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26 Jan 2016, 9:40 pm

saw a new doctor, he wanted to me to take a assessment
it was a scantron with about 600 questions, he put me in a different room by myself
it had really bright lights and one of those one way mirrors that made the lights worse and one of them was making a buzzing sound, hurt
he said he would come check on me sometimes
the whole thing took me maybe 3hrs
he checks on me once about 30min in
then again about 20min before I was done
he said when I was done I should wait for him to come get me
so I waited
and waited and waited for a long time
he didn't come back so I walked out and all the lights were off in the clinic
he went home, forgot about me
I found someone who was working late she let me out
he called me now, said he's so so sorry
I wanted to tell him I didn't want to come back but what came out was "it's okay"
and he scheduled me a follow up
but it's not okay, I don't want to go back



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26 Jan 2016, 9:42 pm

Have you contacted a lawyer or the police? False imprisonment is a crime. At the very least, the press should know about this.

I think that you would be better off to NOT go back.



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26 Jan 2016, 9:48 pm

Fnord wrote:
Have you contacted a lawyer or the police? False imprisonment is a crime. At the very least, the press should know about this.

I think that you would be better off to NOT go back.


I don't think telling someone to wait somewhere and then walking away is imprisonment



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26 Jan 2016, 9:51 pm

I definitely wouldn't go back if I were you! See if there's somewhere he can refer you to; forgetting about your patients is totally unacceptable!


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26 Jan 2016, 9:51 pm

Soyer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Have you contacted a lawyer or the police? False imprisonment is a crime. At the very least, the press should know about this. I think that you would be better off to NOT go back.
I don't think telling someone to wait somewhere and then walking away is imprisonment
Locking you inside a building against your will is imprisonment, even if he "forgot".



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26 Jan 2016, 10:44 pm

This is really crappy treatment.

I would tell him, over the phone, that you don't wish to come back there, but make him transfer your test results (including the interpretation) to a new clinic or provider. If he hesitates, you can imply you are looking at a complaint with the state licensing board, but you will hold off if he cooperates in sending your test results.

But don't deny yourself the benefits of therapy or other mental health treatment.

If you do go back for the follow-up he scheduled, take someone with you. Anyone. It will give you courage to not let this person push you around.


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26 Jan 2016, 11:00 pm

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Locking you inside a building against your will is imprisonment, even if he "forgot".


someone let me out
don't want to involve more people, police

BeaArthur wrote:
This is really crappy treatment.

I would tell him, over the phone, that you don't wish to come back there, but make him transfer your test results (including the interpretation) to a new clinic or provider. If he hesitates, you can imply you are looking at a complaint with the state licensing board, but you will hold off if he cooperates in sending your test results.

But don't deny yourself the benefits of therapy or other mental health treatment.

If you do go back for the follow-up he scheduled, take someone with you. Anyone. It will give you courage to not let this person push you around.


my normaly doc sent me to him because he is the only doc in the area who can do this assessment
I only did half of it too
not sure if somebody can go with me but I will try



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26 Jan 2016, 11:05 pm

You don't know if he'll allow you to bring someone, or you don't know if you can get anyone to go with you?


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29 Jan 2016, 9:19 am

Fnord wrote:
Soyer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Have you contacted a lawyer or the police? False imprisonment is a crime. At the very least, the press should know about this. I think that you would be better off to NOT go back.
I don't think telling someone to wait somewhere and then walking away is imprisonment
Locking you inside a building against your will is imprisonment, even if he "forgot".


Not if it was clearly accidental. Bringing charges against a doctor for a simple mistake like this is a huge overreaction. Especially since it was probably partly because the OP didn't realize the wait was too long and go find someone (as an NT would have), making it easier to forget they were there.

I don't get why you put forgot in quotation marks like that. Do you suspect the doctor did it deliberately? Because that would be a really unlikely interpretation of this situation.



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29 Jan 2016, 9:59 am

Ettina wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Soyer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Have you contacted a lawyer or the police? False imprisonment is a crime. At the very least, the press should know about this. I think that you would be better off to NOT go back.
I don't think telling someone to wait somewhere and then walking away is imprisonment
Locking you inside a building against your will is imprisonment, even if he "forgot".


Not if it was clearly accidental. Bringing charges against a doctor for a simple mistake like this is a huge overreaction. Especially since it was probably partly because the OP didn't realize the wait was too long and go find someone (as an NT would have), making it easier to forget they were there.

I don't get why you put forgot in quotation marks like that. Do you suspect the doctor did it deliberately? Because that would be a really unlikely interpretation of this situation.


Agreed, i highly doubt a lawyer (at least) would open up a criminal case due to a accidental lockup. (that probably was due to OP slight misunderstanding)
It is not like he MEANT to do it.
Although i dont find it right for him to be locked up without someone checking, or even warning him, i dont think the law system could do much about it.


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