Posted by jazzdog on November 16, 2001, at 10:54:42
In reply to Re: Anyone have a 'good, trusted' Doctor(s)????, posted by Mark H. on November 15, 2001, at 21:23:24
> My psychiatrist is brilliant, compassionate, funny, optimistic and confident. He absolutely guaranteed me that he would find a combination of medicines that would relieve my depression, if I would only be patient and compliant. Over the course of four years total (three with him -- the first year with a GP), I tried more than 25 different anti-depressants and adjunctive medications. My psychiatrist was on line to colleagues at Stanford and around the country, describing my refractive condition and asking for new things to try.
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> When the breakthrough came, there was absolutely nothing subtle about it. On June 21, 1997, my new mix of meds took effect and it was as though a thick, suffocating dark curtain lifted, and suddenly I was able to experience pleasure and sadness, to feel my feelings, and to understand how ill I had been.
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> It was from that point that therapy began to help as well, and slowly I've put my life back together, although with a great deal more respect for the stresses we all face.
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> The quality of life I enjoy today is largely due to the cheerful, intelligent persistence of my wonderful psychiatrist and his unwillingness to give up on me.
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> Yes, there are great doctors out there, living treasures among us. Don't give up!
>Hi Mark -
It's wonderful that you found a great doctor and the magic combination of meds. Stories like this really give me hope. Do you mind telling me what meds you're now on? Thanks.
- Jane
> Mark H.
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