Need a Psychiatrist
I’ve been searching for a new psychiatrist. I’ve used all the websites 🙄 and Google as suggested! I’ve been looking for OVER A YEAR!
My current psychiatrist has to get me off the books it’s through the public system. I’ve been given until the end of this year.
Their backup plan is to write a letter to my GP and have them take over my medications 🤦🏼♀️
I’m not comfortable with this at all. I have complex mental health issues. ADHD and Autism, CPTSD & BPD.
I’m getting a lot of rejection letters from psychiatrists that have “limited capacity”. One told me this morning that the next available appointment was mid July! I’m like great sign me up! Please send through a referral. Last time I did this I got an email back to the GP THAT DAY!
Sorry we don’t have capacity. I appreciate I’m complex (it’s the C in CPTSD 😂) but it feels like this screening process is demoralising 😩
Yes we have appointments…… oh but not for you! You’re in the too hard basket!
Does anyone have any suggestions advice or know of ANY Psychiatrists taking on new patients?
The search engine was useless. The Doctor that was going to see me in July but now doesn’t have “capacity” I found out doesn’t treat ASD or diagnose it.
To be honest I’m baffled 🤔 I don’t require diagnosis that’s been done and I don’t require a treatment for it? I went 41 years without knowing I had it….I found out had a laugh that all my “quirks” now had a label that changed nothing for me 🤷♀️ other than explaining some of my traits……
And the ability to say to my kids that are also autistic don’t worry I have that too! You’re not “broken” there’s nothing “wrong with you” we are just a bit different 🤷♀️
I feel like they’re reading out my diagnosis and thinking it’s alphabet soup and we don’t want to touch that?
I’ve been pretty stable and haven’t changed meds that much in 5 years! We may have tried to add something then taken it away because it didn’t do anything…… I’ve slightly decreased my dose because I do worry about the amount of medication I’m on…..but other than that it’s pretty standard 🤷♀️