09 Mar 2019, 1:16 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Claradoon wrote:
Tell me about psychiatry. Has it improved?
As far as I know, the operating theory of psychiatry is
that the (bad) personality must be completely destroyed
in order to build up a (good) one.
The psychiatrist must have absolute authority and
the patient must be submissive and accepting of
Dx and pills.
Because psychiatrists use the DSM, they must fit a
patient into one of the pigeon-holes, and prescribe
accordingly.
Are they still like that? I would like to get care but not under a psychiatrist.
As far as I know, the operating theory of psychiatry is
that the (bad) personality must be completely destroyed
in order to build up a (good) one.
The psychiatrist must have absolute authority and
the patient must be submissive and accepting of
Dx and pills.
Because psychiatrists use the DSM, they must fit a
patient into one of the pigeon-holes, and prescribe
accordingly.
Are they still like that? I would like to get care but not under a psychiatrist.
I can't comment about the OP's question because I don't know about psych. hospitals, but I'll answer for Claradoon. I had a psychiatrist for C-PTSD as well a psychologist. The psychiatrist was a woman who was intent on prescribing medication and refused to reassess me with anything other than C-PTSD even after nine years of treatment. When I asked if I could be assessed for autism she said "No, you don't have Autism. You're too articulate". (???! ! !) Apparently people on the spectrum can't have a wide vocabulary despite having no social skills or eye contact. She also told me that autism is almost unheard of in women.
If I took my medication and asked for repeats she said I might get dependent, and that I shouldn't want medication. However, if I didn't take my medication or I requested that a dosage be lowered / discontinued / changed, she said I was refusing treatment and challenging her judgment. It was a lose-lose situation.
I got my ASD assessment done privately from a very reputable doctor who specialises in female ASD. She sent my psychiatrist a 20 page report with all the test results and my diagnosis. When I next saw my psychiatrist she said she never received / read the report, and she insisted again that all my issues are from C-PTSD, not autism, because I have a wide vocabulary and I went to University. My trauma didn't start until I was 34 years old but she believed it explained my entire childhood, retroactively.
After nine years I was terrified to see her because I always went home crying, feeling like I'd said the wrong thing. I was never so excited in my life as when I was finally allowed to discontinue treatment.
Sorry for derailing the thread, OP. That's just my answer for Claradoon.
Wow, thank you! That's exactly what used to be true and obviously still is.
I got my own Dx in 1997 by applying for referral to The Douglas Hospital - top-notch mental hospital. It took 2 years waiting and 6 months testing. I got a thick report, covered with what I asked for: a letter on Hospital Letterhead, signed by psychiatrist and psychologist, saying I am diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. My general doctor kept throwing that letter out of my file, because she does medical, not mental. But now they have computers and she's stuck with it.
Asperger's (now Autism) was defined as possibly very low or very high intelligence. The new DSM5 is very vague. I can do eye contact - it only took me 30 years of self-training.
09 Mar 2019, 2:26 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Claradoon wrote:
Tell me about psychiatry. Has it improved?
As far as I know, the operating theory of psychiatry is
that the (bad) personality must be completely destroyed
in order to build up a (good) one.
The psychiatrist must have absolute authority and
the patient must be submissive and accepting of
Dx and pills.
Because psychiatrists use the DSM, they must fit a
patient into one of the pigeon-holes, and prescribe
accordingly.
Are they still like that? I would like to get care but not under a psychiatrist.
As far as I know, the operating theory of psychiatry is
that the (bad) personality must be completely destroyed
in order to build up a (good) one.
The psychiatrist must have absolute authority and
the patient must be submissive and accepting of
Dx and pills.
Because psychiatrists use the DSM, they must fit a
patient into one of the pigeon-holes, and prescribe
accordingly.
Are they still like that? I would like to get care but not under a psychiatrist.
I can't comment about the OP's question because I don't know about psych. hospitals, but I'll answer for Claradoon. I had a psychiatrist for C-PTSD as well a psychologist. The psychiatrist was a woman who was intent on prescribing medication and refused to reassess me with anything other than C-PTSD even after nine years of treatment. When I asked if I could be assessed for autism she said "No, you don't have Autism. You're too articulate". (???! ! !) Apparently people on the spectrum can't have a wide vocabulary despite having no social skills or eye contact. She also told me that autism is almost unheard of in women.
If I took my medication and asked for repeats she said I might get dependent, and that I shouldn't want medication. However, if I didn't take my medication or I requested that a dosage be lowered / discontinued / changed, she said I was refusing treatment and challenging her judgment. It was a lose-lose situation.
I got my ASD assessment done privately from a very reputable doctor who specialises in female ASD. She sent my psychiatrist a 20 page report with all the test results and my diagnosis. When I next saw my psychiatrist she said she never received / read the report, and she insisted again that all my issues are from C-PTSD, not autism, because I have a wide vocabulary and I went to University. My trauma didn't start until I was 34 years old but she believed it explained my entire childhood, retroactively.
After nine years I was terrified to see her because I always went home crying, feeling like I'd said the wrong thing. I was never so excited in my life as when I was finally allowed to discontinue treatment.
Sorry for derailing the thread, OP. That's just my answer for Claradoon.
What do you mean by "allowed" to discontinue treatment? Aren't people allowed to stop seeing psychiatrists and the like if there is a personality clash or the client doesn't agree with them?
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