When Will They Ever Learn

I am borrowing this line for my title because it fits so well. Are you tired of being treated as a "nut case" because you have a psychiatric diagnosis in your medical file? I am very tired of psychiatric illness stigma! 

Today I went for my first visit to a new medication provider for my psych medicines. I provided a typed sheet of my medications and which ones needed refills. I check this carefully with the information on my bottles before I go to the appt. 

He was pleasant enough although he acted surprised when I told him my PTSD came from sexual and physical treatment from my mother. Honestly-where do these people train? 

Then he compared my list with the computer list and said one medicine that I said had no refills should have had refills so he didn't give me a prescription. Think he'll ever trust me? I'm to call in if I still need it, if he is mistaken.

I really miss Lili. She was respectful, knowledgeable and unafraid. Hard to find these qualities in providers.

Write and let me know what your experience has been in an E.R. for example. Let's talk.
/v

I'M BACK !

Hello all,

It's been months since I've been able to post to this blog. Technical issues. This week I found a guy on a local service. He's kind, smart, honest and patient. Jerri Kohl is his name. If you're looking for help with your computer he's your man. Rides his bike everywhere and could even help long distance. Cost is on a sliding scale. Just look for a hippie wearing a bike helmet. You will not be disappointed.

Don't know how to express this, but I have had a healing through a German man Bruno Groning.  Look up Circle of Friends. He talks a lot about God, but the point is to be open to a strong healing stream that he is/was connected. He is no longer living, but many hundreds of thousands still reach the healing stream he describes. Two days after I did it for the first time my depression disappeared. That was July 5th. Since then it's been back a couple of days. I would ask myself "how did you live with this?"

Now if I could get half the help with my disabling back pain I'd be thrilled.

Hope you are well,

Vickie