Horrible Psychiatrist - Mental Health Message Board

Swamp56 · 04-29-2009, 08:00 PM

I was admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Brookline, MA (although I'll leave the name of it out

), and I have to say I had one of the worst psychiatrists I have ever seen.

She not only told me that I should see another, less-famous p-doc (mine runs a psychiatric in-patient clinic), but that my dad belonged in the hospital more than I did, and she also told me not to tell her my problems, feelings, or symptoms as it "invalidates it".

I heard a loud noise, and looked up; she told me it was "real" (it obviously was). I thought that was rude, but told her the truth...that the only things I hear (that aren't there) are 3 different people, and she said "well, we're not even going to start with that".

I couldn't believe it...I was admitted there for delusional thinking and auditory hallucinations, and she scoffed at that, and then told me she doesn't see me as being OCD (I've been diagnosed with it and I'm going through OCD therapy...oh, and I have it severely).

I will never be caught back there...ever. >.>

reg12 · 04-30-2009, 06:23 AM

The only thing the paper on the wall means is they passed the class. It does not determine if they know what they are doing.

fossilapostle · 04-30-2009, 11:06 AM

That sucks. I guess the only thing you can do in that situation is avoid them like the plague, and tell your friends to as well. You could also report her to the medical or psychiatric licensing board in your state, but my guess is that they're going to tend to believe her version over yours.

However, if she is really that bad, then she may have gotten a lot of complaints. Usually the volume of complaints against a doctor, not any individual specific incident (unless it's something really serious) is what gets a board to take action. After all, if the average psychiatrist gets, for example, 1 complaint a year (just making this up), but she gets 10, then, over time, it becomes obvious that the problem is with the doctor, not the patients.

So although it may not do anything for your specific case, I'd report her since, as I said, others likely have too if she's really that bad. Sooner or later it'll come back and bite her in the *** even if you're not there to see it.

dreams in neon · 05-01-2009, 09:46 AM

I would definitely report her to your state's medical board as well as your insurance company for negligence.

That's exactly what I did with 2 previous pdocs I had.

One of them told me it was my choice whether or not I wanted to remain on meds even though she knew I had bipolar. (Mind you, this was only 3 months after my diagnosis.)

She also refused to look at my hospital discharge paperwork to learn that I was newly diagnosed and came to her as a referral from their attending pdoc.

The second pdoc I reported refused to treat my rapid cycling and mania. Every time I mentioned that I was rapid cycling or manic, he told me to come back to his office in 3 months. He also refused to treat my voices, delusions and paranoia.

I'm now seeing a wonderful pdoc who takes my treatment seriously, addresses my symptoms immediately and accepts my input on meds as long as it's reasonable. He also asks me at every appointment how my voices, delusions and paranoia are.

He recently put me on a new med regimen that is working like a charm.

I don't blame you for not returning to that hospital. I wouldn't either.

I was IP at a hospital back in 2006 for my first manic/psychotic episode and the attending pdoc injected me with such high doses of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics that I ended up catatonic for 17 hours.

He also told my sister that chances were likely I would never have another manic episode again. Imagine her confusion when I was manic a few months later and had to have my tdoc (therapist) explain that meds do not "cure" bipolar or prevent manic episodes.

If you decide to look for another pdoc, keep searching until you find someone you feel comfortable with and who listens to your questions, concerns and symptoms.

Ruhia · 05-06-2009, 08:55 AM

Report her, I'm studying towards a nursing degree and that sort of negligence/ completely disgusting treatment of a patient really ****es me off. You treat patients, not the referral they came in with, and you're never going to get anywhere without listening to them.