Posted by up'n'down on February 26, 2005, at 0:35:48
In reply to Re: To Green Hornet, posted by greenhornet on February 20, 2005, at 11:01:18
Your list of credentials as well as your family's is full of medical learning. However, I am sorry you are speaking out so strongly against information proving there is physiological abnormalities which cause mental/emotional malfunctions. As I said before, you are entitled to your opinions, but not if they might bring harm to someone who is in a vulnerable condition, and would take your advice as something to try and bring great harm to themselves. One of the first articles on panic disorder was in the New England Journal of Medicine, and it showed the theory of the process of the disease, and then proceeded to explain the reasons; the reasons were verified by tests, and the volunteers were "paniced", the remedy was applied, and the people "unpaniced".
If there is no need for medication, why are we different than other people, and why does medication help a lot of people?
I would hope that if any of you had a patient who was diabetic, you wouldn't tell them not to take their insulin. I actually know of a physician who did that, and told the lady to cleanse her system with saline enemas. Needless to say, the young wife and mother is no longer on this earth, having gone into renal failure.
I am not trying to change your mind about how you feel abouts meds; I am just attempting some damage control, so others won't be swayed in the wrong direction for them.
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