No, I have had little to do with ‘psychiatrist’ treatment due to the inability of the profession to build a rapport. The first 7 years the ‘doctor’ did very little and almost 20years later I find the service to be breadcrumbs in the hands. There is little to nothing up here in Canada. I’ve been alone and not socialized for almost the entire treatment. I’ve found others in and around to be non accepting, rude, indifferent and no tolerance/desire to incorporate. Especially when it comes down to intimate relationship. I gather the majority of us are alone as I have not met many with the disorder. And the people I did meet were alone as well and or not functioning at their potential. Bottom line there is no resources that are not monitored by a profession I’ve learned to have an adverse opinion for. More regulatory breadcrumbs. I have no choice, happy to be here. 
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What people outside of Canada know about Canada is that there is free healthcare.
What people outside of Canada don’t realize about Canada is that free healthcare is difficult to access and very limited once you do, especially with mental health treatment.
I have had to rely on myself much more than I ever wanted to.
I know I sound like a broken record @anon40326163 but try Journaling what you think about every day. It helped me in my recovery. Maybe it could help you too.
Hey @Natron it might be that way now but could change later. When I went acute my behaviour was so bad my marriage ended in divorce and my kids became alienated. Years later I healed and my family healed from the nasty destruction that schizophrenia did to our lives. Never lose hope my friend. One foot in front of the other. Onwards and upwards. 
That would be challenging for me @everhopeful . How do you do it?
I have great support from my chosen and much loved family. What’s possible for them to do they do. They do more than my birth family has ever done with regards to the things I struggle with. In the 6 years I’ve been living in Wiltshire I saw my late father once. I’ve not seen my brother,sister, and nieces. That perhaps shouldn’t hurt as I do have people that care for and love me dearly. It’s greedy to expect my birth family to see me on top of that. My brother and I exchange quite a lot of emails per week. My sister? Once in a blue moon.
My mental health whilst not A+ is a solid B+. That’s the best it’s been since becoming severely mentally ill. Physical health is another kettle of fish altogether. My daughter does a 1st class job of making sure I’m seen for any health issue that crops up.
This forum helps. But other than that, I try to cope as best I can.
I have enough. Many people don’t understand that just because your stable doesn’t mean that you are happy, however. For example, when I went down on vrayler from 3.0 to 1.5, my mom through a hissy fit and got mad at me. She just thought stability was everything. Stability means little if you arent happy.
I think she now understands where I was coming from as she has noticed my improving mood in the weeks since the switch.
People somewhat get positives it seems, but they dont seem to understand negatives and med effects on you so much.
I don’t think either of my parents fully understand the effect they can have on motivation either.
Anyway, like I said, I get the support I need, but I don’t think the full understanding and support is there on some issues.
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