Posted by Caedmon on April 10, 2006, at 0:14:52
In reply to Would you listen to this doctor? Help please!!!!!!, posted by qbsbrown on April 6, 2006, at 20:05:20
Could there be a cultural difference here? You're in China - are doctors there more inclined to be paternal and the patients should be more passive? I'm just wondering about that, and if you're any likelier to get better treatment from another doc. I mean, maybe, I'm just asking.
I am guessing your doc wants to try stuff that is in more classic Tx algorithms for OCD. So, Paxil, and maybe Seroquel. That's fine, but my opinion is often that if something works, then it works. Any drug can have any effect in someone. I don't know, I empathize, I wish you could have just stayed with the Trileptal and either monkeyed with that or added something to it, not take it away when it was obviously beneficial.
Would I listen to this doctor? Yes, I would listen, but then I would do what I thought was right for my body and mind. I've had a few times in my life where I had to comply to my pdoc's wishes despite my own, but those were times when I was verging on psychosis. The rest of the time I'm a very independent thinker.
BTW I'm not so sure I'd give up on this doctor, either; I'm impressed that you can have so much communication. I think your trick is going to be to communicate effectively your desire for Trileptal. Try not only the regular modes of communication, but also, do research and send her that research. Docs respond best when they feel valued and respected. So, journal articles, polite emails and letters, etc. Just a thought anyway.
- C
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