Posted by JahL on March 2, 2001, at 15:26:35
In reply to Re: Medications Combinations You May Not Know About » SalArmy4me, posted by NikkiT2 on March 2, 2001, at 13:23:31
> Come to the UK - you can only get combos IN hosoital!!!
Too right. What's that all about? The received wisdom in the UK seems to be that all depressions can be resolved by SSRIs or Lithium or ECT.
State-funding creates a complacent environment in which there is little incentive for docs to keep up with medical advances, or try novel (read:'risky') approaches. If you don't 'fit' their limited treatment algorithm you are abandoned (at least I was). Shame on you for not getting better.
Any UKers out there continually coming up against a brick wall, I would (tentatively) advise to cut your losses & (funds permitting) try & consult a good US pdoc (tho' I appreciate this will be logistically impossible 4 many). I have.
US pdocs seem happy to engage in pre-screenig calls; I imagine a UK pdoc would baulk at the idea (can *afford* to remain aloof/removed).
Did I mention I don't think much of UK pdocs?
Jah.
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