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my experience at the center for addiction and mental health.
cut because it got long.


hardly.

to those who have had bad experiences with camh, i don't know what your situation and circumstances were (hell, all the 'horror stories' i've heard have been completely different from my situation and have been second or third hand), but i'm sorry it was bad for you.

i, on the other hand, had no reason to be scared or intimidated or nervous. i found the people i saw to be extremely understanding, nice, and really cool to talk to.
the only thing i wasn't satisfied about was that the psychiatrist (dr.dickey) said i was too young to start hormones, and they want documentation that i have been living as male (changing my name and sex on my school records and drivers license), which they will be sending me information on how to do.
they were very impressed with how knowledgable i was and were especially pleased with my acedemic goals and seemed convinced that i am a stable, well-adjusted person with a variety of ambitions and such, which is what they are looking for.
i'll be seeing them again in six months, and hopefully i'll be able to get all this stuff sorted out soon.
overall, i'm pretty happy with how it went, and honestly, i really enjoyed talking to the people i saw.

so, there you go. why did i go to camh? because i live in newfoundland (extremely limited when it comes to resources in this area) and my family doctor referred me to a psychiatrist who referred me to camh, as that is the same thing he did with another transgendered male who he had as a patient a few years ago (who has now been on hormones for five years, and has had all his surgeries). i really didn't have much choice.

by the way, they know about the bad things that are written online about them.
we had a good laugh about that.


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