Yeah, the whole 'rally for sanity' thing is really irritating. (though I have never been hugely in Jon Stewart, unlike the majority of my friends in the US, anyway...)
I'm sorry you're having to battle the psychiatrist for your own diagnosis. That's so frustrating, ugh. Especially b/c she has no history w/you! As you said, she hasn't seen you when you're not on the right kind of meds or right dosage.
My GP gave me the same superior sort of line about not handing out pills like candy like they do in the US.
When I went to talk therapy it was this v. annoying kind of CBT where the therapist acted like the response to, say, racism, was largely to change your reaction to it, b/c you can't change other people, blah blah blah. Which is, uh, kind of antithetical to the whole notion of social justice activism? So yeah, it didn't do much for me. :/
Given that & the crap dentistry service I've gotten here (the dentist gave my teeth a VISUAL INSPECTION ONLY & told me that getting one's teeth cleaned at the dentist too often--I told him I hadn't had them done in at least a year or more--was bad for them!!!) I am not excited about sampling other parts of the NHS. Mind you, it's awesome that everyone can go to the dentist (er, if they can afford to--it's not free anymore), & to psychiatrists, etc. (& I mean, I've had bad healthcare experiences at home too) buuuuut yeah. Not impressed.
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I'm sorry you're having to battle the psychiatrist for your own diagnosis. That's so frustrating, ugh. Especially b/c she has no history w/you! As you said, she hasn't seen you when you're not on the right kind of meds or right dosage.
My GP gave me the same superior sort of line about not handing out pills like candy like they do in the US.
When I went to talk therapy it was this v. annoying kind of CBT where the therapist acted like the response to, say, racism, was largely to change your reaction to it, b/c you can't change other people, blah blah blah. Which is, uh, kind of antithetical to the whole notion of social justice activism? So yeah, it didn't do much for me. :/
Given that & the crap dentistry service I've gotten here (the dentist gave my teeth a VISUAL INSPECTION ONLY & told me that getting one's teeth cleaned at the dentist too often--I told him I hadn't had them done in at least a year or more--was bad for them!!!) I am not excited about sampling other parts of the NHS. Mind you, it's awesome that everyone can go to the dentist (er, if they can afford to--it's not free anymore), & to psychiatrists, etc. (& I mean, I've had bad healthcare experiences at home too) buuuuut yeah. Not impressed.