I like both my therapist and pdoc, but I think my pdoc is too young. He’s a bit afraid of diagnosing me and I think his inexperience can hurt me if he doesn’t look into my moods.
I have a full staff of rotating nurses and I like them all, they’re all caring and thoughtful.
I think from the whole bunch I prefer my therapist. He’s so kind and intelligent, I always learn something new about myself after each appointment.
Where I live we have a kind of assembly line therapy because of a shortage of resources. I like the people who treat me, but I don’t know how they would be in psychoanalysis. That kind of therapy is beyond reach for us.
Like my team. Have had a few changes over the years but they are all very professional. I live in a deprived area where there is a lot of ill health so the staff are kept busy but despite this they are a lifesaver for me.
Mine has been reduced to just the GP for a while now. Before that, I only had a psychiatrist. I like both. But especially my old pdoc is a great guy. How he made me trust him was truly admirable. That seems to me to be the foundation of any fruitful relationship with your doctors. And it’s an admirable skill to make a paranoid schizophrenic trust you I believe. Can’t just tell someone ‘you ought to trust me’, if anything, that would be counterproductive it seems to me.
Ohhh I forgot about the GP! Mine’s cool.
Yeah I don’t really trust my pdoc. But I trust my therapist.
I wrote a letter of complaint about my psychiatrist, as a result, I just see their minions now when I go and I’m much happier.
I wish I had a team on my side, sigh…teamwork gets results.
You should definitely get one
Can’t. I fell through the ObamaCare crack.
Can’t afford $360 a month through Covered CA - no discount since I qualify for medicare part B, and SSA says I’d have to pay a huge penalty for turning them down due to being on a better plan through (ex) husbands work, but lost that coverage when divorced.
I checked around at 5 different places and was told the same thing.
Just last month I found out everyone was wrong, I do qualify for medicare and pay no penalty IF I would have signed up within 3 months after losing my coverage through divorce.
But now,
nope,
sorry they say, too late you missed it.
Haven’t seen a doc since 2013.
I’d really like to get back on meds again. At least have some available when I need them.
Oh I’m so sorry, didn’t know.
Isn’t there anything you can do to get help?
No, no one is really that interested in one little Sz girl with an SSDI income.
I never went a whole lot to a regular doctor, but it would just be nice to have the choice to refuse the meds again.
Yeah, that would be nice. If you go to the ER in an emergency they’re obligated to help you right?
I sometimes get really mad when I hear about the US health care. With all the problems with free health care we’re still pretty lucky.
Yeah, and you’re also obligated to pay their bill too, anywhere from $5000. on up to $9000. depending on how long you have to sit there.
I don’t make bills I can’t pay, so I’d rather die than leave that kind of debt.
I get that. Oh man, I wish I could do something to help you out
Thanks @Minnii, your a rare kind soul. Wish there were many, many more people like you.
You’ve been sent Mucho Buena suerte your way, ((((Hugs)))) for you!
Many Hugs back!!
I like my medical team! Except my therapist sometimes. She leans more towards a…humanistic approach and tells me I can fix my problems with exercise, meditation, etc. That everything is all in my “head” and I can fix them with a little bit of chamomile tea 
OH and the fact that she stops me mid sentence for “wrong words”, such as black/white, or catastrophizing.
@Csummers
I don’t understand why your SSDI didn’t come a health plan?
I’m on the MEPD program, Medicaid for Employed Person’s with Disabilities
and I pay about $50 a month premiums
and about 10 dollar co pay on meds until I meet the deductible
maybe it’s different in every state
She’s leaving on August so I will get a new one…I know i should’ve from the beginning since she doesn’t specialize in mental disorders rather just “stressful events”. Ugh. I really done fcked up.
Oh alright then. I thought I was a little out of line so I deleted the post. But glad you see it the way it is. There is actually a parody made by this girl on youtube about therapists and yours reminded me of that, but I can’t find it.