I had a free 15 minute consult yesterday with the psychiatrist my gastroenterologist recommended. I asked her to please take me on as a patient because I wasedesparate to find someone who listens and wasn’t patronizing. She listened and was not patronizing 🙂 and said yes. But could I wait until after New Year’s since she is busy. I’m fine with that and so is my husband – who has been coming with me to my psych visits lately. So next week we’ll see the current psychiatrist again but it might be the last time for him.
[Updated 1/7/22 to add: the psychiatrist I had the consult with, above, is busy for a while so I’m still seeing the current psychiatrist for now, while looking into what other options might be available]
Fwiw I wrote about why it’s been hard with the current psychiatrist here. Also you can look at the overview of my mental health issues.