Posted by med_empowered on November 28, 2005, at 16:27:39
In reply to Hurdles in med treatment, posted by Squiggles on November 28, 2005, at 13:15:06
Med treatment is tricky. Doctors get so irritated, so quickly. I cant count the times Ive seen a shrinks face fall into an expression of irritation, or downright anger, as I explained that I'm having side effects or not experiencing results, etc. Then again...you're right. Patients who are tired and hopeless to begin with are probably the least able to go through trial after trial. I find that what helps some people is to break down psychiatric diagnoses/concepts--which tend to *big* and *vague*--into smaller, more concrete concepts, and then work on addressing these problems. So..instead of "treating depression," the goal could be: being able to get out of bed, not being suicidal, feeling less apathetic, not having slowed thoughts as often, etc. "Anxiety" would be fewer panic attacks, able to leave house, better ability to concentrate, etc. I think that's helpful.
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