Posted by OldSchool on February 10, 2002, at 23:19:18
In reply to Re: Psycho-Babble not helping anymore, posted by cisco on February 10, 2002, at 20:51:44
> Yes, there are times we DO know better than our psychiatrist, or our Doctor. And I will continue to second guess them.
If I hadnt second guessed one or two of my past psychiatrists, I would have been DEAD a long time ago!! And thats a fact, not my personal opinion. I would have been dead years ago if I had stayed with my first psychiatrist and did everything he wanted me to do. In fact, when I decided to second guess him, he had made me markedly worse off. It was too late by then. Thats the number one thing a Medical Doctor is not supposed to do. Make a patient worse off than when they came to them.
> How impressed should I be with regard to someones medical training? Dr's do not become omnipotent after a few years of school, and a few months of Looney-bin training.
All I can say is Ive had too many psychiatrists who came across to me as Medical Doctors in title only. Yeah they have "MD" in their title, but honestly...who gives a shit? Maybe they do, but I dont. In my mind, most psychiatrists are just professional quacks and shit talkers. Well schooled in psychology shit talk, psychobabble and most of them really dont know all that much about meds.
I think what Im really looking for is a Neurologist who treats mental illness like its a real physical disease. With medical tests and all. And doesnt separate mind and body...or brain and body. Thats probably why I dislike psychiatry...I despise psychology and everything to do with it. Unfortunately, nothing like that really exists yet.
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> The internet is a remarkable resource. No, we are not all instant experts, but we all have access to cutting edge research and results. That is worth a lot.
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> I agree that self-medicating is a potentially dangerous practice. True, we are not doctors. But these are OUR bodies, and OUR minds. It is up to each individual to ultimately decide what substances go inside, and what style of clothing goes outside.
>Self medicating with the modern class psychiatry meds is actually pretty safe IMO. Its self medicating with booze, illegal recreational drugs, opiate painkillers and some of the older more toxic psychiatry drugs is where it is truly dangerous.
Psychiatry is a joke...just hand the whole thing over to Neurology and give it up.
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