Posted by nobodyz on January 19, 2004, at 8:38:23
In reply to Re: Meds and Your Body: TRUST YOURSELF » nobodyz, posted by Francesco on January 19, 2004, at 7:36:41
<<<Thanks, very helpful post. I find sometimes myself in a dylemma-situation. I know about my disturbs and my reactions to meds more than my psychiatrist knows. But he knows about meds more than I know. Therefore I can't say for sure his suggestions are wrong and I'm condemned to take meds because *maybe* he knows better than me what could help in my case. The picture is complicated by the fact that a med that has certain effect in the first days may have other effects in the long term (or at least is what they say). Not to talk about placebo effect, nocebo effect, and so many variables that make me impossibile take a rational decision. If I have to trust my insticts I will throw away all the meds and live my life as it is. But, would this be rational ? Just don't know>>>
Yes, I understand totally. It is complex. However, what I meant to suggest was only that when the doctor is NOT listening to important health information you are giving him, that is when trusting yourself has to come first. Or, that is my belief. There are good doctors and bad doctors. But the hardest ones to work with are the in-between ones who simply do not value the patient's input by blithely ignoring information. They seem so "innocuous" ... so NOT bad, at least not aggressively bad. But taking prescriptions from someone who does not listen is, to me, as dangerous as writing a script out myself. (I am not a doctor, so that would be very dangerous!)
Obviously, good advice is good advice. When it all fits together and seems reasonable and doesn't leave you saying "But!" because the doctor has ignored you, it's a good thing. But if he has ignored your telling him you are ALLERGIC to penicillin, say, and is saying that penicillin won't hurt you, it doesn't hurt him, that's the time to run. Or at the very least, trust yourself. Also risk factor is important. Not the percentage of people whom it affects -- the LEVEL of the bad effects.
For instance: if the risks of drug A are death and the risks of drug B are a little sleepiness, seems to go without saying that one would choose drug B, even if A is the "perfect choice" according to the doctor.
Follow what I'm saying?
-nobodyz
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