Well let me start off by saying that I literally had to beg this woman to give me some medicine to try. She didn't want to give me anything because she said if I didn't tolerate Zoloft then I'm probably not going to tolerate any other. Which makes no sense since she did a Genesight test on me that list medicine that might work for me and Zoloft was in the proceed with caution column. Long story short, she didn't tell me anything new. " those are dissociative episodes due to anxiety" she also says I'm functioning better now not because the anxiety is better but because my coping is better. So I told her to look into my test results and tell me what medicine I can try from the column of medications that might work for me. We went over it and she finally ask me if I wanted to try Viibryd. I don't know what the hell that is but she said it's similar to Zoloft and to try it if I want too. She said I seem to be doing well with no medications. I swear I'm just tired of people telling me this. I guess I need to walk in her office with hair messed up and dirty clothes so she can finally see how I am mentally crumbling. So here I am. Still in dream land, walking around like a zombie, always panicked, having these out of body dissociative episodes and so on. Feels like I'm going to be stuck like this forever. And what in the world is Viibryd? Anyone taken this before?
Welcome to the dark age world of psychiatry....Its because of idiots like this that I now have absolutely no faith in shrinks or therapists....In fact i discharged myself from the mental health service here several years ago when the top psychiatrist told me I wasnt sick enough to be treated and seen to on a regular basis...
I hate to say it but when it comes to serious mental ill health the best your gonna get from a shrink is a pill and a pep talk (and a feckin big bill too) They cant do anything else for ya...
As regards therapists and councellors to treat a serious condition like DP...You are probably wasting your time and your money...Therapists are basically life coaches who can point out the good and bad in your life....They cant tell you how to treat your DP because they simply dont know...What you get is "We can look at that again" "And how are you feeling today" "Maybe you should try think differently" Blah Blah Blah!!!! Then you get a bill and a "Same time next week" speech.....
Im sorry but this has been my experience with every single mental health professional ive ever come across....They know NOTHING about how to treat DP properly with either medicine or therapeutic methods....
I was just lucky that many many years ago a pretty decent shrink (who actually cared / one in a million) tried me on a low dose Atypical Anti Psychotic (Sulpiride) and it really helped me to function again (even though it didnt eliminate my DP) Fact is he was guessing too but was reasonably familiar with the symptoms of DP and had noticed others respond in the same way as I did to the drug....Unfortunately that Psychiatrist passed away soon after....He was probably the only shrink i ever met that gave a shit about getting me better.....There are none like him left.....
All any of them want is you to attend them regularly and line their pockets....
My advice is if you find a drug that really helps discharge yourself from the mental health service and get your GP to rewrite your script monthly or 3 monthly....If you keep returning to a shrinks office after you start to feel better you are just paying huge money for a rewritten prescription and a pep talk...
The whole science of mental health is still in the dark ages whether you realise it or not....The only difference nowadays is that we arent being locked up for talking about and describing the crazy symptoms we experience...
