Posted by tryagain on December 12, 2005, at 8:33:01
In reply to Confront an old, bad shrink?, posted by med_empowered on December 10, 2005, at 20:50:32
I know it sounds mean, vengeful, but...why should I just "let it go" ? If I can do this calmly and matter-of-factly, shouldn't I let him know how damaging his "therapy" was for me? I feel it could be cathartic.
Med: I had a similar experience with an ex-pdoc.
I was with him for awhile and I found my new pdoc just by chance. I truely feel a big part of my symptoms with the old pdoc were due to the side effects of the meds. The more I work with the new pdoc, the more I am convinced the meds prescibed by the old pdoc were a big part of the problem. I am now on less meds and I am dong so much better.
I thought of going back to the old pdoc and tell him what he did and how the treatment affected myself and my family. I decided not to confront him. I have dealt with two other docs who have the same trait as the old pdoc --- arrogance aka not listening to the patient. The other two docs
were in physical medicine. When I got a second opinion in physical medicine, the new doc used lab tests to confirm the new diagnosis. The big difference I see in mental health and physical health is there are tests in phsical health that are objective; there are no objective tests in mental health (at least for the mental symptons I was suppose to have). If I went back to confront the pdoc about his treatment, I truely feel he would not have listened to me. I was not going to pay for an appointment to tell him how badly he handled my case, since I now view all the money I spent with him was wasted money.
This is what I have done to let out my feelings, I wrote a note to the old pdoc. Almost every other word in the note would be considered TOSable on this forum.. I burnt the letter and I stomped on the letter as hard as I could to get my anger out. I have burnt more then one letter.
I have touched on the old pdoc with my new pdoc. The one thing that took me so long to do with my new pdoc was to feel he believed me when I discussed my symptoms.
I hope you find a way of releasing your anger that works for you.
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