Posted by jiggitykid on November 19, 2003, at 7:46:40
In reply to Re: Ohmygawd I feel so stupid, posted by gfreyg on November 19, 2003, at 4:18:55
>>>Please reconsider your trust in a doctor who prescribed you more dangerous drugs to counteract the effects of the dangerous drugs you are currently afraid/unable to quit. This is a dangerous cycle!<<<
I am SO GLAD you had the words and the guts to post that. I feel the same way. I keep reading all of this, "I take this to counteract this, and I take this to counteract this," here, because some skewed thought process (hmm, caused by the Effexor?????) has the patient thinking that 1) the doc has his best interest at heart and 2) the Effexor is working (if it were, there would be no side effects that needed more drugs!!!!). There are amazing physicians out there who do care. But, bottom line, you (the patient) are not her child, so you are not on her mind first thing in the morning and last thing at night. THE PATIENT is in charge of his own health and health care. DO NOT blithely float along, assuming the doctors have got you covered. As my husband says, after all is said and done, physicians are still just "practicing" medicine.
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