Ya'll...tell me the truth here..is it ME or are ALL doctors worth CRAP???
I'm sorry.. I know I'm always complaining.... Anyway today I had my second visit with my millionth psychologist/counsellor person... we talk...he asks me a buncha questions the first time... just to get info and all..the second time we havenothing to talk about..like al the other appointments.. He says... I think a different antidepressant is what you really need you don't have much to say.. I donj't know what to talk about! So it must be me.. I dunno what I"m supposed to "do" in counselling..and cuz I've never been abused, yadda yadda, he thinks its all medical..but thats the exact opposite of what drs and psychiatrists told me..they said since they've tried me on every medicine...medicines must not help "me" I'm one of the "special" medication resistant depression cases so I must need different counselling....doctors and counsellors donj't want me and I end up leaving cuz they don't help me or they send me to someone else..this is the exact same way with my fatigue, and my PCOS..my endocrinologists didn't help me...I spent a fortune on tests.... and no one could help me with my SEVERE fatigue either... I ended up ordering some avandia and glucophage over the net..which I know is dangerous cuz I was so fed up..also BCPs... I take aldactone from my dermatologist cuz hes the only one who would give it o me..and I take lexapro and effexor both in very high doses from my psychiatrist and they do not help at all.. I've tried elavil, doxepin, zoloft, paxil, lexapro, wellbutrin, remeron, effexor...nothing works at all! Do you all think its me..I'm just to shy, or just not persistant enough...or what is wrong with me that no one c an help me with my PCOS, my fatigue, or with my depression at all??? I'm seriously poor and broke ..my insurance costs me 400 bucks extra a month plus it doesnt cover half my prescritpions and every visit is 38 bucks to the psychologist with my isnurance paying 80% gaglkjaglkasdf. Seriously..someone PLEASE PLEASE tell me what is it..what am I doing wrong to deserve this?????
You are not doing anything wrong. You just haven't found the right key yet. Have you considered hypno therapy. There might be something deep within that you can't remember. I think a different counselor, maybe too. I would think they would guide you in conversation instead of just leaving it to you, but I've never had counseling so I don't know. If you're not sleeping you might check into that. Have you had a sleep study done. Lack of sleep can cause all kinds of havoc including depression. You may simply be exhausted and unable to cope with that. I have a sleep disorder and can tell you about the sleep study if you're interested. Dig in there and see what your body is telling you. And, I will say that a Dr. is only as pro-active as the patient insists on. I'm often bring information to my Dr. about my disease. Hugs, Lendi
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Have you ever tried homeopathic remedies for your depression? I used Neurapas for a little while and it helped a lot. It was St. John's Wort, valerian root and passionflower. You'd need to be supervised though, if you're using antidepressants because it's not compatible with everything. (I was on Wellbutrin at the time)
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Thank you all so much for reading my long email... No, I haven't ever tried hypnotherapy.. but I'm not against it or anything... Have you ever been? If so, what's it like? Yeah, I haven't found the right therapist yet.. and I ..slowly but surely..keep trying, but its so expensive to keep starting the process over, you know? Its hard to get good medical care without tons of money... I know I should be more insistant and talkaative...but doctors and their authority scare me.. but I have brought in articles a few times, and I always research everything so at least I know what to ask..but I don't ask enough questions ever I know.. They always seem so resistant to any suggestions and stuff, like they know everything and I'm a silly, stupid patient..who knows nothing..and they know all..even though a lot of them keep up on nothing..sigh. And I'm constantly trying to find out about my health since I've had problems.. Well, I've never tried homeopathy for depression or what you tried exactly.. but I did try plain st johns wort from GNC a good while ago,f orlike 3 months,b ut wasn't on antidepressants at the time because I know that can be a bad idea..but unfortunately it didn't help me at all.. Oh, btw, I went to a sleep specialist dr, and he didn't have anythign to say to me at all except he can't do anything but do a sleep study.. I was willing, but it was going to cost me 800 dollars..AFTER insurance and I coulnd't afford it.. so I never went back. But, I doubt I could possibly have sleep apnea, which he acted like it was really th eonly thing it would diagnose anyway...because I don't snore even a little bit.. So what was your sleep study like..and what did you find out? WHats the treatment? I am always so fatigueddd and I need way too much sleep, and I never feel 'refreshed' no matter if I sleep all day or for an hour. I've had all the blood tests done..so its not thyroid etc.. So I don't know if its some mystery illness, nothing, my depression that will NOT go away, or some sleep disorder.... Thanks ya'll!
The best advice I ever got from a therapist was to buy and read and do the exercises in "The Feeling Good Handbook." I did that, and never went back to the therapist because the book made SO MUCH sense and it made a difference in my depression from day one (w/t medication). So, I suggest you try that. Personally, talk therapy has never EVER worked for me. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the way to go, and this book explains all you need to get a handle on a lot of it yourself... of course, for some people it's possible that combining that with medication is going to make the most improvement. Anyway, spend another $20 and get the book and see what happens. (BTW the worst advice ever was from another therapist who told me to read the Book of Job - I guess she meant, if I really wanted to see how bad things could be)
__________________ Belle
me-32, DH-340
SS - 16, SD - 14 (OSS, died at age 19 in 2001)
dx'd March 2003
pg June '03 (naturally)
m/c (d&c) Sept '03
clomid 1st cycle 50 mg
quit fertility rx
pg March '05
u/s 4/26/05 showed no fetal heartbeat
d&c May 13 2005
pos pg test July 4 2006 (6 wks)
fingers crossed!
Also try reading "Listening To Your Hormones" by Gillian Ford. The author suffered severe depression for years and she talks about how imbalanced hormones can cause severe depression problems.
HTH
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i know EXACTLY what u mean by the docs seem to worth crap.... chupse. i have to change docs again... they try to make u think u r losing it and belittle what u say... they hardly want u to have any input in your course of treatment. hello?!!!!!!!!! i think i should have a say in what goes into my own body.
oh well. i think that i have found the right doctor.... i have an appointment 15... i let you peeps know how it went.... hopefully it will be in the other forum giving praise instead of here complainig......
Ya'll...tell me the truth here..is it ME or are ALL doctors worth CRAP??? 
Do you all think its me..I'm just to shy, or just not persistant enough...or what is wrong with me that no one c an help me with my PCOS, my fatigue, or with my depression at all??? I'm seriously poor and broke ..my insurance costs me 400 bucks extra a month plus it doesnt cover half my prescritpions and every visit is 38 bucks to the psychologist with my isnurance paying 80% gaglkjaglkasdf. Seriously..someone PLEASE PLEASE tell me what is it..what am I doing wrong to deserve this?????
