My Psychiatrist Told Me To Find A Different Doctor

[EvenStrongerNow]

Thanks for your opinion @catjudo

We already tried what your opinion says to try. It did not work out and it's not our fault.

I had a physician who was not listening. I had a physician who did not want to be wrong. Well, he was and thanks to him I experienced very awful withdrawal and ended up in the hospital.

 

[shimmerz]

@EvenStrongerNow I am totally with you on this one. Catjudo, are you a patient or a medical worker? Have you been doled out psychiatric drugs and coerced or forced into taking them when you know they are doing you damage. Do you know what it feels like to have a psychotic break because of drugs and therapies that you have tried to tell doctors are completely destroying your life, your family life, your work life (the list goes on). Any idea how you are treated in the psychiatric units when you have a break? For me I was abused, physically and emotionally - humiliated - I can't even go into the details there are so horrendous.

For bi-directional communication both people must respect the other. It very often happens that doctors don't respect what their patient is saying and that was obvious in this posting. @EvenStrongerNow ended up in the hospital. Damning her for not listening is talking like her doctor is speaking to her - saying shut up and do what you are told. It doesn't seem the same type of relationship that you and your doctor have.

Please tread carefully when you say 'you' in postings - as clearly evenstrongernow's experience is not the same as yours.

I gave my opinion based on the information presented and available in THIS thread.

The above postings continually speak about evenstrongernow's continual battle in having a trusted doctor listen to her concerns. I am not certain where you are seeing that her doctor is hearing or has been hearing her at all.

I am sorry, maybe I shouldn't be speaking up here - but seriously. This member ended up in hospital about it and there is still no retraction of your position? I don't want to make a fuss here but I am standing beside evenstrongernow and am asking that she has been through enough and does not need to be told right now that she has done the wrong thing. . This has been hell for this poster and I don't like the persistent defending of a point regardless of the facts posted here. Maybe it would be good if there was a backing away of this posting - you point is taken - but evenstrongernow doesn't need this.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

Thank you @shimmerz , you said what I did not have the strength to say. I appreciate you sticking up for me.

 

[catjudo]

Catjudo, are you a patient or a medical worker? Have you been doled out psychiatric drugs and coerced or forced into taking them when you know they are doing you damage. Do you know what it feels like to have a psychotic break because of drugs and therapies that you have tried to tell doctors are completely destroying your life, your family life, your work life (the list goes on). Any idea how you are treated in the psychiatric units when you have a break?

I am a patient. Yes, I absolutely know what all of those things are like. Except, no one can force you to take medication. You have the option to decline.

@EvenStrongerNow ended up in the hospital.

If you look at the chronology of this thread, this did not happen, or wasn't spoken about until AFTER I gave my opinion. You can't fault me for something that happened after my opinion.

This member ended up in hospital about it and there is still no retraction of your position?

I didn't feel as though coming back into the thread would be helpful for anyone. I didn't retract, but I didn't post anything else. I tried to just back away from it.

I don't like the persistent defending of a point regardless of the facts posted here.

There was no PERSISTENT defending of anything. I made one post giving an opinion based on the information that had been given up to that point. When EvenStrongerNow responded to me upset because I gave an opinion that didn't take her whole story into account, I simply responded to let her know that my opinion was based on the info given in this thread. It's not exactly fair to blast me because I responded to a thread without seeking out and reading her whole story in other threads first.

Maybe it would be good if there was a backing away of this posting

More than happy to. I tried that once. If you didn't like my opinion, you're free to just ignore it. There's no reason to try to pick a fight.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

Well, the short version is I tried to cold turkey off the risperdal. Last night, I experienced an intense panic attack and thought I was going to die or go insane. I've never experienced that ever in my life. I took .5mg last night and was able to get to sleep. Today, I just feel shaky and panicky. I have these intense waves of panic that are happening. My stomach feels so sick I can barely eat. I can't believe my doctor said that I could just simply stop taking it. I never want to feel like that ever again and it scared me so badly. I wish I could rewind time and say no to ever taking it in the first place.

This, right here, was in this thread. What do you mean "other threads"???

You aren't being blasted. This thread was a convergence of things happening over time. She was just trying to stick up for me.

It's a forum. It is a good idea to read the entire thread to make sure you are getting the whole story before forming an opinion.

Either way, my initial post did a good enough job explaining that a medication was making me severely depressed and my psychiatrist didn't listen to me. How would I know to decline a medication if I didn't know it would cause that unless I took the medication? Also, in my initial post, I clearly said that he told me I could simply stop taking an antipsychotic and not experience any withdrawals. That was medical malpractice.

The only thing I'm at fault for is putting my trust into a Psychiatrist who has over 40 years experience and blindly trusting his leading. I should've never taken the medication in the first place.[DOUBLEPOST=1402458881,1402458595][/DOUBLEPOST]Any time you start a comment with, "You're probably not going to like what I have to say, but here goes.", that's just asking for a fight.

In continuance of that comment, you made so many assumptions about "it sounds like you" .....which none of your entire opinion is true. So, in a sense, you made false assumptions about who I am or what I did with my previous psychiatrist. Not once did you ask me a question to see if your assumptions may have been wrong.

I came here asking for support, not a fight. Chill out. I'm trying to recover from the most terrifying experience of my life.[DOUBLEPOST=1402459085][/DOUBLEPOST]

But you're telling him you won't take the risperdal and then also telling him what he should prescribe for you instead, going as far as to tell him what is the first line of treatment like presumably you would know better than he does.

That right there proves you did read my other threads (which contains that information). Otherwise, where did you get this idea from?

So, it's a lie that you didn't read one of my other threads. You have some assumption of me, got on your high horse and then came in here to assassinate my character and then call it an "opinion". Not cool.

 

[shimmerz]

@catjudo, seriously, - quit while you are ahead. Don't badger please. This is a woman who has been through hell and back - she doesn't need to be in the midst of drama too. Enough please. I am asking nicely for you to back off.

 

[catjudo]

Any time you start a comment with, "You're probably not going to like what I have to say, but here goes.", that's just asking for a fight.

No, sometimes it just means that I'm about to give an opinion that is giving a different view and not just what you want to hear. Just because someone is offering something other than just what you want to hear, doesn't mean they're looking for a fight.

That right there proves you did read my other threads (which contains that information). Otherwise, where did you get this idea from?

So, it's a lie that you didn't read one of my other threads.

I am so very happy to back away from this thread. There is so much more here that I could respond to. But I'm not going to be called a liar (talk about character assassination). Where did I get that idea from? Here is where you said it in this thread:

I said, "Well that seems ridiculous. Lots of people with ptsd experience dissociation and the first line of treatment for ptsd depression is an SSRI.

I understand you're having a difficult time right now. It was never my intention to add to that. There is a lot you've said about my response that I could defend, but I don't find it necessary. I would be content to just let it all go. But calling me a liar is attacking. I think it is too much to attack me and then not expect me to respond. So, let's make a deal. Stop attacking and I'll stop responding.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Having different opinions are just fine but @shimmerz and @EvenStrongerNow you are starting to upset me.

seriously, - quit while you are ahead. Don't badger please

Let's all calm down. She was backing off. You came in four hours later and said this.

Let's move on and please bring the thread back on topic.

 

[shimmerz]

@Ayesha I am confused as to why asking someone to stop is upsetting to you.

 

[BloomInWinter]

@shimmerz , That's enough of that. Keep this thread on topic to the original post.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

Sorry mods and sorry @catjudo for calling you a liar.

 

[KP the nut]

@EvenStrongerNow

Sorry mods and sorry @catjudo for calling you a liar.

I appreciate you for apologising @catjudo opinion. Please remember that when you start a thread anywhere on the forum. The response you receive may not be to you liking.

@shimmerz and @EvenStrongerNow please respect the input of others. Your attitude towards Catjudo was bordering on bullying.

This thread is very much on the radar of moderators.