Posted by MSWGradStudent on June 7, 2006, at 5:51:44
In reply to Re: Really Bad Doctors Appointment!, posted by Tom Twilight on June 6, 2006, at 16:34:35
Healthcare, especially mental health care, is a pet topic of mine. I try to stay as objective as possible about the issue even though I serve a dual role as a patient and a provider within the US system.
I'll leave my academic/professional opinions out of this and speak entirely from a personal stand point. I think that we sometimes put too much responsibility on our doctors to fix us.
I know I saw the psychiatrist as the answer to all of my problems a year ago. Now, I see him as a man with a degree who tries to help people as best he can but is still falliable.
Doctors are people and they will NEVER know us as well as we know our own bodies. EVER! Regardless of their location in the UK, US, or planet Venus... we are the experts for our own bodies and should be the experts in our own care.
What do you feel has worked the best for you since you started treatment? Are you able to further pursue that line of therapeutic intervention?
I think you are strong to be looking for resources outside of your primary physician but maybe even look past physicians altogether for a bit... I'm NOT saying to discontinue meds or ignore medical advice... I'm saying that there are ways we can supplement what they offer that can benefit our lives tremendously.
Personally, I wish I would have relied more on ME and less on MD last year when I decided to take an antidepressant. I'm horribly affected now and I don't see any signs that it'll be healing up any time soon.
I thought he had the answers...and it took a year of my life to realize that I'm NOT one of those people who need meds to survive. I should have listened to ME earlier in the game.
Good luck and hope this makes some sort of sense. Take care.
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