Posted by Else on July 26, 2001, at 22:09:20
In reply to Re: Schedule II Prescription Restrictions? » Else, posted by Buster on July 25, 2001, at 22:43:47
> > If you have a refractory depression I suggest you DO get a psychiatrist quickly. I'm surprised you don't have one.
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> Else,
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> I've had some *major* (and by *major* I mean MAJOR) problems in the past with mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, who have abused their position of power. I can't trust any of them and have vowed that I will never see another psychiatrist as long as I live.
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> Also, the psychiatrists I have seen invariably become extremely frustrated with my problems in tolerating medications, although I have not been able to tolerate *any* medication other than hormones - not just psychotropics - on a long-term basis.
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> Several of my psychiatrists have told me they believe my inability to tolerate medications has a psychological rather than a physiological basis. The rest just made comments that insinuated that that was what they believed.
> That attitude does wonders for the treatment relationship.
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> I also find it interesting that I need antihistamines and a number of other medications to help me get over these "psychological" reactions.
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> BusterFunny you should mention that. I recently started Nasonex for rhinitis and I sleep much better. Maybe it's just a coincidence, I don't know. Maybe you should see a neurologist, a neuropsychiatrist or maybe an endocrinologist. I just personnally think GPs are good for prescribing penicilin and not much else. Once I saw a GP at a clinic and asked if I could get Ativan for a night to two. He said he wasn't sure he could give me those since I was on Depakote. I said yes, I've combined the two before and it's in the PDR anyway, look it up. He went through my whole file and ended up giving me two pills after waisting a lot of time. Another GP I see never knows what my problem is no matter what. Her answer to everything is: "I don't see what that could be". Look, maybe you've been unlucky with psychiatrists but maybe you could shop around, talk to some people here who live in your area, go to university hospitals or see younger doctors who are less likely to have been brainwashed by freudian ideology.
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