Feel Like A Mule For Big Pharma?

[badpolar]

Just a short note on the fact that it is really starting to become so clear to me now. I mean I always thought it was Just a big money spinner but I felt like who am I to question all these doctors. I mean they have trained for years for this.

I have to say at this point it was my partner who was well suffering with (PTSD) if you ask me but "bi-polar " One doctor said but then we could never See her again. Not that my partner wanted to as she made some very rude comments about my partners appearance.

Other doctors/whatever they are where had whole other host of conditions all of which only took about 15 mins for them to diagnose and "luckily for us" could be treated with a new box of pills..mmm..

I have to admit at the beginning I did give the whole thing a wide berth well we have young kids and I guess I just wanted to pretend every thing was just fine that mammy just had to take some pills and we could go on as normal ..

At the time I did not know the extent of the abuse the she had inflicted on her in her childhood early teens.any way her being as strong headed as she is and I would say having so much to get better for mainly our kids she wanted off these drugs .

So we called her mental health team and asked for a meeting with a manager and head doctor .we asked them about some of the issues I have mentioned (short consultation/so many drugs ) and well they told us that all of this was from the primary care team for who they could not answer and that we where now with the complex care team.....OK..

My main concern now is for young girls/boys who don't for one reason or another have anybody close to them.who have had a bad childhood experience and who end up being a drugs mule for big pharmacy for the rest of there lives..god bless be strong..

 

[Rosalia]

I went through 5 therapists and 2 psychiatrists before someone told me that I had PTSD, and even when I got to my latest therapist it took me about a month to get a clear diagnosis. I also had a psychiatrist talk to me for 10 minutes and immediately recommend pills. My point is, some people just wanna shut you up and pump you full of pills. I mean, some people DO need pills. I don't want to say that they don't serve a purpose, but when I spoke to my therapist about seeing a psychiatrist, he told me that pills increase the risk of suicide for PTSD sufferers and recommended that I stay away from them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that someone who suffers from PTSD should look specifically for a trauma therapist, and that therapist will be able to properly diagnose you and recommend proper treatment. I hope your wife got the help she needed!

 

[Springer80]

When i first went to uni, i had jus managed to get out of my abusive environment totally and I collapsed on all levels. I went to the student counselling service. I was crying so hard I was struggling to breather and I felt like I was being repeatedly punched. The trainee counsellor was way out of her depth and sen me to the doctor. The doctor saw me for five minutes, hardly spoke or reached out to me at all and then prescribed prozac. I told him I wasn't depressed I was traumatized. They didn't respond. I didn't collect the prescription. And there started a ten year merry go round.

You and your wife should read 'Waking the Tiger' by Peter Levine....I wish you both the best of luck :)

 

[badpolar]

Hey! Thanks you guys it feels good to know I can talk. Even if it is just on the forum. I moved from Ireland to the Uk with my wife when we where both 18 years old. I don't go out much or meet many people that I could talk about this anyway. When I speak to my family at home I don't want to worry them so I always say everything is fine.

I'm sorry if I come across a bit bitter. Sometimes I mean I'm not even the one with the problem as such but I just really do feel angry about it sometimes. What I mean is at first yes I did try to avoid it all but even at that stage I feel the care teams seeing my wife should have involved me whether I wanted or not they know this and well I don't and now after almost five years they say I'm right and at the same time make me feel like they would rather i never said anything at all..??:confused:

Oh well my battery is nearly dead and I'm off to bed, talk to you tomorrow, maybe I can make more sense of it then..night folks. I Hope everyone on hear has a better day tomorrow than I've had today...lol..