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summerstars
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I'll start by saying i'm a 19 year old female. relevant? maybe later.
I've just been to see my new psychiatrist, Dr. D. I seen her at my initial appointment three years ago. she done the first interview then I got send to Dr. M. I've been seeing her every 1 - 3 months since but Dr. M. just left. I was supposed to see someone different from Dr. D on a tuesday morning but I had to change to a monday afternoon because of uni so i got Dr. D.
My first problem with her is that Dr. M told me before she left she'd make sure the next psychiatrist would see me two months later, that was in May. Two months later, still no appointment. So I went to my GP saying i felt i had to see someone soon, she sent a letter to Dr. D asking to get me seen and still no word. Meanwhile my GP gives me ambian to take every night to make me sleep and to try and help the sleep talking/walking/harming. Finally today I got to see Dr. D. Five months after my last appointment and three months after my GP wrote to her.
My second problem was the actual appointment. I got all the usual questions, "how are you sleeping?", "whats your mood like?", etc. but through talking to her though i just got the general feeling that she didn't really believe i was depressed, more like a bored teenager. she basically told me to "get a hobby". I've been depressed since i was 13, on anti depressants since. flouzetine, sertraline, mirtazepine, amitriptiline and venlafaxine which i'm currently on at the moment. i don't feel like the venlafaxine is helping but instead of switching it or putting it up she LOWERED the dose from 225mg to 150mg, saying that it was too sedating for my age and that's why i'm sleeping during the day. i said i dont think it's working, but i have a lot of stress coming up soon, so can i just stay on 225mg. she said it's my choice.
basically what i told her;
at uni during the week, when i'm off i sleep all day. I used to smoke alot of cannibis and binge drink to block stuff out. now i sleep all day instead. see my boyfriend and friends at night sometimes, just usually go round to their house and hang out. i feel down alot, anxious and completely exhausted all the time and that's why i sleep alot. i sleep walk, sleep talk and harm myself in my sleep.
it was clear she hadn't even bother to read my notes. the last time it took some fucking courage to tell Dr. M about my eating disorder and ocd stuff connected to it but she didn't even bring that up either.
third problem: she didn't even bother telling me when she'd next see me again.
I don't know what to do next. should i stay on 225mg? when i've wanted to stop meds before, Dr M always told me to stay on until i get switched because you might not feel like it's working but it's probably doing something. I just feel like so completely....lost, i guess. i'm sick of feeling like this. i thought i was over not being taken fucking seriously for my age.
I've just been to see my new psychiatrist, Dr. D. I seen her at my initial appointment three years ago. she done the first interview then I got send to Dr. M. I've been seeing her every 1 - 3 months since but Dr. M. just left. I was supposed to see someone different from Dr. D on a tuesday morning but I had to change to a monday afternoon because of uni so i got Dr. D.
My first problem with her is that Dr. M told me before she left she'd make sure the next psychiatrist would see me two months later, that was in May. Two months later, still no appointment. So I went to my GP saying i felt i had to see someone soon, she sent a letter to Dr. D asking to get me seen and still no word. Meanwhile my GP gives me ambian to take every night to make me sleep and to try and help the sleep talking/walking/harming. Finally today I got to see Dr. D. Five months after my last appointment and three months after my GP wrote to her.
My second problem was the actual appointment. I got all the usual questions, "how are you sleeping?", "whats your mood like?", etc. but through talking to her though i just got the general feeling that she didn't really believe i was depressed, more like a bored teenager. she basically told me to "get a hobby". I've been depressed since i was 13, on anti depressants since. flouzetine, sertraline, mirtazepine, amitriptiline and venlafaxine which i'm currently on at the moment. i don't feel like the venlafaxine is helping but instead of switching it or putting it up she LOWERED the dose from 225mg to 150mg, saying that it was too sedating for my age and that's why i'm sleeping during the day. i said i dont think it's working, but i have a lot of stress coming up soon, so can i just stay on 225mg. she said it's my choice.
basically what i told her;
at uni during the week, when i'm off i sleep all day. I used to smoke alot of cannibis and binge drink to block stuff out. now i sleep all day instead. see my boyfriend and friends at night sometimes, just usually go round to their house and hang out. i feel down alot, anxious and completely exhausted all the time and that's why i sleep alot. i sleep walk, sleep talk and harm myself in my sleep.
it was clear she hadn't even bother to read my notes. the last time it took some fucking courage to tell Dr. M about my eating disorder and ocd stuff connected to it but she didn't even bring that up either.
third problem: she didn't even bother telling me when she'd next see me again.
I don't know what to do next. should i stay on 225mg? when i've wanted to stop meds before, Dr M always told me to stay on until i get switched because you might not feel like it's working but it's probably doing something. I just feel like so completely....lost, i guess. i'm sick of feeling like this. i thought i was over not being taken fucking seriously for my age.