[Wonder]

Echo, on Nov 7 2005, 11:22 PM, said:

Oh god, your description is so right on so many levels. Mine phuckiatrist threw me into a month long (and counting....) ultraradian cycling mixed state from hell because he chose not to believe my prior diagnosies (sp?) that had been agreed upon by several doctors (pdocs, tdoc, and gp) as well as chosing to downplay or completely ignore ALL my my symptoms for no good fucking reason. In a completely sarcastic tone: "Oh, sure, you're bipolar - here's 150mg of effexor, have a nice trip!" A trip to the ER, change of meds, and new doctor later and i'm STILL in hell. Fucking phuckiatrist. FUCK YOU ABOULNAZR!

Oh. My. God. That is, like, EXACTLY what happened to me a few months ago. EXACTLY. A shrink chose not to believe my prior diagnoses for no apparent reason, completely ignored my symptoms and anything I tried to say to him, and prescribed me Effexor, which threw me into an ultradian cycling mixed state from hell. (I feel uncomfortable describing myself as "ultradian cycling" even though I'm pretty sure it's accurate, since it feels like self-diagnosis when a shrink has never used that term with me, but at least one has described me as rapid cycling. But I think it's not incredibly easy to find a shrink who believes that ultradian cycling exists. Hell, it's hard enough to find one who'll say "rapid cycling.") Mine only lasted a little over three weeks, though, because I got arrested and taken to the hospital after three weeks, and when I stopped taking Effexor, I actually became fairly stable again. Lucky me. But I would feel a lot luckier if he had prescribed me a fucking mood stabilizer in the first place, 'cause then the three-week roller coaster ride from hell wouldn't have happened.

[mel1]

Sensory overload-SOL?

[Submerged]

I work for an institution treating children suffering from autism.
We don't use the term SI at work; instead we use SIB - Self Injurious behavior.

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[Velvet Elvis]

I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic."

[Submerged]

Velvet Elvis, on Sep 22 2006, 10:54 PM, said:

I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic."

Personally I agree with you. I always used to say "was autistic" until an administrater where I work corrected me one day about a year or two ago and said that the socially acceptable phrase is "suffering from autism." I then had to make a point to say "suffering from autism" all of the time because I didn't want to offend any of the children's parents. I think that this would be a good topic for the Autism board, though. I think that ultimately, those who have autism should be the ones making the call.

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[Velvet Elvis]

Subterranean, on Sep 24 2006, 01:38 AM, said:

Velvet Elvis, on Sep 22 2006, 10:54 PM, said:

I an aspie. We don't use the phrase "suffering from autism." We say "is autistic."

Personally I agree with you. I always used to say "was autistic" until an administrater where I work corrected me one day about a year or two ago and said that the socially acceptable phrase is "suffering from autism." I then had to make a point to say "suffering from autism" all of the time because I didn't want to offend any of the children's parents. I think that this would be a good topic for the Autism board, though. I think that ultimately, those who have autism should be the ones making the call.

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Heh. Trust me. It's well covered groud. Your boss is clueless.

It's an identity issue. I suufer from asperger's about as much as I suffer from green eyes. I suffer from NTs though.

http://en.wikipedia....rst_terminology

[Panz]

anafagodma, on Oct 25 2005, 02:39 PM, said:

Fuckiatrist- qdoc to the n th degree. Ignores symptoms you KNOW because you've HAD MDD all your life and plays little games like taking you off one of your meds that you've been on, successfully, for 2 years, then refusing to see you for your scheduled intake the day you get released from the bin to which you were certified after a failed suicide under his careful w/drawal of such med, then refusing to see you again because the fucking receptionists can't coordinate a date and a day of the week on a fucking appointment card.

Basically, a fuckiatrist just hopes you'll manage to successfully kill yourself before they ever have to actually see you.

Hey cool! I've been searching for just the right word to describe most of the lovely mental health care pros of Idaho.