Posted by Bonnie_CA on April 29, 2006, at 2:39:20 [reposted on May 1, 2006, at 17:41:10 | original URL]
In reply to Re: effexor XR interactions with alcohol, posted by renecoston on April 14, 2006, at 9:16:11
> My doctor seems to think that I am depressed every time I tell him something hurts or something just doesn't feel right. They are quick to prescribe and are not truthful about the medications the give you. I was never told about the problems a lot of people have trying to stop Paxil, and when they gave me the Effexor I specifically asked them if it had any of the same withdrawel issues that Paxil had, and the doctor's exact words were, "oh, no, this is a completely different medication and has not given anyone those problems." Hmmmmmmm, yah, okay.
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I'd consider changing doctors if I were you. A good doctor will always try to find the way to fix a problem with other therapies and not just resort to medications. Plus, a doctor that isn't truthful about side effects and withdrawel symptoms is someone who is just there to collect his check and doesn't want to deal with actually treating and informing patients. He just wants to write you a scrip and get you out as soon as possible. And I can agree with the idea that doctors over prescribe, but this is not always their fault, considering they deal with thousands of patients a year, and many are overburdened. They just simply don't have the time or energy to spend really identifying the problems and finding the best possible cure or therapy. But your doctor sounds like one of those that became a doctor just to get rich. I hate those doctors. And, don't be jaded by this doctor... not all of them are like that. I love my MD, and my psychiatrist is pretty cool too.In another post you said something about "dealing with your issues" without medication. I'll be truthful, I took a little bit of offense to that, because if it were "issues" causing my problems, then all those years of talking therapy would have cured me. However, after all that talking, I found my so-called issues to not really be issues, and I was a functioning person again with medications. But, I can see where you get that idea, since so many folks use drugs to escape issues. I wish it were just issues. I had a nurse practitioner (I'll never visit one again, I'll hold out for the doctor) tell me to change my major in college, even though what I was doing was my entire life, most of my identity, and it was what I have wanted to do since I was 12. I'm so passionate about what I do, my life would have been over if I had tried to do something else. (I know this because I tried and was extremely unhappy.) Sometimes, people just have no clue.
And if you don't need meds, consider yourself lucky!
Take care!
- Bonnie
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