Ok, I've been quiet in regards to my treatment from doctors for a while because I was trying to see how things went etc.
Anyway, yesterday I saw a proper Psychiatrist, as I pleaded to my GP to refer me to someone who could specifically deal with my medications. So anyway, long story short, the psychiatrist I saw was no more knowledgeable than my GP.
I told the pychiatrist my history with anxiety and depression and he had access to my records of what medications I've been on and the types of therapy, but when I started talking about my experiences with SSRIs he wasn't very clued up on them at all. I asked him that given my vicious circles with SSRIs is there anything else I can try, like an older anti-depressant, and he said "I'm not sure, I don't use older anti-depressants at all. All I give my patients are SSRIs for anxiety disorders and depression" and so I talked about to him about how they worked, and the various doses, plus my experience with side-effects, and he just didn't know - he just didn't understand what I was talking about. He had to keep pulling out his book to remind himself how SSRIs worked. I felt like I was wasting my time, I mean my doctor is more competent than he was. In the end, he wanted me to try Fluoextine which I told him was the worst SSRI for my anxiety, so he didn't even listen to me properly. Anyway I said I didn't want it and left it at that.
Sigh, am I just totally surrounded by idiotic doctors? :|
Anyway, yesterday I saw a proper Psychiatrist, as I pleaded to my GP to refer me to someone who could specifically deal with my medications. So anyway, long story short, the psychiatrist I saw was no more knowledgeable than my GP.
I told the pychiatrist my history with anxiety and depression and he had access to my records of what medications I've been on and the types of therapy, but when I started talking about my experiences with SSRIs he wasn't very clued up on them at all. I asked him that given my vicious circles with SSRIs is there anything else I can try, like an older anti-depressant, and he said "I'm not sure, I don't use older anti-depressants at all. All I give my patients are SSRIs for anxiety disorders and depression" and so I talked about to him about how they worked, and the various doses, plus my experience with side-effects, and he just didn't know - he just didn't understand what I was talking about. He had to keep pulling out his book to remind himself how SSRIs worked. I felt like I was wasting my time, I mean my doctor is more competent than he was. In the end, he wanted me to try Fluoextine which I told him was the worst SSRI for my anxiety, so he didn't even listen to me properly. Anyway I said I didn't want it and left it at that.
Sigh, am I just totally surrounded by idiotic doctors? :|