Posted by jane d on January 4, 2011, at 4:29:42
In reply to Re: Talking to your doctor » jane d, posted by Deneb on December 28, 2010, at 11:49:16
> No, I don't worry that she will resent it. She won't get angry if I question her. I just never seem to think of asking questions. I'm just very trusting in general and I kind of like this paternalistic arrangement we have. I'm fully aware that I can take a more active role in my care if I so choose, but I just prefer this arrangement. I'm sure she'd be fine if I suddenly wanted to be an empowered patient or something. I just like trusting her and letting her make all the decisions. I think it's working out just fine.
I'm sure it is working out. Except that you often seem to end up having questions later which you come to babble and to other web sites to get answered. And those answers you get end up being guesses at best.I don't think you need to choose between asking questions and trusting her to decide what you're going to do. A question doesn't have to be a challenge. For instance if you'd very politely asked something like "Isn't that a very high dose of SSRI's? Why am I taking so much more than other people?" I imagine she would have replied that that dose had been shown in a study to work for such and such a condition. And then, when you later came across something on the internet saying that the maximum dose is x - you'd already know why that didn't apply to you and you could just ignore it instead of worrying.
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