Posted by Optimist on February 5, 2005, at 10:37:34
In reply to Re: Getting off the pdoc merry-go-round, posted by banga on February 4, 2005, at 11:47:02
I agree it's a good idea to have a skilled professional there to more objectively assess how we are. Logic and thoughts can become distorted when one is mentally ill, and what makes sense to us may be considered off the wall by others.
I wouldn't go around my pdoc personally but I think I would if my pdoc would only prescribe SSRI's per say and I couldn't find anyone else that was better.
I was thinking of people who shop online for drugs like Selegiline, Amineptine, etc... or people who can't find a doctor that will prescribe them MAOIs due to ignorance or extreme conservatism. MAOI_Chairman comes to mind in that respect. He had to order Parnate over the net without a prescription when no other doctor would give it to him. According to him he's made tremendous improvement.
I imagine though if my current pdoc wasn't so liberal then I'm sure I could find someone in the general area that is. Toronto seems to have a number of informed/aggressive pdocs that I'm sure I could get a hold of if need be.
Brian
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