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jesjay in seattle

Psychiatrist Referrals

Mar 11, 2010 18:08

I'm sure this question gets asked a lot here and I checked the memories and couldn't find what I needed. I know this community has some snark to it, but I really could use some advice, as I'm in such a bad place ( Read more... )

mental health

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sofatime March 12 2010, 02:18:38 UTC

The memories are busted. Try the mental health tag instead. There's a few entries from the past 6 months.

Sorry I don't have anything else to offer. Good luck.

jesjay March 12 2010, 02:33:47 UTC

Ah thanks. I checked it out- there were a lot of therapist (not psychiatrist) recs and a few psychs. but again not what I was looking for. Thanks for the info though- am new to this and did not know about tags.

czecherz March 12 2010, 02:30:22 UTC

i heard NAVOS may have a ridiculously reasonable sliding scale. good luck.

jesjay March 12 2010, 02:34:16 UTC

Thanks- it's not so much about cost as it is about the person. I really want to find someone who can give a personal rec. Thanks again.

czecherz March 12 2010, 02:59:02 UTC

paul grills is awesome

jesjay March 12 2010, 03:05:12 UTC

Thanks does he work there?

mr_sadhead March 12 2010, 02:53:30 UTC

Sound Mental Health? There are some good good people who work there.
http://www.smh.org/

jesjay March 12 2010, 03:05:43 UTC

Thanks, do you know anyone in specific? I'm really looking for specific names for referrals.

Thanks again

errantly March 12 2010, 03:34:37 UTC

So, you don't want a therapist, who can't prescribe drugs. You want a psychiatrist, that avoids drugs. Yes?

If that's the case, I've got nothin' for you. If you're willing to consider a great therapist, check out http://www.gaelenbillingsley.com/.

jesjay March 12 2010, 05:58:57 UTC

I've been the therapy route for most of my life. I cannot afford it and it has not proven helpful. Right now in order for therapy to work I think I need to be a bit more stable so that I can actually apply it. I think at this point meds might be the only way to do it.

I was a psychiatrist who does not over-prescribe. Of course I want one that will provide drugs, but that errors on the light side. There is quite a big difference between the two- some just prescribe too much and others want to prescribe the lowest effective dose and try and not keep you on too long.

errantly March 12 2010, 06:31:35 UTC

I wasn't trying to offend. I was clarifying what you were looking for.

Best of luck.

jesjay March 12 2010, 08:00:18 UTC

No offense taken.

sillz March 12 2010, 04:38:58 UTC

You might also want to consider a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. They are more likely to do real therapy and also have the ability to write prescriptions.

jesjay March 12 2010, 05:59:45 UTC

Yes I have seen one of those in the past. Not looking for therapy right now- been through it most my life and need to be more stable for it to work.

Do you know of any ARNP's?