Is it right for a psychiatrist to do this?

Question

When I was 9 I had a bad time due to violence from my mums husband then at 12 we moved but she still stayed with him but he didn't live with us (long story) at 13 I started to become really upset about nothing and I started to cut my wrists my mum found out got really angry so with all my power I stopped. then at 14 we moved and my mums husband moved in with us again and the violence started but 8 months later my mum had enough and chucked him but he is still around to see his kids. since then everything in the past has just come back in memories and I feel so down I know its normal for teenagers to feel upset but I don't think to this level, it got so bad my attendance at school was 35%. I started to cut again my mum found out and I went to see a psychiatrist I told her everything, I was paranoid, I found it so hard to talk to people I can't even make eye contact, I cut myself, I have mostly depressive days but some times I can be on such a happy day its almost unreal like I'm invincible(this is what bothers me most, my different moods they are such an extreme difference), my attendence, my confidence which is very low, the fact I worried every hates me and loads more. She said I don't need counselling but she would talk to me as a friend, after 3 trips to her she said well I think your fine now and you don't need to see me anymore. knowing I still self harm, I'm so depressed and all my other problems, nothing changed. Was this right of her?? or do I have problems?

Answer 1

You sound like me.  I have bipolar disorder, and I'm 15.  I possessed all of your symptoms, and now, while occasionally I am still down or have suicidal thoughts, they occur once every other month rather than once every other day.  I saw a psychiatrist and he prescribed me Lamictal, which has virtually no side effects.  I also go in for therapy once every other week.  People with bipolar disorder have a 17% death rate from suicide, so I urge you to beg your mom to take you to a psychiatrist so if you do have bipolar disorder, you can get it treated.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You should definitely see a different psychiatrist, or a psychologist.  Please check out this website http://www.bpdcentral.com

Answer 3

you have got e really troubled past but you need to stop cutting!

you can tell yourself that this isn't what you should be doing and she should not have done that! she has given up cos you brought her a situation she couldn't solve.

please be careful and get a new counsellor

Answer 4

First of all, I don't think you have a "probelm"!!

I think you had a rough life and are coping with it the wrong way (don't get me wrong here, I'm not judging you...)...after going through SO much, it is kinda normal for you to need to express your anger in a way or another. You need to see a psychologist and not a psychiatrist....

Psychiatrist will deal with people that suffer from mental illness (like clinical depression/bipolar/ocd/etc...)...illness... that are caused by a hormonal imbalance in the brain and therefore those people need medications to stabelise them. They don't do conseling, they just monitor medications. That is probably why the psychiatrist told you that you were "fine"...

A psychologist, or therapist, or counselor, will be albe to help you go through what you have suffered over the years and help you to stop reliving it everyday. Therapy does wonders if you find a good therapist AND if you are commited 100% to helping yourself. You can have one-on-one therapy or group therapy. I know group therapy sounds awfull ( I thought so to when I first took some...) But it really isn't that bad...

Alot of people live similar things in life, and hearing how other deal with it or how others have learned from it is very reasuring. And just knowing that you are not alone and that others can relate to you is healing in it's own way. Plus, sometimes others will bring new perspective to the situations that you had never thought about. (And I personaly found that being in a group made me feel less like a "test subject" being "analised" by a specialist!LOL)

That psychiatrist WAS TOTALLY WRONG in overlooking the fact that you need help (counseling). It sad to say but, these days some doctors won't go that extra mille to help out. Some even cause more harm than help!!! That's why YOU need to love yourself enoug to go get help elsewhere!!

My advice for you would be to get help from a couselor or a therapist and find "healthier" ways of releasing all that anger bottled up inside. If you just keep on going this way, without getting help, it will only get worst. It might take years of therapy but the fact is that what you have been living has been going on and off for years also...so don't give up, you will one day look back on it and be stronger! Find yourself a good therapist, where you feel confortable (you might have to see more than one before you find the one that "clicks" with you...) and once you've establish a trusting relationship with that person, be honest and opened to all the help he/she will give you!

Good luck and stay strong ;)