Psychological problems - can psychiatrists really help?

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I am on medication for OCD and ADHD. Last time after i completed my NS, I went to a private university, I was also treated for personality disorder + short term anxiety/panic attacks.

There is actually no treatment for personality disorder. They just give you medication for your anxiety/depression. For depression I had efexor and lexapro. For anxiety I had lexotan. Medication did not help much. I was on meds for one year, then stopped. My depression went away by itself after three to four years.

Now I am on meds for OCD and ADHD but also quite useless. I am quite desperate now.

I think the whole psychiatric industry is a sham. They just give you all kinds of meds which to me has a lot of side effects, but no real improvement in my mental condition.

My social life took a tumble They have no real medication to treat that. They just advise you to go for counselling sessions. Fucking useless. They just talk to you and treat you like a little child, but never really help you. I told them I have problems relating to people, they give you all kinds of method and advice but of very little help to me.

I wasted thousands of dollars on meds and counselling but saw no improvement. I am not a high income earner, every month a lot of my salary goes into all these. I told my counsellor and my psychiatrist i have difficulty forming stable friendships, i cannot find girlfriend, because I don't know how to relate to other people. They can't help me at all. Tok cock sing song all day, give me all kind of step by step method, also no use.

I feel really depressed at my pathetic state.


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