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How do you deal with medical personnel that think you need mental health?
Tue, 11/09/2004 - 02:06One of my greatest frustrations is that I find doctors that seem to think I need mental health when I am having a SPS
I have been diagnosed with SPS since I was a child and have been treated off and on with it. The last time I was diagnosed I also was going through a nasty divorce and sought mental health care. Now it seems that it comes back to haunt me because I also took medication for depression at the same time I was taking medication for SPS. I recently moved to Minnesota and have a wonderful Neurologist but I find that if I am having other health problems and I have and SPS episode I end up in Mental health. It is so frustrating and this last episode with a doctor who was ignorant to my needs really made me so angry that I think it made the SPS episode more distressing. I had mental health people chasing me while I was unable to communicate through the halls of the hospital and I am so tired of the abuse! I guess you can tell I am still quite angry and frustrated over it. One time I had an episode and I had a police officer put me in handcuffs -- It is really scary -- I think that I become really scared when this happens and my panic button really gets pushed. Does anyone else run into this problem or am I just doing something wrong???