Sitting at the doctor's office. Can't help but wonder how many hours of my life I've wasted trying to get the medication I need instead of dealing with doctors that dance around the real problem, and prescribe half-measures that cause side effects the proper medication wouldn't.
@Supernova No, but I presume because they're frequently recreationally abused. He just dodges the question every time I ask, and I don't want to seem like I'm drug-seeking, so I go along with it, hoping he'll eventually get to them.
I also have a theory that there's a correlation between my presenting as male and my difficulty in getting proper treatment for mental health issues.
@EleventhOcean Ah, ok.
I mean, I suppose you're doing it right by not pressing it too much, but having to suffer while doing so doesn't really feel like any kind of viable alternative, either. :worried:
I also don't have a lot of faith in GP's treating mental health issues based on my (very brief) experience.
@EleventhOcean I only go to the doctor when I'm really sick and wouldn't mind paying (I know *gasp*) to skip ahead of the waiting room full of bored people with the sniffles who have nothing better to do.
@EleventhOcean As someone who works in Support and has a similar type of job to a doctor (in the sense that i have to diagnose and solve problems), it's not always easy to find a perfect answer. There are no magic wands and doctors can't know every solution to every problem. Also, remember that not every doctor graduated top of their class. Someone had to be at the bottom.
@EleventhOcean Does your doctor give you any kind of reason as to why you're not getting the meds that should help most?