Posted by Cecilia on November 19, 2001, at 3:55:49
In reply to Re: You deserve the best » Cecilia, posted by akc on November 17, 2001, at 8:40:34
> Cecilia,
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> I feel very, very sad for you because you have not had the advantage of having a "good" doc -- someone who has been able to help you through the difficulty of these many trials to find the right combination. It took two years for my doctor to find the right combination. However, I believed in her insight and ability to find that combination. Sometimes I would start to think I would never get better. But, the trust was so important in the process. I think trust is as important ingredient in finding the right meds as is the meds themselves. If your belief is that well, it really doesn't matter what this doc does because it isn't going to work -- well, that may be self-defeating. The power of the mind is great -- and having a belief that your doctor is going to be able to solve the mystery, no matter how complex -- that is so important.
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> I hope that you will gain something from this thread - a hope and a desire to find a doctor you can believe in. A belief that a doctor is more than an automaton -- who's insight and ability to think outside the box can lead to solutions that are unique and right for YOU. Pyschiatry is unfortunately not an exact science -- oh that it were. In fact, the science of the brain remains in many ways the most inexact of them all -- and that mystery is you -- when you say you are depressed and anxious and having a hard time -- and this has been going on and on and on, this is not about just "throwing" another med at you. You deserve the best. You really do.
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> akcWell, I wasted forty thousand dolllars on talk therapy that failed because of my inability to trust, but I still don`t get why trust or lack thereof should affect how meds work-if they only work because of our belief in them or in our doctors they`re just placebos. In any case, I have no clue how to develop the ability to trust a doctor, so if trust is a prerequisite it`s clearly hopeless. It isn`t a question of finding the "right" doctor-I`m terrified of all doctors.
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