Posted by Racer on February 5, 2005, at 14:31:32
In reply to Hating pdocs (rant), posted by crushedout on February 4, 2005, at 13:23:20
I'm gonna throw something out there to you, and you can think about whether or not it might fit:
Sometimes, when we've dealt with a lot of idiot pdocs, or abusive therapists, or just generally a ton of different types of meds that have made things worse and worse, we get so sensitized to side effects that we don't give the med a chance to show its good side. And we extrapolate those side effects to the pdoc.
I did this with Cymbalta, when I first started it. Thankfully, a couple of great friends became my rocks -- calling me every day to remind me that I was so overwrought by the year of Dr EyeCandy's shots in the darkness that I would not be able to take an aspirin without being sure it had given me an ulcer! Turned out that Cymbalta wasn't nearly as bad as I thought at first, most of the adjustment phase side effects went away, and I feel better now. That wouldn't have happened if I had followed my own judgement when I first started it.
Give the med an honest chance to show its stuff. Give the pdoc a chance to prove himself or disprove himself.
I know that's not what you want to hear right now -- it certainly wasn't what I wanted to hear when I started Cymbalta, and I screamed at some very, very special people that they were wrong and the med was poisoning me -- but please, think on it and see if some of it fits.
poster:Racer
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