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Need advice please, new member.
Hi everyone, my name's Tayla and I'm 20, and a new member.
Anyway, I just need some advice please.
My GP has been treating me terribly, and I don't know why. Here's what happens:
- She told me that she never reads the reports from my Psychiatrist, and doesn't even know his name, when I see him, etc. She also said she's never communicated with him in any way which by law, they're supposed to.
- She doesn't know what meds I'm on - the name, dosages, what they do, nothing.
- She doesn't know anything about Medicare and that they pay for me to see my Psychiatrist (I think I'm on a Mental Health Care Plan for him, I have no idea, she told me it was different for Psychiatrists rather than Psychologists).
- She refuses to prescribe me the meds and give me repeats, so I have to ask my Psychiatrist when I see him on Skype, which is only once a month and I have to wait for them in the mail and he's from Sydney (I'm waiting for my current prescriptions in the mail).
- I told her that I should just end my life and she laughed at me, implying that she thinks I should.
- I told her that I've done everything I can to try and improve myself - tried to get a job/volunteer, tried to go to places to meet people (like the local Headspace but that was traumatic since the manager, Psychologist and group members made fun of my mental illnesses), then she says that I haven't done anything and I don't follow through with her which is a lie.
- She wrote a letter to my Psychiatrist after I told her she should be communicating but she twisted all of my words and made me look like the bad person, not admitting what she's done wrong. I told my Psychiatrist this and he thought it was odd and full of lies also.
My parents and Psychiatrist know all of this, yes. I'm booked in to see a new GP at a whole new Clinic, but this experience has been traumatic for me and has made me scared to see another GP.
My Psychiatrist is on my side with it all (well I know they don't take sides, what I mean is that he thinks it's all appauling), and he said I could make a complaint but he doesn't know if anything will be done about it.
So my question is, should I make a complaint? I feel like I should, even if nothing is done, just so it's off my chest and I can hopefully slowly try to forget about it all. By the way, my Psychiatrist is great, I have no problem with him, just my GP.
Thanks, I hope someone can reply and give me some advice please. Sorry that the post is lengthy.
Tayla
