“Finding the right psychiatrist has been challenging. I'd like to find a new one on brightside which will be my third one. I'm on my 2nd counselor whom I really am confident in. I feel like she listens she has empathetic energy and doesn't get swept away by my rambling. I really like her. She's helped me a lot. My psychiatrist has a difficult challenge as I do not like taking medication I do not always agree with them wanting to put me on multiple medications. I used my own judgment and dropped two of my medications which were I believe causing my blood pressure to dip rather low. It's extremely difficult for me to find a psychiatrist who doesn't want to just pill me up but as I mentioned It's not easy for them because I go back and forth a lot so I know I'm part of the issue with that as well. I'm working on it. I just wish I could find a psychiatrist who suits my needs and has patience. She didn't even show up the last appointment. Thankfully I am doing better after dropping the other two medications but it's uncertain how long I'll be "up" as I go up and down a lot with my issues. Overall I'm thankful for brightside and I really feel like its made a positive impact in my life. I was at my wits end when I reached out to yall. I do believe it prevented me from negative things that were at foot so thanks so much and I will continue to work with yall.”
“So far so good . The exercises and the talks getting the reassurance that I am okay , I will be okay and anxiety and negative thoughts don’t last they will go away . Here positive words help .”
“I am still in the middle of all this. It is helping, but I am still kind of burning the candle at all three ends. Hard for me to declare victory - this is going to take some more time. And… I am so sick of reviews. I buy a toothbrush and I get asked to review my experience. Technology has created too many false narratives for products. I usually delete the surveys and even that takes up too much time. I can’t wait for AI to weed them out of my inbox.”
“I gave this platform a chance and signed up to see a psychiatrist as well as a therapist. I have already been on just about every medication possible for depression and have tried several different combinations of meds as well without much help. After a few failed attempts at finding a medication that would work for me, I stopped seeing the psychiatrist. I still meet regularly with my therapist. For the first time in several years, I actually like my therapist and I feel comfortable talking to him. He seems to really care and I’m thankful that I found him.”
“The different techniques does help when I have anxiety and feel bad. It helps to have someone to talk to not in the family or related to drama going on .”
“I enjoy my MHNP and therapist very much and they have been very helpful. My only issue is difficulty logging on at times which has caused me to miss an appointment. Bummer.”
