Posted by invisibleman15010 on August 14, 2006, at 9:19:03
In reply to Re: Empower yourself with Knowledge Be your own Judge » invisibleman15010, posted by Phillipa on August 13, 2006, at 20:32:39
Yes, you hit the nail right on the head. Are we going to General Practioners or Psy. Drs that are up with the cutting edge of research. I get the feeling many times that they are pushing whatever the dark suited drug reps with trays of subs, sandwiches and free vacations are pushing. My current Psy dr. is able to explain why they think certain meds. work and is honest when they don't know why some have a benefit. I know when I first started on these is was with my old trusted family doctor. They have to cover the whole gamit of our body. We hear that they are putting more emphasis, training, seminars on mental health issues. Let's hope so. For Chronic Depression, I still think it is a crap shoot, trying one after another until you come close to the target, for awhile. For Anxiety, I have never had any benefit from the new line of antidepressants. Only benzos keep my anxiety at bay. A lot of doctor will not prescribe them, I have twice been told when looking for a new Dr. that counseling and one of the newer meds was all they would try for me. I never went back, especially when they insisted I would go to an all day 8 week anti anxiety group bs session/therapy...no freakin way could I be locked in a room for 8 hours with a bunch of other people......why torture a patient....
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