Posted by Jlx on October 12, 2006, at 19:36:02
In reply to my pdoc: “Fish oil is a waste”, posted by pseudoname on October 12, 2006, at 11:09:43
> I saw my pdoc this morning and (among other discussions) again she suggested vagal nerve surgery. I said, "I'm not impressed by the numbers"; she admitted she wasn't, either.
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> Before I left, I mentioned that I just started trying fish oil capsules for EPA (an omega-3). She laughed. I said, "There's research backing it up." She rolled her eyes and chuckled. "Oh yeah," she said, "the government would never lie to you." I said, "It's university research!" She smirked incredulously and said, "Oh, okay, okay." I said, "There's more research backing up EPA than backing up VNS!" She had no snappy comeback for that.
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> She had EPA confused with taking vitamins to combat free radicals. She said, "If you want to take it, go ahead. But fish oil is a waste."
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> Arrgh! But she prescribes my bupe and she's sweet enough, so I'll keep her for now. I said to her, "It's a good thing I have some self-confidence in the face of your dismissive attitude." She said, "Oh, I figure you can hold your own intellectually."
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> I told her, "I've been dealing with pdocs for 20 years. None of them scare me."My psychiatrist warned me against the very thing that has helped my depression the most -- magnesium. I haven't seen him since, or taken his drugs. :)
JL
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