JlolSenior Contributor
Does anyone else feel like there's not really any serious help out there?
I've had issues with depression and ADD for most of my life. Over about 25 years I must have seen about 25 different counsellors, psychologists and psychiatrists and taken about 15 different types of medications. I've spent hundreds of hours and probably tens of thousands of dollars trying to address my mental health.
I haven't really found anything useful and I think it's just because getting attention from these professionals is so difficult and sparse. I think, for whatever reason, I need consistent attention that's not scattered randomly across multiple months. As it stands now, most psychologists have a month to a month and a half between sessions. I've found that everything almost "resets" between each session and we start all over again.
I've asked many, many times if I can have appointments closer together or even back-to-back but they all refuse.
It's similar with psychiatrists. I'm about to run out of medication but can't get a new appointment to with my psychiatrist for 2 months, so I'm going to be having withdrawals (psychiatrist said my regular GP could renew the prescription - he can't).
I'm really sick of not being able to get the level of help and attention I need.