I don’t want to dredge up a bunch of other rants, so I am going to start a new one. The last time I went to my shrink, Warren A. Hinson, M.D. was according to this letter, on September, 10th. I have been seeking help for him THIS TIME for about two years. Does anyone see any improvement here?
The reason I stopped seeing him last time was because he didn’t seem to see any problem. I clean up nice and show up and pay him assloads of money to hear about his favorite music, his OTHER PATIENTS who are all rich and want to buy a plane and their husband does not want them to, or since I have started a blog, entertainment bullshit. THIS IS NOT WHY I PAY HIM. I also do not pay him to talk about my shitty boss ( years ago) or any of the other “let’s hang out” shit he wants to talk about.
Why did I go back to him? I researched him the first time. He is a native English speaker with a degree from a great medical school (Emory). You would be surprised how few GOOD shrinks take new patients paid in cash.
Recently I learned that, 1) He did not think I was ever social. I mentioned giving presentations to large crowds as a professional. He was shocked. UM HELLO, I KEEP TELLING YOU I AM HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. I CANNOT WORK. I USED TO WORK. I USED TO BE FINE! (2) He was unaware someone in their 40s still had periods. There is nothing about our “sessions” that I consider “therapy”. I have alluded to that to him many times. He claims he is doing “talk therapy” I get it, I have degrees in Psychology. But talking about your favorite composer to me is not really talk therapy. I get that he understands we were not bonding, but JESUS H. CHRIST.
So the last time I went in, I was despondent. I said, ” I am done with this.” I can’t keep paying out the ass to sit with some man who wants to have the same conversations I have with Y’all. He told me that I need more therapy than he can give me and I need to go to the state agency. He sarcastically said, “wow we have a great relationship.” When I left he said “I am worried you are going back to the hole in your bed.” YAY! He gets something right! I CAME TO HIM FOR HELP!
So the fucktard is now sending me scorned lover letters. Kidding not. I cancelled my last appointment because honestly, I’d rather have a maid than him at this point. At least they clear my mind and give me a fresh start.
His newest letter that I just got from the mailbox says, ” You cancelled your appointment with me on September 10th and indicated you would reschedule. I have not heard from you. Last week I attached a note to your bill asking you to contact me and I have still not heard from you. If I do not hear from you by Friday, November 15, 2013, I will assume you no longer wish to continue treatment with me. I will remain available for emergencies until November 30. Iwill be happy to provide names of other physicians if you wish me to do so.
WHAT AN ASSHOLE. Why the hell would I want treatment from you or your references?
The last time I went in, I explained I thought it might be related to menopause and therefore hormonal. That is when he seemed shocked I still had periods. SIGH. Clearly the ever increasing antidepressants are not working. He seems to have no duty to wean me off of them. He has REPEATEDLY apologized to me in treatment because ” I don’t think he is doing a good job” even though I never really expressed it.
But I can say now. HE SUCKED. I was not going to leave any comments about him on the rating sites. But what kind of doctor says essentially if you don’t keep paying me, I will not treat you during an emergency?
For those of you who don’t like these crazy posts about my personal life. Go fuck yourself. You are on the WRONG Website.
TT look up a dr daniel amen on the computer. I saw a pbs special a couple years back. Was very interesting. Read about him and tell me what you think.
GO GET ANOTHER DOCTOR. This guy doesn’t sound qualified AT ALL. Doesn’t know a woman in their 40s still have their periods??? I turn 47 tomorrow, I WISH MY DAMN PERIOD WOULD STOP. And every woman doctor I’ve been to in the last year has understood my problems (similar but not identical to yours) were due to age related hormones. TRY to find another doctor, a female. I know it’s easier said than done. But I think finding a QUALIFIED FEMALE doctor is imperative to your mental health. GOOD GAWD.
Shrinks aren’t all that they are cracked up to be. I wanted talk therapy, but being military and at the mercy of Tricare I settled for a psychologist instead of a psychiatrist. She was awesome though. She made me do the majority of the talking, and when I would veer off topic, she’d ease me back (kicking and screaming) but she helped me. I was in a much better place when my insurance company cut me off. Hopefully you’ll find someone that can give you what you need, make you feel better, without bleeding you dry.
I’d love to find a therapist like yours. In a perfect world that’s what they would all be like. It figures you find a good one and your insurance company ruins it. 🙁
I went to a guy once who was so passive aggressive, I thought about telling him he needed a therapist more than me. Just because they’re trained in a particular area doesn’t mean they’re good. Dump his ass and find someone worthy of helping you.
ITA please find a female dr. It takes someone with empathy in order for talk therapy to work also a level of comfort and trust comes into play. Thanks for having the courage to talk about mental illness and your painful struggle.emotional pain hurts #Awareness. Many hugs
I am just trying to explain the struggles of SOMEONE WHO WANTS HELP, and gets to spend hunreds of dollars with a man who is CONSTANTLY intimidated by me. And if I just go with it, talks about his other clients as if we are besties. I have documentation of this on a private place on the web. I always felt like he thought I was his least crazy and smartest client and he just wanted to discuss HIS situation with me. really? And during the Sheree Whitfield shit, that was ALL he wanted to talk about.
He’s AWFUL.
He sounds absolutely horrible–most mentally healthy action you can take is getting rid of the idiot. I don’t know dr’s in your area, but don’t give up–he apparently is right about the least crazy and smartest patient–you were right to kick him to the curb.
There is one qualification in my opinion and that is the ability to understand. If your therapist doesn’t get you they can’t help you. I need to be understood it’s a my most basic need.
He sounds extremely unethical to boot.
Agree, female will understand, stay in therapy with a shrink that listens. You should know very little about him/her. This guy sounds like an East Coast Ivy Leauge douche. Stay on the path, we’re here for you TT. Eye of the Tiger!
It sounds like you were being his therapist and paying him for the pleasure of listening to his opinions and offering him intelligent conversation. Even with his good qualifications, it sounds like he was just taking your issues seriously. I have encountered similar treatment. I also felt that making a good, normal appearance may have worked against me. I was told one time I was so “together”, I could do their job. This was in a phone call with an employee assistance service where I sought help with coping with divorce stress.
I think it is right for you to move on to someone more effective for you. Can he legally refuse you in an emergency, don’t they take an oath that includes that?
First, I started not to dress for the situation. I’ve been to two shrinks and even when I tell them my issues, they don’t seem to believe me.I mean I made it to their office, right? I look/seem normal unless in the midst of a panic attack. I feel like EVERYONE including my family thinks I am faking. My brother asked me in my last email, “do you want to get better?” SIGH. No, I just love being so fucked up I can’t leave the house,you got me there. It’s not like TRAVELING was my favorite thing and now going to PUBLIX is a trying experience. Good catch! Totally just playing everyone with this.
One of my therapists (yes, I have two therapists and one shrink) recently said to me “I think you need a job.” I had to quit my job because I was too depressed…so the “cure” to my depression is to get a job? Yes, there’s depression that comes from not being able to support myself. But just because I manage to get out of bed for a couple hours, doesn’t mean I’m suddenly OK. The reality is I’m overwhelmed by every person/thing around me. The only thing I’d ever “fake” is being a productive member of society.
I get it. I think my siblings think the same thing. I keep toying with the idea of getting a job (other than blogging) but that whole scared to leave the house thing is a big impediment.
Meanwhile my friends from here and other places and done the legwork to find me a new therapists. AND they are chipping in to help cover the costs. AND I am getting my hormone levels checked. All I have to do is show up. I’ve been crying since they told me. I don’t know how I got so lucky to have such great support.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Tamara Tattles
It also could be a better idea to find a female gyno instead. They would be the most likely to understand the hormone problems. Again, easier said than done for you, but try very hard.
A very wise friend once told me “rich people have shrinks poor people have bartenders.” Get yourself a good bartender. All jokes aside your problem really might have a lot to do with hormones, although not because of menopause. It can have a very serious connection to nutrition. I had postpartum depression damn near to psychosis after my son and when I changed my diet I felt like a different person. I’m not trying to diagnose you just making a suggestion.
I know that an organic diet helps ALOT. But I do not think this is an antidrepressant problem.I keep goingback to this guy because the ATL options suck. But “we should increase your dose” isn’t worth hundreds of dollars plus the cost of meds. I have no insurance. I tried to drive the point home a few times by saying ” So my payment this week, … the big I idea I should take away is…I am not trying hard enough to get better.
That seems to be everyone’s opinion. Why can’t you “snap out of it”? Your neice is in hospital! Ummmmm…
isnt it against the rules for him to talk about his other patients with you? #confidentiallity? How much of your stuff has he discussed with other people?
I have no idea. But he tells me a lot about his other patients. #creepy but not with any names.
If he’s talking about them to you, he’s talking about you to them.
I agree with some of the other posters. Maybe you need hormone therapy and not a fucking shrink who wants to get nosy and see what you know about the latest housewives or some shit.And push the latest & greatest antidepressants on you, What a douche!!!
He doesn’t seem like a good doctor to me. I think he is a Ass you need to find someone who actually listens and cares what you are saying if that us possible. I know with my fibromyalgia they had me on all sorts of different antidepressents for years which I took because they said I had to because it would help I finally took myself off them because they made me worse. That was a little over 3 years ago. I was diagnosed with the fibro a few months after a car accident so I was not even depressed they kept pushing the meds. I think sometimes the meds side affects are very bad and they push them and it’s hard to get off them and they are not good for everyone. I understand some people really need them but I am just speaking from my experience and even though I don’t feel great and never will I feel 100% better than I did
I will tell you this… every single therapist/psychiatrist I have ever been to (except one that I only saw twice, so I don’t count her) has become friends with me. I have, over the years, seen two women, and one man who is my current. My first was many years ago, and after seeing her for over a year, when she found out she was pregnant, I was the third person she told (her husband was first, and her mother second). I was 20 years old and doing child care for a living at the time, and she told me the only way she would continue to practice is if I’d agree to be her Nanny, which I did. People say to me “what a compliment!”, and yes, it was, but she was the first of the three to cross that ethical line. I love(d) all of them, and I am grateful to have our have had them in my life because I know how much they care(d) about me, but in the end, I always end up not getting the true therapy that I am after. At least the one I see now doesn’t charge me (i have been with him for nine years), and he is there for me at all times, but in most ways, he is just a really good friend now. We actually joke, because if I haven’t seen him face to face for a while (because I often have to cancel appointments), he’ll call or text and say “when am I going to see you? I feel like I haven’t seen you for such a long time. It’s been too long.”, so we set something up and I eventually end up making it there, and when our time is up and I am leaving his office he says “I’m so glad you made it. Now I feel better.” and we both laugh, because it’s basically true. He is known as one of THE best doctors in my area and is the head of psychiatry at one of the top hospitals in NYC. So I personally have yet to find one that hasn’t crossed that line. I have been thinking for a while now of adding a woman therapist into the mix, because even though ultimately they have all ended up in the same sort of way, I definitely got a lot more out of my therapy with the women than with the man. Don’t get me wrong… he has seen, and continues to see me through many difficult times in my life, but the women seem to really understand where I’m coming from and can relate to things I am going through that he just cannot.
I should say they crossed the “professional” lime rather than the “ethical” line. And I’ll tell you one thing… even though I leave his office not feeling like I accomplished very much, if I was paying him, especially TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, I would be pissed! The reason I haven’t added added a woman therapist into the mix, is because I can’t afford it. There are some I could see for a lowish rate, but they’re not very close to my location, and at the rate I have to cancel appointments, I don’t see how it would work out.
LOVED THE RANT! Keep them coming, please.
IMO, most head doctors don’t necessarily know shit from shinola. Why would they? You are telling them your life and they filter it through their perceptions, and they take it from there. A piece of paper can’t necessarily qualify someone for brain work. The psyche is deep and dark and SHRINKERY is not an exact science, that’s for sure. I went that route a few times, they never helped me. Not really. I went the antidepressant route too and hated the way I felt while on them. I felt very deadened….I needed that feeling even less than the crazy feeling, so they had to go too. I agree that hormone therapy could be helpful and I would think as natural as possible. I’d take that head hunter money and invest in a deep tissue massage and a facial if possible. I have no doubt if the whole world could get a massage a day, there would be world peace.
Massages definitely are some good therapy!
They really are…touch can be very healing.
Ugh. Therapists suck. Well most of them. The advice I got from my male therapist, while I was going through relationship problems, was that I was a masochist, and needed to get out of the relationship. Yea, no shit. But, I’m here cuz I can’t, so what else do you have? And that was all he could do, sit there, write notes every few minutes, and stare at me.
I seriously had doubts, as to whether he was compiling his grocery list, or listening to me. Cuz he did not help me, and I ended up stopping sessions, cuz we were getting anywhere, other than him getting more of my money.
I feel for you. Wish there was a better way to find a mental health professional, who matches the kind of help a person needs.
Tamara, DUMP THAT CHUMP, NOW!!!!!!!! I agree that you need to work with a female and it could be more hormonal than true crazy. You need someone who wants to understand, can empathize and has some fuckng ethics. No way should he say ANYTHING to you about other patients!
Dump that chump for sure A while ago I got very depressed – couldn’t stop crying felt really down all the time and it was going down further I went to my GP and she prescribed antidepressants. I took two. Then chucked the away, then sat down with a pen and paper and redesigned my life. I put in a regime that I followed for several months – it included long walks, runs, exercise and keeping pretty busy doing the things I LIKED doing. I learnt to say ‘NO’ to those things that I didn’t like doing. I’ve never looked back. I’m not saying that this will help everyone, but it did improve my outlook tremendously. Those endorphins releasedby exercise are wonderful.
Unfortunately, I’ve since stuffed up my foot and can no longer exercise, but I haven’t gone back to those terribly down days where I couldn’t stop crying for no reason.
I’m really glad that you were able to get over the hump. You were very determined it seems. Good for you.
TT, I hope you got a little bump by being able to rant on your home turf here, I envy that. I have no advice, I can’t even help myself lately;) I’m a little amazed by some of the stories here though, although I’m sure it’s an effort by your readers to offer support/empathy.
I just wonder now that you’ve named this lousy doc and he’s an obvious a fan of you/your blog, is he still bound to the doctor/patient confidentiality by you giving up yours? And I ask with all due respect and seriously can’t answer that myself, and a year ago I could:(. (PS love the “hyperbole and a half” reference – stumbled on that recently for obvious reasons)!
First and foremost, it is illegal for him to discuss his other patients. He obviously does not feel you are in crisis for he treats you as a “friend” sharing anecdotes. He is unprofessional to say the least. I personally find shrinks to be nonsense… I can talk to a friend for free. On a side note: I recently saw a physician for a pending shoulder surgery. I was met with a bubbly 20 y/o who asked me a series of questions (which is her job) but, I was appalled when she asked me “Do you still get your period?”. For ~effin~sake I do not look 70! I am a mere 40. Hell yes, I still get my period. She needs a refresher course in bedside manner! My heart goes out to you for the ridiculousness you are faced. I too, go through a myriad of symptoms and they have as of yet to sort out the issue (pr-menopausal being one, but ruled out). I was also extremely socially but, now am plagued with panic attacks. I also go to appointments dressed and make up on which I have figured they surmise I have no issues. Maybe I should go unkempt… maybe that will work!!! I go to work like nothing is wrong for I have no other option. I can’t let my colleagues no I am in a constant state of panic. Maybe I will walk around in a bathrobe like the Mafia Don whom cried insanity!
both my sisters had hysterecomies in their 20’s so just because someone dont look ancient they dont always have periods. If the nurse DIDNT ask about it that would be more upsetting. Doctor/patient confidentiality should ALWAYS apply. If the patient speaks that is THEIR choice!! A dr needs you to fill out that little paper saying they can release info about you.
He was a horror and a disgrace to the profession. He did not honor or recognize the person you have been most of your life, or your need to get back to the ability of how you were before. He is very disrespectful, and really only used the sessions to blather on about himself, doing commercials on how great he is, while your issues were being ignored or sarcastically commented on. Shameful. There are good doctors out there. The search is tedious and sometimes harmful, but there is the one for you out there. Drop that moron, shut him down, move on. We have your back, TT.
You and I have something in common…..MY DICK IS A SHRINK
I’m really confused. I’ve never known any reputable MD psychiatrists who actually have the training nor time to practice talk therapy. Good psychiatrists are too busy, and practice medication management only, referring talk therapy out to psychologists. This whole scenario sounds extremely strange. Sorry you’re having such a hard time.
Your shrink needs to be shrinkwrapped. Dude is a fucking horror show. More important, I am really sorry you are not obtaining the quality assistance you desire. I do pray you get to swiftly achieve what you know you need for yourself.
I have been through some of the same things (therapy, meds, menopause). Just wanted to pass on something that helped me, Neurofeeback. It is used by the military for PTSD. The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes Neurofeedback as being as effective as medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It is about as expensive as talk therapy. It helped me and several friends and family members more than any meds or talk therapy. I started Neurofeedback after I was already depressed and on antidepressants for several years. I could go on with my story, but it is not anywhere as interesting as yours. I just wish more people knew this was an option. Like anything you have to find a good practitioner.
Different therapies for different patients. He should have tried another tack when he saw (assuming he was aware at all) that you weren’t moving forward. I found one of the best therapists by chance through community health care since I was an indigent person at the time in 2005. I was being evaluated for mental help I requested – I’d been on Prozac for years and for me, it saved my life – and one thing led to another and I got the best, wonderful doc FOR ME. I didn’t need talk therapy, had it for years (exasperated sigh *male* doctors) and was chronically depressed the entire time, I needed action. I need directions on how to get through daily life. I needed to survive at the moment. She was the director who evaluated patients and determined their best method or doctor. I was so incredibly blessed that she took me herself when she’s actually an art therapist for children. Ha! She SAVED MY SANITY and gave me excellent tools for living day to day. As we all know, everyone’s path is different, but this worked for me. I never, EVER in a million years would think a female doctor would take me seriously or even be kind (experience) to me. This one did. I once had the privelege of paying $200/45 minutes to an asswipe when I was earning $10/hr no insurance (BBlinder) who, when I told him I was in real estate marketing, used my time and money to whine at me all about his issues while listing his upscale home and problems with realtors. I had had agoraphobia for several months and was ready for a straightjacket to even get to this first appt and he told me my homework was to take the bus by myself and go see the Cirque de Soleil. Alone. At night. He told me if I didn’t want to do that, I was wasting his time and there were others who appreciated his expertise. End of discussion, end of appt. LOL, he tried to correct something I said, so I clarified it and he said I was wrong and that he “was an ‘erudite’ and knew what he was talking about.” I went home, looked it up and I was correct, he was wrong. Assholio.
TT: I am so sorry you’re going through this tunnel. I didn’t mean to hijack your hurt, it just shoots out of me sometimes when I hear how unaware, uncaring, inattentive, self-involved, unprofessional, unsympathetic, clueless, unethical and borderline dangerous some doctors are. Dangerous for not seeming to care that you’re not progressing. He actually should be reported for some of his behaviors you’ve listed here. Doesn’t matter if no names are mentioned, the fact that he talks (gossips) about other patients is unconscionable at the very least, extremely damaging if they learn about it, and it’s understood that if he talks about them to you, he’s talking about you to them.
And Lori, holycow, friends? That sure does cross boundaries, ethically as well as professionally depending on the kind of doctor or licensed therapist, eh?
Therapists are a scam and don’t do any good at all. (from my one experience with the profession which makes yours seem positive in comparison)
Get a female gyno, and she’ll be able to help with the hormones and anti-depressants.
Why would anyone want to be a “shrink.?” Who wants to listen to people’s problems all day? I think shinks need to talk to other shrinks; they can’t be normal. Sorry you are having such a hard time.
Dick is right. My personal fave term is “dickface” for men like this one. He’s in it for his own ego and financial gain. He prob went to med school and chose what he thought was the best paying specialty for the least amount of biological knowledge/work. If he thinks 40 somethings are done with menopause maybe he graduated with a C average…lol. Drop that zero go find a hero. Or better yet, a heroine. Only a woman can help a woman with the things you mention feeling. I think even a psychologist would be a better counselor to you than this pos. If they can’t just push meds they have to actually LISTEN to you…
I feel sort of bad for trashing this guy. In nearly every session I felt like I needed to reassure him he was doing a good job. He’s sort of a mix between Dr. Drew and Mr. Rogers, very un assuming, granola crunching vegetarian type. Probably releases spiders instead of killing them. He called this morning and left a message. Something about he should have called me rather than sent a letter I was half asleep listening to it. I drunk dialed him last night and left a scathing message.
You have no idea how exhausting it is to find another fucking therapist and catch them up on decades of trauma. I went to another fancy pants shrink in Buckhead once and he kept calling me “parapro” someone who assists teachers but does not have the training. I clearly put my extensive educational background, and teaching experience on the forms I had to fill out. College Asst Prof, Nationally certified Teacher, experience at all levels for 1st grade through college. No offense to paraprofessionals, they are a much valued resource but he continually called in to question my profession.
Most of the “good shrinks” in ATL do not take insurance, or credit cards because there is a PLETHORA of rich women here with first world problems. ie as my last shrink informed me, ” I want a jet and my husband thinks the expense outweighs the benefit.” It’s slim pickens if you are some chick who is either hormonal, or crazy, or “depressed.” Trust me I have been at this for awhile. The worst/scariest part is not being able to work.
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Tamara Tattles
Lol at drunk dialing him. I do like that he seems like the kind of guy who would release a spider back into the wild. Your descriptions are very entertaining as usual. Don’t feel too bad about saying what you needed to say here though. The last thing you need to mix into the equation is guilt, but I get it. Sometimes you just need to do whatever you can to make yourself feel better in the moment. Venting, ie: home (and affordable) therapy.
Lol. Well but you aren’t a spider. You needing to reassure him says a lot…you can’t get help that way. He needs to be a respected source of support for you. You aren’t his momma. It’s tough for those of us who feel compassion to make sure OUR needs are met and stop worrying about hurting the feelings of others, I know. And taking care of others can be therapeutic sometimes. But if you feel like a crumbling ball of nerves you don’t need to be worrying about hurting Mr. Rogers right now, you need someone assertive in a good way to lead you out of the dark. Someone competent and understanding of women to build you up and help you find your mojo. And that one with the “parapro” bs is lucky you didn’t kick him…
Wish I could have been a fly on the wall and heard that scathing conversation. Don’t feel bad, he earned it.
Oh there was a lot of pent up anger. Imagine paying out the ass for Mr. Rogers with a worse memory than I even have as your therapist. Each session was half groundhog day, “what are you on again” and half making him feel better, “I am sorry you don’t think I am doing a good job” ultimately capped off with ” I am worried you are going home to that hole in your bed” UM DUH?
You are worthy of feeling happy and secure. Please don’t waste precious time with people, including doctors, that do not appreciate or value your desire to become healed and whole. I wish there was some reliable way to find a kind and competent therapist, but finding a gynecologist sounds like a start, to test for hormonal imbalances. He or she can hopefully then recommend someone that has helped other patients.
TT, its sounds like you are having a tough time and in some small way I think I can relate although no 2 peoples journeys are the same.
I do not know you other than your blog (which I love btw, your posts are incredibly witty, well written and always make me smile) but I would just like to say that in my experience sometimes the doctors with the best qualifications actually provide the least help and I went through possibly a dozen before finding one who works for me and was able to support and help me and I’m sure you will get through this tough time.
Do not give up as a person as terrific as you is worth so much and you DO deserve to be happy. Take care and be gentle with yourself xoxo
Thanks so much. My friends (most of whom I know through the Internet) have rallied and found me a new FEMALE therapist and point person to lead the team to find out WTF is wrong with me. We’ll be looking into hormones levels and such. Tonight I am optimistic and feeling really supported and loved. My siblings are being very understanding as well. I appreciate your kind words.
I am so happy to hear that Tamara.
Hurrah! Way to go ladies!
i resisted changing drs for yrs coz i liked mine despite his being a curmudgeonly a-hole. finally had to change coz he retired. listened to my female lawyer and got a female dr. what a difference. kicking myself for wasting all those yrs w him. sure, one can get bad female drs too but lesson learned is change immediately if your dr feels wrong. gotta be your own best advocate. bless your friends for helping you, and sending good thoughts that your new one gets u what u need.
Fantastic!!!!
Tamara, please don’t take this the wrong way, but he has been showing you how awful of a therapist he is for a long time it sounds. I know how difficult and trying getting a new therapist can be, but this guy sounds so completely off his rocker. Talk about crossing boundaries! In my psychology studies we focused a lot on boundaries and this guy clearly has none and it seems like he never did. I’m sorry you had to go through this and I hope you find apeace somehow.
*peace
Ms. TT. Wrapped in your lively language [which I wish I could use, often] and your sad story [I do emthathize]- you MUST be in NYC! I laughed histerically at your 1st blog I read, this one. I am a fan.
You would be better off going to a junior or senior resident at Columbia or NYU’s cllinics for real care. The kids are up–to-date, watched like a hawk, and have creative solutions to problems. They want to see you well! F– k Dr. Warren Hinson from Emory — the jerk. Another southern man proving what we always knew. BTW, Emory is OK, but within some med school gossip, they stretch their IM-Psych programs a bit thin.
Thank goodness Ann Arbor has a high rate of PhDs/Md to crazy students and professors! I am in crazy heaven, right now.
Thank you for the blog. Fast, sharp AND relevant.
Tamara, I am so happy to find you will be seeing a woman, who in addition to reviewing your issues, will take into account the physiological issues women have as they age. It’s all related. I send you my best, because, TT, you are the best!
Thanks, y’all.
Someone with degreeS in Psychology should be able to identify a poor therapist after one or two visits.
People with serious anxiety and depression find looking for and selecting a therapist to be an overwhelming task. Price is also a factor as many do not take insurance, or new clients. So often times, they feel stuck to the crazy meds pusher that they have. Also, going through your entire history with a new shrink is not fun. I am currently on my third and fourth now. Also, most people don’t like when you ask them if they know any good shrinks. So it’s a tedious hit and miss situation that serves to heighten your anxiety.
So sadly, my degrees in psychology are not particularly helpful in finding mental health care. This time, some of my friends actually did the picking for me. Perhaps their choices will be more beneficial than the last.
I hope this addresses your burning questions satisfactorily.