I cannot see them being much use at all, just to get a perscription from, but you must have a proper diagnosis to give them as they will not know what they are prescribing for. If you have had no privious diagnosis they will not know what you have and it will be all guess work. This happend to me. I was depressed one minuet, manic the next. I was psychotic and cutting all over my body. I went to the GP.
I hope you dont mind me asking but did you find your GP any help at all? did he/she give you a proper diagnoses? before I was diagnosed I also went to my GP but she wasnt much help at all, she ended up refering me to a anger managment course (one to one) because I was cutting... it really did not help at all, I was really depressed at the time and got no help for it at all!!
Hi Ebioni, The Gp was not much help. When I got the courage to show him my cuts he looked away and made no remark about it. I guess he had never dealt with this before. I told him I had a tape of voices in my head that I couldn't shut up and that I couldn't sleep because too much in my head. (A sure sign of psychosis or mania) I didn't know what was wrong with me and I told him I took a test on an Internet site and I scored high in OCD. Oh , he says looks up in his book meds for OCD and gives me a prescription It turned out to be Anafranil that exuberates mania. He didn't have a clue. I asked him if he knew of any psychologists or psychiatrists and he didn't. I left and was not asked to go back and I didn't know if I needed to. I had no clue as to what role a doctor had in a case like mine. After 2 more weeks I didn't get any better ( I was hallucinating) I realized I was alone in this. I thought if I don't get help I am going to die. It took my searching on my own to locate a psychologist. She was good to talk to but did not know much about meds. I agree with your opinion, GP's are of limited help if its your first visit for a mental health problem. I still feel they are of limited help but at least I know enough to explain what meds I need for them to write a prescription many of them seem to know less than I do.
wow yeh I really think that they should be giving at least some kind of training in this field, its a very blurred line as to what to do when you first start feeling mentally ill and usually a person will see their GP so they really should have training or at least some knowledge to forward you on to someone.... well done for taking it yourself and finding help!! and I cant believe he/she didnt tell you to go back after prescribing you meds!! you basically did his/her job!!! MY God! something really needs to be done to open their eyes.... they need more training, Im going to say that to me local TD because it can be so dangerous for people with mental health issues! thank you for your reply....sorry if Im just babbling on in this reply!!
What Training Do They Have?
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 11:48:40
