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Hello. About a year and a half ago, I was referred to a Psychiatrist amd Therapist for Anxiety and Depression. I have subsequently recieved 6 different Diagnoses, and am currently being treated for ADHD and PTSD. I am only prescribed Zoloft. My Psychiatrists CONTINUALLY cut me off, literally mid sentence, and dismiss my struggles as not an issue..or "just" catastrophizing. Despite my attempts to communicate the struggles I am having, I am continually dismissed, despite having already caused an intentional injury to myself, and expressing increasing thoughts and plans to do so again. It is so enraging and dismissive that I'm now having EVEN more rage and aggression, and want to intentionally provoke confrontations. Now I want to do it with my Doctors.

I don't quite know what I'm asking, other than..after 5 Psychiatrists, 13 medications, the loss of 2 jobs and my car being repossessed due to my issues, now I feel like I want to PROVE it to my Doctors IN PERSON. Like, I'm having thoughts that maybe they will believe me of I go to their office and let out my aggression and frustration on THEM personally.

WTF is going on?!

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Psychiatrist don’t do mental health counseling they just do medication management. They get paid the same whether they see you for 5 minutes or 15 so it’s in their best interest to keep the meeting short. Don’t try to convince them of anything because it’s a waste of time and from my experience they don’t care. You are better off talking to an adhd therapist about your struggles because they will help you. I go to a nurse practitioner who specializes in adhd and she is tons better than any psychiatrist that I’ve ever been too as far as really listening. However I still only view her as a place to get my medication and not a source of counseling.

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