Quote From: flowwithit31You are the second person telling me I was off, yes I agree. At that time, I was very angry. I type my feelings, as I was feeling the anger build inside me. I don't trust mental health professionals. I feel they hand out medication, without listening to the patient. Every patient is different, I felt like I was being treated as if I was a group not and individual. I found one- on -one talk with therapist helped me more than medication. Although now I feel a medication prescribed for Aniexty during my stressful times might benefit me. Talking to my family doctor, has been difficult, because I don't want to be judge, and made to feel like I did in the past by doctors, like i'm stupid because of my disability.
I understand about the being judged by the doctors. I have a hard time with my therapists sometimes but for the most part they are ok. I did find out that if you are involved in family court case like with my child custody with my daughter, none of what you say in therapy or any of the therapists notes, tapes or whatevers are confidental. So depending on what your situation is, you really do have to be careful. I had a judge sign orders to release all my therapists detailed records to my now ex-husband's attorney and he sent copies of them everywhere, even to my daughter's therapist (who did not know why he was getting a copy except to maybe try to influence him that I wasn't a good mom).
This took place like 10 years ago but I think the laws are still the same. You are not stupid, just being careful I think. I tell my docs that I don't want them writing down a lot of notes or anything and we have an agreement.
