I would like to hear your experiences with your health and mental welfare from your transitions to the EU from America (but any country works). I’ve just been trying to understand other peoples perspective with chronic illnes, has your health been better or worse? Do specialist, GPS, and the occasional random ER trip been good or bad? America can be tough since Healthcare isn’t cheap here.
I don’t have issues with access to a therapist. In fact, my company pays 100 euros every 3 months for checkup and I use if for therapy sessions.
Most of my problems stem of language barrier. I can converse and understand but with doctors, you dont get to “practice”. The issue is, most specialists, who can and are allowed to diagnose and prescribe life changing medicines do not speak english and they refuse to take anyone who is not local (even if I have a translator or become native, they just do not want to deal with us). Those who can, refuse to prescribe after diagnosis because…no clue.
My partner has gotten many meds relating to his anxiety and adhd and he does not use them because, to him, they overprescribe. Whereas I am getting worse and very close to ending everything and they can see it, they say so, but they will not prescribe. They are playing “safe” with me and are not willing to even give me smaller doses to try.