Rach, sorry to hear that about the mga and Oxford. I guess it's bad everywhere. At least here on this forum no one's going to tell you you're crazy or depressed. I just want you to know that most of us have been told we're crazy, go see a psychiatrist, go on antidepressents. It's really insulting but also, the world's biggest cop out. Can you imagine if your boss came to you and said, "here, fix this problem" and you say back, "eh, doesn't look like a problem to me, therefore I don't have to do anything and by the way, you must have a lot of personal issues, you're probably crazy. Okay, I want my paycheck now." It seems like the medical profession is the only profession where you can smirk and shrug your shoulders and insult your clients and make no effort to help them and still get paid a fortune. People are going to catch on eventually and I think the internet-educated are going to be the spark that lights that fire.

In the meantime keep telling yourself that you know what you know and you are not crazy. Keep trying to figure out ways to work the system to your advantage. Maybe you could complain that you were diagnosed by an MS specialist. That's not right. Can you appeal the medical records? When I went to my gp when this all first happened she insisted that I was depressed so I went to a psychiatrist and had her write a letter back that I wasn't depressed and now that's in my records which is good. Then another gp insisted that I had fibromylagia despite the fact that I don't have the symptoms (waste basket diagnosis in this case) so I went to a rheumatologist and had him write a letter back that I don't have fibromyalgia. Use their lack of psychological knowledge against them. If they say you are nuts, make them prove it - it will backfire on them. You can do this with a wide-eyed innocence that won't make them angry after all you just want to follow up on the wise advice, right? And then you can at least have the differing opinion on your record. It might be worth writing to Angela Vincent and see if you get a response. She may have heard hundreds of stories like yours and be sympathetic.

Good luck, keep trying!!