Posted by med_empowered on July 26, 2007, at 8:13:11
In reply to was this doc causing my dads depression to worsen?, posted by calamityjane on July 25, 2007, at 22:40:40
that's an intense situation. I don't know how they did meds in the 80s, but that combo looks ridiculous. 2 tricyclics? Several benzos? The Halcion in particular is disturbing; from the get-go, it was associated with paranoia and increasing depression. Why was it RX'd along with Restoril (which one thinks would have been enough of a sleep aid, as long as the dose was ramped high enough) ?
This whole situation strikes me as very, very shady. The pdoc came to your house? I don't know how Texan shrinks in the 1980s did medicine, but these days...having a shrink make a housecall is almost unheard of. Was he a friend of the family?
Have you asked your mother why she called the pdoc, and not a normal doc? Perhaps she could shed some light on what was going on.
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