Posted by Racer on April 11, 2006, at 18:05:50
In reply to Re: Would you listen to this doctor? Help please!!!!!! » qbsbrown, posted by ed_uk on April 11, 2006, at 15:32:49
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> >Oh yeah, im not supposed to look anything up on the internet regarding mental health.
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> Some doctors prefer that their patients lack knowledge RE medications. This way, the doctor can assume the role of the expert. It's got a lot to do with ego.
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>I didn't read it this way. Brian said that he tends to obsess about things, and I kinda figured his doctor was trying to minimize his obsessing about meds and mental health. Not that she was trying to stop him from being an informed consumer, just that she didn't want him to be an obsessing consumer, you know?
Then again, could be I'm wrong...
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