Posted by ChicagoKat on November 10, 2012, at 19:31:39
In reply to Re: Idea 4 Mental Health Prof. Training, posted by emmanuel98 on November 10, 2012, at 19:22:22
> My p-doc sees me for therapy and has for several years, despite the fact that he can make twice as much seeing 2-3 med patients in the time he sees me. He is a wonderful person. He does not suffer from mental illness and never has, but he is empathetic and has years of clinical experience. He also has never taken psych meds himself, but, again, he has over 40 years of clinical experience and is very sympathetic about side effects, withdrawal syndromes, what is and is not effective. He says the holy grail of psychiatry is to find a med that works without side effects. He is a big advocate of using CBT/DBT instead of, or in addition to, meds.
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> I don't know why people make such negative comments about psychiatrists on this board. Both he and almost all the others I've seen while hospitalized (i've been hospitalized four or five times) have been great, doing the very best they can given the limits of psych meds.Sorry Emmanuel, I certainly did not mean to offend. My true purpose in my original post, which was, btw, very tongue-in-cheek, was more a slam of MAOI withdrawal than anything, which unfortunately I have been going through the past few days, and it is , quite simply, hell. I love my pdoc to death, and to imply differently I absolutely did not mean. MAOI withdrawal, if you've never experienced it, is a nightmare...and if you scroll up a few posts you'll see that I had already made a couple of posts about what I was enduring. My best to you...I'm certainly very happy to know you've got a great pdoc. Again, I did not mean to offend, and if I did I certainly apologize.
Kat
- What doesn't kill you makes you stranger
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