mental health poll

I see a therapist and a psychiatrist, I am in group therapy, and I take medication...I think I spend more time at the mental health facility than I do at home...

I have been to a psychiatrist for a few different reasons. The sessions for very useful for helping me learn some healthier coping habits for various issues and organizing some less than healthy habits.

At this point, I've been to several and I don't feel any of it has helped.

I might try a psychiatrist as one last thing, maybe. From everything I've been told, it sounds like I have chemical issues that no amount of talk therapy is going to help. Yey.

Skills and pills! :-D

I'm in college for psychology does that count?

I used to.

not really sure how people benefit from shrinks. i haven't had a reason to see one yet.

I do not and have not, but I wonder about it.

I would but we don't have the money for one. It all goes to my husband's medical costs.

Kinda want to, though.

Yep, once a month for the past 3 years. It's helped a lot with my depression. I'm very thankful I found the therapist I did, because she is just the most helpful woman I've ever come in contact with.

I didn't know you could get fired as a patient. O.o

I've been seeing my therapist for four and a half years. We're great together. It's cognitive behavioral therapy, which basically gives me a venue to run things by her and get her professional opinion and life advice. I am mildly medicated for anxiety, and it's working out fine for me. Honestly, I feel like therapy is an amazing resource to all who need it, IF you find someone that clicks well with you.

I see a psychiatrist regularly and am on medication. I have schizophrenia, depression, and extreme anxiety. It really affects my sex life unfortunately

I see one every week for bipolar, anxiety, and ocd. Also happen to be on medication for said bipolar. Bleh. Pills. But it does help. So I guess that's good.

I went to therapy on and off from the time I was 8 to the time I was 20. I finally stopped going because my doctor insisted I needed medication. I stopped taking everything (it's been about 2 years now) and feel FAR more happy/sane/stable than I ever did with the medication.

No I'm not but sometimes I think I might try it.

were all alittle crazy its scary.

I fired myself from my shrink. I don't believe in psychiatric medicine anymore. I believe our culture fills us full of lies that we depend on to provide us with answers to why we can't handle reality when in reality our culture can't handle us.

If you're sane, as in a rational human with simple expectations from life, then our culture calls you crazy. If you're a sociopath then our culture hands you the position of CEO or high management. Statesman culture, in specific, is backwards.

We are expected to value that which has no value. We are expected to invest in items of no real worth. "Experts" predict that by 2020 we will be investing in wars over necessary resources, such as a clean water. And yet here we are today with this foresight, continuing to fund such things as the TransCanadian Pipeline for more oil (another limited resource).

And if you come out against the mock reality they have concocted, you must be unstable.

Psychiatric medicine is just another excuse to create paychecks and funnel money. They told me I was bipolar at age 16 and I believed them for 8 years. Last year I quite my meds, started eating more regularly, began exercising and keeping an eye on my well being.

Today I have very few mood swings (usually once a month, if you catch my drift). I am much more stable and, though like everyone I do have problems, my problems are manageable.

All that "believe in yourself" bull isn't shit.

People will tell you you're wrong, tell you you need your medicine (and maybe you do, I know it helped me at times). But when it comes down to it, if you WANT to be off meds, if you WANT to be "normal", all it takes is the confidence that you already are normal.

The more you allow yourself to be convinced that you are something or need something the more you will become and need that something.

Just some advice from a "crazy" person

No not presently, when I was a kid I saw one.

I went to when when I was going through some depression, like really bad feeling like I was drowning. Well it lasted about 4 times, once with some lady that pissed me off trying to blame my problem on crap that wasn't even bothering me and I knew damn well wasn't the reason for the current problem. 3 times with this old dude after her and well, he just creeped me out. I felt like I spent most of the time telling him what we talked about last time while he stared at me like some creeper and didn't give me any tips on what the hell to do. I quit going and was put on depression meds. I had one fool try to tell me I had a certain disorder which I knew about prior and researched and I KNEW it wasn't possible. I did take some psych classes in school before AND after seeing people so I knew what my problem was, I just needed someone to help me figure out how to cope and get some self-esteem.

I just quit going and dealt with it. I knew my problem wasn't bad enough to take me to the point of wanting to hurt myself and I knew the sun would shine again so I just slept alot and tried to stay busy with school and talk to friends and my fiance as well as a few family members. I have horrible self-esteem and body image issues and help would be nice. I've kind of learned how to get through a depression wave on my own. I'd like to get off meds because I don't feel depressed anymore, I get down from time to time but I'm scared to stop them but will for sure once we decide to start trying to have a child.

I'd still like tips and ways to stop being so hard on myself but now I don't have insurance and I have the mentality that I'm just going to get fed the same BS by someone crazier than I am so what's the point? I would like to try behavior modification if I could find someone WORTH it once I do get insurance again.

I've been seeing therapists for about ten years, at this point. Currently in the best therapeutic relationship I've ever had.

Went to both a psychiatrist and psychologist for a short time back in my early 20s, and though my dad and step-mother said that they saw an improvement, it didn't make me feel any better. Back then though, I didn't want to be there.

Nowadays, I kind of think that maybe I do need a therapist of some sort at times, but my husband thinks that I just let myself get stressed out too easily. We're both trying to work on it.

I haven't seen a therapist.

I definitely have, but not currently.

I have never been.

I voted no but that's just because 6 months ago I decided to quit taking medication and quit seeing my shrink. I think it's worked out well.