Posted by herpills on July 11, 2010, at 20:19:07
In reply to Premature Death Linked To Mental Illness, posted by Phillipa on July 9, 2010, at 23:58:24
"Overall, I think psychiatrists need to go back to their medical training. We need to be screening for hypertension and high blood sugars, need to be watching patients carefully when we put them on medications that they're not developing obesity, and need to be counseling our patients about the importance of quitting smoking, about healthy diet, and about exercise,"
That's the key phrase right there. I've had several pdocs, inpatient and outpatient, none of them ever talk to you about what it means to have a healthy lifestyle. I'm still working it out on my own. The docs just give out the pills.
herpills
Dx: Bipolar NOS
Medications: Lamictal 200mg, Geodon 60mg, Klonopin 1mg
Supplementation: Fish Oil, B Vitamins, Exercise
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