Very poor doctors
I would like to complain about the service of the FTB Blaskely Centre.
I have been a patient of theirs for nearly a year and am seeking treatment for depression, my only symptom of that being extreme fatigue. I was referred to the FTB first when I took my first overdose last year, they came for a home visit and didn't contact me any further.
The same would have happened when I overdosed on antidepressants for the second time last year and I was referred to them by Heartlands Hospital for a consultation about schizophrenia, 2 months after I was admitted to a mental health hospital.
Within the mental hospital (Ticehurst Priory Mental Health Hospital), my condition was still not treated, the doctor there insisted for the 2 months to only want to treat my overdose. At the end, I was very uncomfortable and claustrophobic within the hospital. I pretended to have been treated at the end after begging for sertraline, which I was prescribed for the last week of my stay, but only as a relief. In reality, I was still extremely miserable and only wanted to leave so that I could self medicate because I had lost hope.
One of my complaints is the doctor that I have had to see there, Dr Syed Haq. I believe that he has done very poorly and put no effort into my treatment.
I will list the few complaints that I have about him:
*He told me in a recent appointment that I need to treat my depression by 'just getting out of bed' and has been rude to me after I complained how difficult it is for me to do tasks with my extreme fatigue.
*He accused me of being 'paranoid' and had written that on my record. In reality, I was frustrated that his treatments were not working and asked him to consider my cause and proper treatment for a moment.
*He had put me on duloxetine for 6 months, and also increased the dose during that period. After six months of consistently taking only that medication he said to me for the second time that the dose I was taking was still not sufficient for depression.
*I had asked for Dr Haq to refer me to therapy but he didn't go through with it, and insisted in my most recent appointment that I do it myself. I asked him to refer me because I know that I would receive my first therapy appointment faster.
*I had told him about my negative experiences with ssris and antipsychotics but he still wanted me to prescribe me both with a sleep aid and benzodiazepine on top.
*Shortly in the future I asked for the benzodiazepine and sleep aid prescription to take his word, but he also refused to prescribe them.
*He has diagnosed me with anxiety, although I have told him several times that my only symptom of depression is extreme fatigue because I lack anxiety.
*I have told FTB that my parents always take away my medication for me because they believe I am depressed because I 'do not pray' and 'am not lazy'. I gave them the resolution that I could pick up a prescription every month and take it directly to the pharmacy or pick up the medication from them which I have done in the past but they refuse to.
*following this issue, when the pharmacy asked Dr Haq why I was not picking up my medications he replied with that I have 'complacency issues'.
*He has threatened to discharge me for 'not taking his treatment' or 'wanting another doctor'.
The Centre itself has a 1 star rating on google and every review they have is terrible.
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I have asked the Centre to change my psychiatrist, whom has a 7 month waiting list, which they agreed to. They continued to give me another appointment with Dr Haq, whom I asked not to see again because what he will write on my record will not be an accurate representation of my condition for future doctors.
He had phoned an appointment with me today, but because I asked not to have appointments with him, I gave no details to him. After, he immediately discharged me to my gp without telling me. The centre has told me to ask my GP for antidepressants.
I called again today, because I was in a really poor and suicidal mood, but the centre told me he had immediately discharged me to my gp and I cannot have another appointment. Please bear in mind this doctor told me himself that it would 'take weeks' to discharge me to my gp.