- 1 poor
- 2 fair
- 3 so-so
- 4 Good
- 5 best ever
- 6 none of these
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Utterly pathetic.
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I’ve liked the therapists and pdocs/nurses I’ve had but the system they’re under is ■■■■. I was discharged from the hospital early after receiving no psychosis-specific care aside from meds and had to assemble a medical team on my own. Had to educate myself about my illness, too.
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it allways seamed in groups we weren’t aloud to talk about are illness. and the group leaders ware more wakey the we ware. most of the talk was a bout normal behaver and not dealing with the illness.
I agree to some point, yes, but maybe it was because they wanted everyone to feel comfortable and not have anyone triggered.
Over 44 years I’ve never met any psychiatrist , or other mental health professional , who’s clearly explained what the dx I have is about and how to handle it.
It’s been 'I’ll prescribe you x" , with no explanation of what the med is supposed to do and no mention of side effects .
Sorry I’m wrong . Way back in the summer of 1975 a nurse told me I should keep out of the sun while on largactil.
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My CPN is very good at listening and stuff but when it comes to teaching I think my recovery college team is even better. But both are essential. Greatful for them
That is a bit sad. We all answered 1/poor.
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Absolute PANTS. My recovery and coping skills - is purely self-taught thru forums such as this, and thru a process of self-discovery and self-analysis.
Yeah they dish out the drugs - granted, but i had to jump thru hoops to get em.
Haha - I only found out months later after researching my meds, that i should’nt have grapefruit juice - they didnt tell me that .
Telling you about it? Teaching you how to handle it? They have never heard of doing such a thing. The only thing they care about is whether or not I have hallucinations or delusions. They dont offer to talk about anything else.
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My therapist helps, but she has a background working with schizophrenia, she lets me talk about my hallucinations and strange beliefs. She helps me reframe how I react to the voices, and dissolve some delusions, helps me second guess.
Pdoc? Not a d*** thing, she only wants a yes or no answer on if I’m having hallucinations. Never wants to go into detail. Her best advice was telling me about IOP/PHP
IOP/PHP, on days they talked about SZ, it was only basic information. The 101 of classes. But they also had bipolar and MDD with us, mixed group so we couldn’t focus more heavily.
Most of my knowledge has come from scholarly articles, DSM with cross research, you guys here, and sometimes just figuring it out for myself.
I needed/need counseling instead of pills, but the center didn’t even offer that. The pdocs only solution is pills or shots for everything.
My pdoc is great with psychoeducation. The problem is is that there is just not enough out there about schizophrenia in general
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They never told me a thing. I only found out about positive and negative symptoms through googling it. I complained to the health team this once.
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