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.
Expect long waiting lists for most things unless you go to private clinics
Would you say for ER care or long wait time for specialist? I’ve had to wait like 6 to 8 months to see a specialist at one point
I’ve had er wait times of 6+ hours for non life threatening but urgent care. Some of my friends back home have been on a waiting list for almost 2 years for mental health.
For specialists I visited, 6 months at least what pretty standard. For both the cardiologist and gastronomic doctor it was more than 6 months.
Ahh, would you say those wait times are pretty average? Depending on the hospital and the day it always just kind of varies but it’s amazing when some visits goes smooth and you spend less then an hour or 2.
That sounds about right, it’s always a couple of months, where did you receive the care?
Don’t be racist. Move to Africa
LOL one day…one day
I’d advise against going to an EU country, as being in another place basically needs all the resources you can summon to become successful. Being out of your comfort zone, and familiarity of the US is easier, as you will have to accommodate their cultural and language with little flexibility. To add to this, psychologists, especially English speaking ones are difficult to come by and may or may not be under what constitutes medical protection. I know health is expensive in America, but uprooting yourself to a new area takes a lot of effort, and leads to a lot of stress. Going to the ER with people reluctantly speaking English about your well-being I would think would add to your stress, rather than remove it.
Either way, the usual of learn another language, learn marketable skills, and hope for a transfer with your American company. Make it a long-term goal.
Good luck!
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.