psychiatry in french country side

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In France, in the small citys Psychiatrist are very old fashion, if you have something since childhood let it be tourette, Kanner autism AS AHDH , rett syndrome or whatever they call it "childhood psychosis " ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychose_infantile)

( my psychiatrist thinks autistic people can not speak ) except if you are able to study normally then they say you have childhood bordeline personality.
In the first case they put you in the psychiatric system for life and give you loads of pills, in the second case they do nothing for you.

This is how I was diagnosed psychotic child as I was 6 given depakine for two years mood stabiliser until I was 8, they stopped beause my parents were against me taking meds for brain at that age and then I was diagnosis evolutive dysharmony afterwas .

Evolutive Dysharmony ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysharmonie_%C3%A9volutive) is a bordeline condition with waht they call childhood psychosis, it is a concept that only exist in France .
The funny thing is a really had a psychotic short episode two years ago ( but just that for the moment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_psychotic_disorder ) ,
the doctor says I should wait until my studies are over to stop the meds ( in one or two years then, until then I am taking 50mg of solian, yes only fifthy wich is a small dosis ).

But I feel what makes me diferent since I am a child is not taken in account appart from" you have BPD childhood psychosis ( it changes according to the doctors I see) since you are in kinder garden and there is nothing we can do for you."

The only thing that takes AS into account is behavorial foundation called fondamental wich is almost a rigth wing psychiatric organisation but they have special centers where they seak to "hea"l autistic people ( that are they words not mine )

How can I know what I really have and get help for it without being normalise by some stupid ABA tecnic ?

anyone knows a French psychiatrist somewhere in my country that can handle all these conditions?

France as one of the best health system for stuff like cancer or diabetis or stuff like that in the world but for mental health it sucks.

thank you and sorry for my bad english

Hmm, thank you for posting this. I had heard that things weren't great in France, but it's depressing to hear it now first-hand. I will be moving there next month with my wife: I'm glad we have been diagnosed here in the UK, and we'll make sure we stay well out of the clutches of the psychiatric profession!

Are there any Groups/Organisations in France which are campaigning for Autism/Asperger's to be properly understood and handled? If not, it sounds like you and I need to start one!!