Venting Useless doctors

[Nem]

The problem with drs is accountability...they have none. If they screw up they lie and change their notes and I talked to a medical malpractice lawyer and they said they ALWAYS lie
Peace/hugs

 

[HereToday]

I've never heard of anyone who saw a therapist and found it useful, except for people who don't have mental illnesses and only see therapists to talk

 

[Chronicillness]

I've gotten much worse from doctors. Had I neglected doctors my entire life I would be much less ill right now. Even the "alternative" doctors are greedy scumbags that will also leave you impoverished and more damaged than before you started. I can think of about 4-5 different physicians that took me seriously without unapologetically gaslighting me in the midst of explaining myself, but at the same time those 5 were never able to figure me out or refer me for specific treatment. All I gained from them was the luxury of not being treated like dog shit.

Going to the doctor's for acute illness is probably a different experience, but going in for severe chronic degenerative illness is scary and a nightmare in and of itself, because these doctors are your last hopes often times and it's scary how often they will reject and gaslight you.

 

[S1mpleme]

Doctors and medicine are the way to make money on our health and life.

 

[k75]

I've never heard of anyone who saw a therapist and found it useful, except for people who don't have mental illnesses and only see therapists to talk

I suffer from mental illness, and I find therapy to be helpful. So +1 for you.

 

[BlueWidow]

Going to the doctor's for acute illness is probably a different experience, but going in for severe chronic degenerative illness is scary and a nightmare in and of itself, because these doctors are your last hopes often times and it's scary how often they will reject and gaslight you.

I couldn't put it any better myself. It sounds like you and I have had a lot of the same experiences with doctors. I've had doctors call me a liar, a hypochondriac, tell me it's "all in my head", act like my asking for medicine that I need to help me function normally is the same as asking them to prescribe me heroin or cocaine or some other illegal street drug, tell me that my symptoms don't matter and my ability to function normally doesn't matter. All that matters is their stupid test results which don't mean anything to me.
I'm so sorry to hear that other people have had similar experiences with doctors to the ones that I've had. No one deserves to be treated the way I've been treated by various doctors over the years- the last 25 years to be exact.

 

[HereToday]

I suffer from mental illness, and I find therapy to be helpful. So +1 for you.

You're on a suicide website and planning to ctb. Maybe we have different definitions of helpful

 

[k75]

You're on a suicide website and planning to ctb. Maybe we have different definitions of helpful

I'm also not dead yet, which has a great deal to do with the therapy. I had completely given up, but after coming here decided to give saving myself one last shot.

I'm working on something besides suicide in my therapy, and it's something I resisted dealing with for years. Only started touching it fairly recently, in fact. But so far, it's working.

None of it is a cure. I have a lot of work to do on my end. I'm not sure anymore what I'm going to do. But I'm trying.

 

[HereToday]

I'm also not dead yet, which has a great deal to do with the therapy. I had completely given up, but after coming here decided to give saving myself one last shot.

I'm working on something besides suicide in my therapy, and it's something I resisted dealing with for years. Only started touching it fairly recently, in fact. But so far, it's working.

None of it is a cure. I have a lot of work to do on my end. I'm not sure anymore what I'm going to do. But I'm trying.

That's good to hear after hearing of so many bad experiences. I hadn't considered that the fact you're still here could be due to therapy. I guess you're right that there's no cure and it's a lot of work within ourselves. I hope therapy continues to help and you can end up in the recovery forum instead of this one

 

[k75]

That's good to hear after hearing of so many bad experiences. I hadn't considered that the fact you're still here could be due to therapy. I guess you're right that there's no cure and it's a lot of work within ourselves. I hope therapy continues to help and you can end up in the recovery forum instead of this one

Thank you! That's what I'm hoping for. But I do have a lot of problems that therapy can never fix, so I guess we'll see what happens. For now, I'm just straddling both sides. I can't seem to commit to life or death right now.

 

[Nnana]

I think that there are problems with no solution and therapy won't fix that. Meds may only help you with the negative symptoms that come along with depression but won't solve the problems that caused the depression.Then we will still suffer.

 

[Hollow men]

I've given up in therapists and psychologists, as I said they try to fit you in patterns, and they don't know what to do when you don't fit. I've been taking care of myself in the mental aspect and I'm happy to say I'm somewhat better by my own.

In the physical side though, I'm going to doctors for my back pain. The last one I visited, last month, saw that I'm a fit guy and without any kind of tests or anything said "you're the healthiest person in this city". I don't have to pay because of my insurance, but I don't get people who pay to receive an answer like that in 30 seconds an be sent on your way home lol

 

[Quarky00]

I started recording sessions and assessments. I had figured some psychiatrists are just hacks, and simply lie, sadly. Sent a detailed complaint when required.

As for doctors: got frustrated after few years, told them what to prescribe. An anecdotal example: I'm now testing Meto and it helps GI issues. Angry that GP and Gastroenterologist never tried.

I had a friend who died from stomach cancer rather quickly and at a young age. She did not go to the doctor because "it's only cramps, doctors will do nothing". She knew she wouldn't be treated attentively.

There is widespread malpractice.

 

[OneBigBlur]

I've never heard of anyone who saw a therapist and found it useful, except for people who don't have mental illnesses and only see therapists to talk

Replace the phrase mental illness with trauma and severe adversity and I'll agree. You're on point though, it mostly works for regular people. I don't need unconditional positive regard or objectivity, I need something to help with my trauma and I need someone to care in a genuine way.

 

[PDAnnie2610]

I've met one psychologist and one mental health occupational therapist who's good at what they do. Unfortunately, they move on to work elsewhere. I've also drifted from the doctors who used to 'treat' me since my year abroad and unfortunately, I've met outright cruel or negligent professionals apart from them here and there. So basically I lost faith.

But I've learnt enough coping skills to survive and avoid 10 hospitalisations a year (which I used to go through for a few years). At least now I can hold on and (fake) smile as I contain my pain, and I attribute that to the 5 years of combined therapy from the psychologist and the OT.

Replace the phrase mental illness with trauma and severe adversity and I'll agree. You're on point though, it mostly works for regular people. I don't need unconditional positive regard or objectivity, I need something to help with my trauma and I need someone to care in a genuine way.

A trauma informed clinician is the one you need to go to as they focus on imparting skills needed and are usually quite patient with their clients.