I do NOT get a long with psychiatrists

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I made another post recently about a psychiatrist that saw me for 2 hours before she even knew what I was there for. This same lady diagnosed me as NOT have AS, had the front office call me to tell, then when I saw her again she denied it. I asked if a lot of college professors take meds. She makes this face and goes, "That was a weird question." I'm sick of unprofessionalism in the behavioral health field. We go to these people to get better, not to be messed with.

She's not a former drill sergeant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA

Nope. If she called me a jackwagon or suggested a visit to namby pamby land, I might have thought otherwise.

I had a very unsympathetic psychiatrist in college who was only there to prescribe me more antidepressants every week I would go in. He would ask me if I was happy and I would say no cuz that was the truth and that's what he based his prescriptions on. He doesnt even try to go into further detail or anything and then he chewed me out one time when I questioned his prescribing methods and one time he responded to a bad incident I told him about almost mocking me.

There is really is no professionalism and understanding in the field of psychology and psychiatry. It's no wonder it's considered as one of the worse career fields in America and most of the people who go into this profession end up being the ones who need therapy themselves.

I failed both high school and college level psychology and even I think I can do a whole lot better than my own doctors did.

psychiatrists are pill pushers, and a lot of the crap they prescribe is even worse than the condition it claims to resolve. I know my psych is going to recommend me take an SSRI for my social issues. No thanks.

On the other hand, there are people who need them I've noticed here, I'm not naming names.

There are some good people working in the field who know what they are doing. I went to a few different ones before I found one that really understood, but they are out there.

A lot of psychiatrists don't know or care what they're doing and are only in the business to make money. There need to be measures to prevent this.

I'm glad that I got out of the system, when I did?

I had a good psychiatrist who I felt really understood me. But I only saw him for meds. I wish I could have seen him for therapy, but my insurance wouldn't allow it. Unfortunately, that's how the field of psychiatry has become. Pop people pills is all they do. I'm sure there are plenty of psychiatrists out there who are excellent therapist yet rarely get to practice therapy.

I'd like to have a psychiatrist chime in on this thread.

Did she say you were bipolar? It seems that is the new "it" diagnosis. I had one say I had bipolar practicaly as soon as he walked in the door. He wanted to perscribe abilify just as quick before getting to know me or giving me a pamphlet about it. I told him I had so many bad expirences with psychiatric medicine and I didn't want to take another risk. He threatend to have me commited where they would make me take it. Luckily my mother was with me to tell him to knock it off. He also told both of us that I was no longer autsitic becuase I can speak for myself and a bunch of other stupid stuff.

Most Psychiatrists are only concerned with money and prescribing you medication to deal with your problems. You shouldn't believe everything that they tell you because they are very fallible as they have been programmed by certain authorities who only desire monetary gain. There are natural ways to deal with your problems.

I have not had professional level dealings with psychiatrists in many many years. However I do know one on a non-patient/doctor basis, and I do believe he is genuinely interested in the disorders he treats.

I speculate that perhaps this is the mindset of many psychiatrists today....

"There are psychiatrists ans psychologists. Psychologists administer counseling. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who use utilize modern medicine in their treatment patients. If a person chooses to see me over a psychologist, they have a problem wish they wish to address with medication."

I imagine most psychiatrists, when confronted with a patient who wants treatment for their ailment but does not want to take medication, feel no differently than family practice doctor who has a patient who can't get rid of what might be an upper respiratory infection, but becomes upset when the doctor prescribes anti-biotics for it.

I imagine most psychiatrists aren't concerned with "treating" patients with AS because AS isn't something to treat with medication...if you prescribe to the notion that it is even something to be treated.

I'm curious, why does she feel you do not have AS?