This one shrink I saw was so outdated (I think she got her degree in the 70s) that I, the patient, had to explain to her that adults can have ADHD just as kids do. She was like, "Really? I never heard of that." She just wouldn't believe me. Finally, exasperated, I said "Do you have a tv? well are you watching it? Haven't you seen the commercials for that new drug for adults with ADHD?" She looked at me like I was making it all up. -- AnonymousThursday, July 13, 2006
Clueless and Outdated
This one shrink I saw was so outdated (I think she got her degree in the 70s) that I, the patient, had to explain to her that adults can have ADHD just as kids do. She was like, "Really? I never heard of that." She just wouldn't believe me. Finally, exasperated, I said "Do you have a tv? well are you watching it? Haven't you seen the commercials for that new drug for adults with ADHD?" She looked at me like I was making it all up. -- Anonymous
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I once saw a shrink who let the sessions go completely unstructured and directionless. I kept trying to talk about things substantive, but somehow she always managed to get the conversations into the "irrelevant" zone, bringing things up that didn't really matter or making issues out of things that weren't. Basically she was just faxing in her appearance, nodding her head, and going "And how does that make you feel?" It became obvious to me that she only wanted "easy" clients with self-absorbed lifestyles, not anyone who was proactively trying to deal with specific issues. On one of my last visits, we spent the entire session talking about the life and careers of British gay pop star George Michael.
Doctors don't get paid to keep up with what's going on in their fields and patients pay for it.
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