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by poxwole 1586 days ago
First of all, this is not the place for health advice. None of us here are qualified in Psychiatry and Psychology. Please seek medical attention. I don't know which South Asian country you live in but you must seek help for your condition. Maybe therapy and medication would be necessary. Please take care of yourself and seek professional help. Take care.
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The number one source of relief for many people in mental health is communities of people who are also suffering.

This “go find professional help” dismissal is unhelpful. Obviously he’s aware because he mentions it. If you can’t help, don’t say anything since this is idiotic advice.

This is at best unhelpful, at worst idiotic advice considering the context:

>> they just ask some questions give some meds and take the money without taking things seriously, sometimes does not even take ten minutes which was my experience. Even in the public hospital they pay less attention to me. There are good doctors who are caring but they are really rare

> None of us here are qualified in Psychiatry and Psychology.

Unless you have a list of all the posters, and their qualifications, you can not make that claim

> Please seek medical attention.

Which is what was already done as explained by the poster.

> Please take care of yourself and seek professional help

The only person who has a lot of skin in the game and perfectly aligned interest when it comes to your health is... yourself.

You can hope to find good and caring professionals, and it may even be a good heuristic to try that as a first line approach, but nobody has the personal and financial incentives to invest in your health as much as yourself - except possibly your spouse and parents.

> Unless you have a list of all the posters, and their qualifications, you can not make that claim

No qualified psychiatrist or psychologist in their right mind would give medical advice to some anonymous person over the internet so this point is moot.

Of course, they would not do that publicly, but who knows if some of them might hide behind throwaways and might gently try to nudge the poster towards what they think could work better?