Posted by dave40252 on May 14, 2002, at 12:11:53
In reply to Re: warning, this is a big self-pity post, posted by ST on May 14, 2002, at 4:26:06
This may be true in general, but not always in practice. My GP saved my life. He was very well informed about AD's. He scheduled regular follow ups and tried to adjust my meds to find something that works without side effects. More importantly, he understood and actually seemed to care. After about a year and a half and various trials he suggested a referral to a pdoc because of their "superior" knowledge of AD's and his reluctance to combine many meds. My pdoc has absolutlely no hesitation in combining just about anything, but doesn't seem to remember who I am visit to visit, doesn't seem to really care much about side effects, etc. - so long as i am not suicidal everything else is just details - and a couple of times has made statements about meds that i know to be wrong. If she wasn't so completely willing to let me try anything i suggest, I'd be back to my GP in a flash : )
>>>Please get a psychiatrist. I feel that general doctors really have no business prescribing ADs because they are not as familiar with which drugs to prescribe, they usually don't follow up and they have no idea about dosage and...oooh....here I go again. Please find a psychiatrist.
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