Member: billiebillie

billiebillie bruce?!

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JULY 2, 2008 @ 03:34 PM

i went to see my therapist today...theres a long shitty story that goes with the crappy place my insuarance pays for, but i end up seeing a different "doctor" everytime i go in. 2 months ago was the last time. that docter told me i had BPD(which i do) and then said no meds would help me, took me off all my meds that every doctor before him told me i could NOT stop taking, then he told me i need at least 4 years of intense therapy to even start to make a difference and sent me on my way.

today i go in and see dr trans(she was a flippie, lol) she tells me im bi-polar and am just having a bad time. i said so i've just been having a bad day since i was 7? really?? and then she gives me lithium and suggests ECT electric shock therapy shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
needles to say i had a big problem with that i told her i was going to leave now after freaking out about that actually still being used. as i was leaving she was saying something to me and when i started to talk back to her she turned to my mum and said 'ok im going to talk to you'~!!!! shocked
i walked out saying that was rude and left. all i could think off was one flew over the cuckoos nest

i'm done no more meds, maybe therapy someday somewhere else...but right now i have jess and tommy too and they work just fine! that doesnt mean i dont love you diz, you're just not as crazy as they are <5

so heres a video about severe depression(which is not my main "disorder" but does come along with, so i understand everything this woman says) and ECT as the treatment......a bit disturbing so youve been warned

SPOILERS! (Click to view)


incase it doesnt play heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JG9eQsjaZY

notice how she says she doesnt remember the depression....yea
and how is that better than smoking weed to feel better??

heres another one from extra..again major memory loss

again link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYX19KuZCNI&NR=1

frankly i already have become different and a piece of me is gone just off all the meds ive been on



that is all

cheers
billie

Comments
mellylou

mellylou

Australia
March 2006

JUL 02, 2008 04:55 PM

Jesus Christ. The first thing is that it sucks that you're getting diagnosed every time you see a doctor. Do they not share notes???? As you know, I too have BPD. I take lithium, but only at a level closer to lower end. that is perfect. I still "feel" and can function quite well, but I don't suffer like I used to. What I did find helpful too was cognitive therapy. This I plan to take up again when my back is starting to get better. It basically teaches you how to react to your thoughts and feelings and identify what is being caused by the disorder. I mean basically, your brain is a series of electrical and chemical impulses.....your thoughts are a result of some of this, if you change your thought you change the impulse. Its very helpful and has a massive success rate. I'm not sure if your insurance will allow you this kind of therapy, but its worth looking into if you can.
You should move here. When you are diagnosed here, the doc fills out a bunch of forms for what is called a "mental health plan" this entitles you to a number of free sessions with the therapist of your choice.
<3 i loves ya

yennabear

yennabear

Philadelphia, PA
March 2007

JUL 02, 2008 06:58 PM

do i look like paris hilton?! frown i sad

fyi

fyi

Adamstown, MD
December 2006

JUL 02, 2008 11:29 PM

<5 you're so ghey 4 my depressing gray fonts.

do i need electroshock cuz i like gray?

maybe i just need moar mustard on my hotdogs?

NextTuesday

NextTuesday

I'm lost
November 2005

JUL 03, 2008 02:55 AM

well im glad you tried to go elsewhere but that is crap! are all the therapists over there quacks or fucking what??? they can shove it up their asses. miss you whore tart

beppo

beppo

Ontario, CA
April 2003

JUL 03, 2008 04:07 AM

I only saw that first video, but that really looked to me like she was just doped up on a downer for the first interview then the second interview was done while she was manic. Looks like total bullshit done for the sake of gaining patients and funding. Hope you don't have to do that. Personally, I say just get out and get some sun for a lil bit. Come nightfall when it's nice n cool, ride a bike for a while and get some exersize. Nothing helps to relieve depresive episodes like exersize, belive me. biggrin

DelaneyJae

DelaneyJae

HOPEFUL

United Kingdom

JUL 03, 2008 04:35 AM

Ooh I didn't realise we were so similar; I have depression and BPD too. I feel your frustration about seeing different doctors every time. It's the same over here. How the hell they are supposed to help when half of what they are basing stuff on is a load of short-hand notes, I don't know. And it sucks having to tell the whoooole story over and over again.

Those videos are scary and from what I know (my degree is in Neuroscience) ECT really isn't a good option, even as a last resort. I think it's unlikely that any one type of treatment is going to be a miracle cure. Depression and BPD are multi-faceted and need a smiliar aproach in treatment. *Sigh* Hark at me ramble. So yeah, if they try and put you near any electrodes, kick 'em where it hurts. Zombie bb would make me saaaad

yennabear

yennabear

Philadelphia, PA
March 2007

JUL 03, 2008 08:29 AM

i have done him btw

sydfloyd

sydfloyd

Tyler, TX
September 2003

JUL 03, 2008 04:08 PM

Hope you're doing alright.

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