes, a month! Other places used to be at least weekly) and I went to see the nurse and it was became my final session.

Why was this my final session? BECAUSE I SMILED.

Yes, apparently smiling means you are fine and that your depression is cured and everything is top of the world.

Wrong.

I am never going to ask for help again, if that is their attitude then what is the point?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 439 out of 2,805 in depression   2 years ago

I agree, i think all people in health care need a huge awakening somehow. They really don't give a hoot about u. We are in bad need of good doctors here. I'm sorry u couldn't get the help u needed. U can probably get more on mylot than u were getting w/yours.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

The really frustrating thing is I guess I should have seen this thing coming...my GP said to me "I doubt they will help you, they don't usually want to know unless you want to kill yourself"

Nice eh?


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 439 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

What a ridiculous statement. I would have been ashamed to have told u that. I'm sure that really made u feel better.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

It doesn't help that I have little trust in the medical professionals in the UK as it is...this has just cemented my position,which is they are never to be trusted, ever.


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 439 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

I feel the same way w/our doctors around here. To see a good doctor u have to go to nashville or somewhere far off & then u don't always get a good one. It's really scary when u think about it.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

I'm really sorry to hear that you have those difficulties.
I have had problems repeatedly with any medical professional wherever I have lived in the UK, sad but true....and yes, VERY scary. :c(


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 439 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

Thank s, same to u. Have a great night.

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2. myLot reputation of 50/100. iridium (332)   2 years ago

oh i've been there. i saw a psychiatrist when i was actively suicidal and was told there was nothing wrong with me. after about 10 years i finally got to see another pdoc who took me seriously and gave me better drugs but it took a looong time.

the worst of it is the only seeing someone for 10 minutes every 3 months and it being a different person every time. that's gonna help, no really it is.

And the only talking therapy that's affordable is pointless.


myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

Damn, bad times.

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. Janey1966 (2681)   ranked 337 out of 2,805 in depression   2 years ago

I would say that I have been to the doctors more times in the last 5 years than in the previous 10. I have just become accustumed to one particular doctor (who, I might add seems to be fully booked up and I have to wait at least a month before seeing him) and the nurse told me on Friday that he's leaving shortly! Great!

All I want is to be treated for my under-active thyroid. Fine, I am on iron tablets for my anaemia but the two go together. If I'd been treated for BOTH I'd be feeling a lot better than I am at the moment..which is sh*te. I found out on the internet that any treatment taken alongside the under-active thyroid drugs is free but this clown made sure I was treated for the anaemia FIRST, therefore I had to pay the full £7.20 for my prescription.

It's a swizz!suspicious


myLot reputation of 95/100. Dumpertaker (849)   ranked 273 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

I'm "lucky" that I suffer from epileptic seizures so my prescriptions are free.
I had a heart condition "misdiagnosed" as mild athsma for over 10 years...even though on my medical records it has written I had a heart defect at birth...and even worse, mom was never informed about it.


myLot reputation of 98/100. Janey1966 (2681)   ranked 337 out of 2,805 in depression  2 years ago

sadMy boyfriend would have seizures too if he wasn't on medication...his is also free. I bet you are both on the same drugs. Do they come in a yellowy-orangey and white box?

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4. myLot reputation of 89/100. gsnarayanan (1348)   2 years ago

I go to my doctor alwaysw ith a smile. My Doctor encourages me to bear the pain with a smile. The doctor allways takes care of my health and is not misguided by my amiling face.Smiling while in distruss helps to heal the pains faster.

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5. myLot reputation of 91/100. syankee525 (5263)   ranked 89 out of 2,805 in depression   2 years ago

yeah know what you mean. i do suffer as well. but i just learn to deal with things and most of the time its screw it.
but my one friend who been wanting help cant get help due he have no insurance. and he dont disablty because he cant get a doctor to sign off on his paper because he have no insurance, cant get insurance because of no money.

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