Is it just me? psychatic doctors and mental health facities going to far?

Question

I was anxeous and could not sleep,lots of stressors. The next thing I know they say I have Bi-polar, I didnot know what it was so I took the meds prescribed. 3 months later I had my first panic attack,I have battled it 13 years. Not to mention the rude behavior of doctors. who do not want to hear a word I say. Enough already me and my support group have all agreed I was better of before all this medication.the manner in which I was treated nothing I say is valid, having to take a family member to ensure I am not treated as though I have no say in my own heath care,being labeled CRAZY ect. I feel better already. But also have natural treatment to fall back on!

Answer 1

I'm so sorry you were diagnosed with that condition. You were probably just anxious and they over diagnosed you. Myself, I do not thin bi-polar people are crazy. A lot of people label them that way, but they aren't. Bi-Polar simply means you go to extremes in you mood swings. Unlucky for you, they diagnosed it 13 years ago, and also weren't fully aware of the diagnoses then. Just like everything else, it takes time to learn the different behaviors of a person. I am glad you found something to fall back on. I do believe you can go back to your physician and tell them that you weren't diagnosed correctly and they should fix that. If they aren't listening to you, maybe you should consider switching doctors or hiring a lawyer. If you have been taking the wrong meds, there is definetly something that should be done about it. As for people who are labeling you, ignore them. Here is a good example:
When I was in high school, people used to say that my best friend and I were lesbians. Not that there is anything wrong with that community of people, but neither I nor she was. Instead of denying it, we started to walk each other to class and hold hands, carrying each other's books. We didn't really care what people thought. What mattered is we knew better. Anyway, I hope this brings some help and comfort hun. Good Luck!

Answer 2

I had a year and a half long bout with schizophrenia. I was completely delirious at times but I still remember everything - how I was treated, what people said and did. Nobody asked me for my approval or opinion. Medication was forced on me. I was too "sick" to be able to think logically about it but I went through horrible side effects. I had seizures, I lost and gained absurd amounts of weight, I drooled excessively, I was hyperactive and then I'd crash and sleep for DAYS.

Doctors treated me like a child, a baby. They nodded and pretended I wasn't sick and cooed along as I babbled crazily. Nobody would just smack me in the face and say, " You're sick, get help". They all played along and then stuffed me with pills.

My symptoms receded on their own. Finally I just stopped taking medication. I resisted crazy thoughts and weird urges to drive into oncoming traffic or to try to "Fly" off a roof. Realizing you're sick is the first step with any mental illness. Don't trust yourself, don't ever, EVER attempt suicide or hurt yourself. If you can control your own sickness you don't need medication. I am symptom free for over a year now, but I feel so empty and sad looking back. I am glad I'm healthy.

To be honest, you may be treated by the wrong people. Start by just seeing a therapist. Then go to a psychiatrist that you like from the start, from the meeting-greeting. If you don't leave midsession. I've done that before. I have gone through six psychiatrists in one week once before I found a nice one. If they won't talk to you like you're a person, a friend dare I say, the're not worth the hundreds you'll blow on their office.

Answer 3

Yes the psychiatric community are arrogant complacent and quite rude . I think they built up a tolerance with dealing with people they have limitations with medications that can't help . You really HAVE to be your own doctor ,They make a lot of mistakes with medication after all they're not taking them and will probably never . So they just prescribe and any complaints are either taken as a patient with psychosomatic disorders or frivolous mental issues , after all they're aren't any cures for mental diseases just some relief of symptoms .I don't go to shrinks I could do my own research and have a ethical internist prescribe the medications that are tolerable and someone that will look at a alternative treatments as well as conventional a self help group is reassuring as well

Answer 4

I totally agree with you. I went in to a practitioner to get a refill for one of my meds once, to a doctor that has never met me and she tried to say I have bi-polar because of a questionnaire I filled out. As if, it takes a very long time to diagnose bi-polar, just wanted to make me take some dangerous pills.

Don't let any doctor tell you what you should do for your mental health. You are there to consult with the doctor, but everything is still your decision. They work for you!

Answer 5

some counseling is good but I think personally there comes a time when you have to kick yourself out of the nest. sounds like you are already on that path. good for you!!! the natural remedies are awesome go with them. be strong It is in you.! I went to counseling but it was God who finished the work. counseling will only take you so far. you can do it I did and I am not by nature a strong person. Joyce Meyers has a book called the battlefield of the mind, if you can get you a copy, I think it will help you realize how to stop the attack that has come against you.

Answer 6

i must say first that the answers offered regarding this question are, as a group, unquestionably the most well considered, intelligent and coherent i've seen on this site. while i have not experienced the "challenges" under discussion, i thought i might suggest moving from "ordinary" western medical approaches, to a more eclectic path. i've been involved with "eastern " practices for a number of decades. and i think numerous westerners are moving in that direction for many reasons. i've studied buddhism and taoism in some depth, prompted by an interest first in martial arts, particularly chinese. as a matter of fact one afternoon i "received" a very strong prompting that "broke through" the usual brain babble and simply said: take karate. that started me on my way, many years ago. long story short--why not try working with "energetic techniques" to balance out your internal energy and calm you down significantly. to be supplemented by herbs, homeopathy, etc. as needed. in other words, try out working with an acupuncturist and/or naturopath and/or homeopath, etc. and supplement that with personal work using meditation, reiki, yoga tai chi, chi kung, etc. in the orient these are the tools successfully used, for millenia. based on oriental "medical" theory all "problems" have an underlying energetic cause, and can best be treated focussing on that level to bring the "cure". moreover even if one has no problems working at that level as a preventive measure, to help offset illness from arising is a wise choice as well. for your consideraation take a look at www.sahajayoga.com on some interesting energy and meditation practices, and the book *the complete idiot's guide to toltec wisdom* for remarkable insights on the working of the human mind and consciousness, and how to avoid the pitfalls of "usual" human "thinking". best of luck