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Posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
[from http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020709/msgs/112746.html]
> Because I am trying to do so!
Posted by Phil on July 19, 2002, at 9:45:41
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2002, at 11:50:40
In reply to Why? (nm), posted by Phil on July 19, 2002, at 9:45:41
Check out the meds board. It's all explained there.
Posted by rjk on July 19, 2002, at 17:14:28
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2002, at 20:19:59
In reply to Dr Bob, what is your view on my situation? (nm) » Dr. Bob, posted by rjk on July 19, 2002, at 17:14:28
Hi rjk,
Just letting you know that Dr. Bob generally restricts his input to administration of the site, and generally allows for peer support and education.
I wouldn't want you to think it's personal in case he doesn't respond. :)
Mainly he responds to questions about which board to post to or about the administration of the site.
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 21, 2002, at 17:45:35
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
Re: I hear what you say
Posted by Wilkie on July 19, 2002, at 9:59:17
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020718/msgs/112787.html> remember that you are the one who made the decision to take the prescribed meds after only one appointment and you are the one who increased the dosage after being told to do so over post.
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Re: Wilkie
Posted by rjk on July 19, 2002, at 17:22:15> I am not sure where you are coming from. If patients are expected to diagnose and medicate themselves, what is the point in seeing any doctor for medical advice? If I had ignored the advice that I had been given and suffered as a result of doing my own thing, I would agree with you.
Posted by ctrlaltndel on July 21, 2002, at 20:47:21
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
OOOO so tempting to mess with that title -it would have been crude and childish..maybe neurontin's working after all.~~~~~~"HI BOB"~~~~~You don't read every thread do you?
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 27, 2002, at 2:20:38
In reply to Re: Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist? « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2002, at 9:44:29
[Posted by rjk on July 26, 2002, at 5:47:05
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020725/msgs/113714.html]
> > > > > > Why? What happened?
> > > > > I was advised to take a combination of ADs (remeron + effexor) that has done me a great deal of harm. I was diagnosed as "treatment resistant", which I wasn't and when I told the psych who advised me to take them that I was having problems, he wrote to me and told me to increase the dose. There are other issues as well, but that idiot has wrecked my life.
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> > > > Perfect example of what I said earlier - NO ONE KNOWS ENOUGH ABOUT THESE DRUGS TO BE CONSTANTLY PRESCRIBING THEM TO US ALL!!! All they know is: in some cases, they work. Why? Will we ever know? Not until more thorough research is done!
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> > > > Ok, ok, you are going to say that if someone is about to commit suicide and the drugs save them...well, then they're ok. But why are we all prescribed drugs like candy, given out samples at physician's offices, not helped into dealing with our problems through therapy? WE ARE THE GUINEA PIGS OF THE NEW PSYCHO DRUG GENERATION!!!
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> > > > I'm not sure if you should sue your psych personally, just because if you are having depression, etc. already, don't rock the boat with a lawsuit per others' advice. Also, yes, suing has become commonplace in our society. Still - someone should be held accountable for the fact that we are being fed drugs whose effects no one is very sure of - especially in the long term - and I say fed, because when you go into the doctor's office they will seriously hand them out to you...
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> > > > Stepping off my soap box now...
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> > > > Mireille
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> > > Thanks for your comments. What also really annoys me is the fact that since taking that combo I was prescribed 10 different meds before doctors realised that there might be a problem.
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> > > Richard
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> > Wow Richard, thanks for your comments too. I seem to have annoyed quite a few people, but I knew there must be even more out there who had been put on the wrong meds, had meds thrown at them as a solution, etc. One of my dear friends had the same experience as you - she was put on antidepressants of various sorts for 6 years before they took her off altogether and realized that what she had was lupus! I mean, I feel for the doctors on one hand because they are always overburdened, but does anyone out there know what they are doing?
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> > (Poor Dr. Bob is probably dying to say a thing or two...? :)
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> > Mireille
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> I would like to know what Dr Bob thinks about all this.
> I am trying to sue the psychiatrist who advised me to combine those meds. Not for the money, but as a point of principle. I am not suggesting that combining meds for people who are "treatment resistant" is wrong, but I believe that I was wrongly diagnosed and if I am successful, it may make pdocs a little more thoughtful about the way they do dish out drugs like candy.
> I believe that I was being experimented on. If I had been told that and advised that there may be a risk, then I would only have myself to blaim, but I wasn't.
> Richard
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Posted by Dr. Bob on July 27, 2002, at 2:22:03
In reply to Experimental combos » Mireille « rjk, posted by Dr. Bob on July 27, 2002, at 2:20:38
[Posted by rjk on July 26, 2002, at 13:35:27
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020725/msgs/113809.html]
> > >resistant" is wrong, but I believe that I was wrongly diagnosed and if I am successful, it may make pdocs a little more thoughtful about the way they do dish out drugs like candy.
> > > I believe that I was being experimented on. If I had been told that and advised that there may be a risk, then I would only have myself to blaim, but I wasn't.
> >
> > ... i guess the question is.... what does the current research say about combining, was it remeron with effexor? ...
> >
> > cuz if current research says it's safe and effective, your doc probably didn't do anything wrong...
> > if current research says it's dangerous and ineffective, your doc did something wrong
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> > i mean it's all about method and standards...
> > .. did he do what was reasonable for a member of the medical profession to insure that what he was doing was safe, or was he negligent or reckless in his behaviour.
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> I now have a psychiatrist who is also a barrister advising me on my position. He acknowledges that there are risks attached to combining meds and based on the information he has on my circumstances, does consider that the pdoc who suggested that combo was negligent. We will see. I know these things are never straight forward, but at the moment the "experts" who I am now consulting do think that I have a good case for compensation.
> Regards
> Richard
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