Psych Recovery has only made me worse. All I need are medications to keep me sane, but they don't care enough to make sure I get even that. \r
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Psych Recovery always denies refills without any warning, leaving me no choice but to go off my meds until I can get in for an appointment, which of course ends up being weeks in the future. If they cared at all about the welfare of their patients, they would call them and tell them that they need to come in soon, or risk having their medications cut off. But that would be a crazy pipe dream, as Psych Recovery doesn't even have the common decency to call you and let you know when they deny your medications. \r
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I have at times been able to get the medications temporarily until the appointment. But I had to hound the triage person over and over until he would actually deign to talk to me. \r
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This kind of callous disregard for my well-being would be awful if it were a phone company, but coming from a psychiatrist's office, in the business of helping especially vulnerable people, it's downright sadistic. It is as if they want their patients to commit suicide. \r
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Because there is a general shortage of psychiatrists, they can pretty much do whatever they want and still keep their jobs. (Never mind that their jobs could be done by pharmacists.) So you might have no other option than Psych Recovery to get the medications you need. But at least try first to get them through a GP's office or any other place that will occasionally lift a finger to make sure you stay alive.
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