Posted by bleauberry on February 3, 2009, at 5:30:37
In reply to Treatment decision tree - algorithms, posted by Garnet71 on February 3, 2009, at 0:16:45
The funny, or sad, thing is that in nearly all patients the very first step is brushed over very lightly or not at all..."Diagnose organic disease". I've had many doctors and none ever attempted to diagnose anything. A glance at thyroid TSH and a routine blood draw was about the extent of it. That is not exactly what I would call diagnosing organic disease.
Sigh.
At the very least I would think it should be routine to do a provoked heavy metal test, ask about dental history, do advanced testing for Lyme, chart the cortisol daily 24 hour curve, test thyroid TSH, freeT3, T4, and thyroid antibodies, test Candida, and possibly an MRI.
If it was the heart or kidney or something else suspect, they put all kinds of effort into finding out exactly what is wrong. But the brain, the most important organ of the body, oh no, it's fine, just feed it some Prozac.
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