Re: an opinion

Posted by Phil on May 10, 2012, at 12:05:02

In reply to Re: an opinion, posted by ron1953 on May 10, 2012, at 10:35:49

> > I do think that doctors should stop prescribing SSRI's like candy, with the assumption that they are the least harmful of the psych meds and you might as well start with them.

>>Sales of almost all SSRI's have dropped off the charts. They may still prescribe too many but they don't prescribe anywhere near what they used to. Or maybe I'm missing something.
> And that goes to the newer ways medical practices work, what with harried doctors cramming in as many 10-minute visits as possible in a day, and this includes many of what you folks refer to as "pdocs".
>>>My insurance 15 years ago only allowed 15 minute med checks. Not the doctors fault or plan. My primary care doc is busy but he will stay and answer my concerns. Doctors don't want to be pcp because of low pay. It's putting more strain on the existing ones.

> I don't have any studies or statistics to cite, but I do know that there is a sizable number of people who are taking unnecessary medications and/or are over-medicated.
>>>And many not taking enough. Plus, millions of people with all different mental illnesses represented that don't even have a diagnosis. Over-med, no med, both bad. Us bipolar disordered people have a nasty tendency toward suicide, especially if unmedicated. I had one aborted attempt and I'm quite sure that if I didn't get rid of my gun 9 years ago I wouldn't be here.

> The other side of the coin is patients having unrealistic expectations about what doctors can actually do, or those who think doctors are some sort of gods.

>>>Yup.

> I like to remind myself of an old riddle:
>
> Q: What do you call somebody who graduated at the bottom of their medical school class?
>
> A: "Doctor"
>>>But may end up being an incredible doctor. How many millionaire / billionaires dropped out of school, have no qualifications to run places like Dell, Apple, Microsoft? But I do like the joke.

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