I'm Confused

[Recovery4Me]

@otakujome Good job on the fix!

I accept and respect your boundaries. Have a good day in school.

 

[Notsowild]

@Solara .... It is different in my country. My psychiatrist does prescribe meds but also does therapy. I see my psych-doc more often then my trauma T. And our psychiatrists are covered by our medical.

 

[anthony]

And our psychiatrists are covered by our medical.

Yer... but our countries rock for medical, compared to the US and others. :D:ninja:

 

[Deleted member 1860]

@Notsowild,

I realize its different everywhere. My psychiatrist does therapy, too. I'm not so stupid as to think that everywhere is like the US. And do you know for a fact that Croatia is like Canada? I made my post to bring up the fact that he, the OP, may not know the difference in the types of doctors/therapists/whatever seeing as how this was his very first visit with a professional and is only 14 years old. Would you want to go along for quite some time without someone pointing out to you that there may be better options available? I somehow don't think so.

I'm curious as to why your country would want to pay for you to see a higher costing doctor instead of a therapist? Seems a bit backwards to me given that doctors go to school to learn the medical side of things, and therapists go to school to learn the therapy side of things.

I'm not so sure about Canada's medical system being superior. I know its free for all, but I've seen enough horror stories to know that it isn't great for everyone. (And given that they rather pay for you to see a doctor than a therapist, I question the efficacy of the system, too.)

 

[shimmerz]

Our country is great for health care. If only one could find a doctor. In Ontario (I can't speak for all provinces), it is next to impossible to get a GP let alone a psychiatrist. Therapists are all over the place but they cost 200 or so an hour.

 

[Recovery4Me]

For a short shout out-nurse practitioners can write scripts in the US, as I just had several scripts written by one last week.

Insofar as therapeutic application my psychiatrists, psychologists,PhDs and PsyDs all have served well in my sessions. Working on one's journey is a process not a race. I have had PTSD for a long time and have seen many changes on which category of professional that was felt to be best. Acronyms have evolved over the years. :clown: Methods have changed. Science has changed much, thank goodness.

 

[shimmerz]

I tend more towards shamans and holistic healers myself. I feel PhD's are doctors while holistic types are more healers. I have found a great difference between the two. My GP is a PhD but she is also a healer. Took me ages to find her.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@shimmerz :hug: Good to see you btw and yes I am blessed with a General Practioner who is from Columbia and is a Holistic Healer as well. Really, really helps to swap out prescriptions with nature when I can do so. Solid point for sleep aids too!

 

[Deleted member 28403]

My parents keep telling me I'm just an attention seeker, and criticizing me a lot for being tired half the time. I am confused woth what to do, and I'm pushing myself to work so much that the end result is very bad. I start failing at doing stuff. But I don't know what to do. The session was to short so I didn't manage to say most of important stuff, and my parents act normally towards me for a few minutes only when I tell them how I feel, and that is shitty, as the rest of the time they are angry for everything and tell me I will fail in life every time I make a mistake. I'm angry, frustrated, sad, anxious, I don't know anymore. I am confused