If they want to medicate us, then they need to take responsibility too.

[Deja Q]

A medication said to do one thing does not always do it for all people. Brain chemistry is not the same amongst all people.

Therefore, if a medication causes unwanted side-effects or personality changes or doesn't do what it's supposed to, it MUST not be held against the person taking them.

If we are to be medicated so we conform, then the side doing the medicating needs to lighten up and be a bit more human too. Do not fire or discipline somebody because of the substance they're supposed to be taking!

End of Rant.

[texastoast]

1. Some medicines work opposite to what they are designed for

I know people who quit depending on the FDA decades ago and took responsibility for researching their own health issues and began looking to Commission E for guidance. Following a doctor's orders to a T in the United States can lead to death or dismemberment. Too sheeple for me.


End of cynic rant.

[catmother]

2. i totally agree. your health care has to be in your hands -- you

can't believe everything your doctor tells you unless you have my doctor who will try natural and herbal remedies before prescribing drugs.

[Deja Q]

4. Or a doctor who has a brain and is more than simply being good at tests.

My latest doc has a brain. She does far more than re-read sections of the DSM-IV and mindlessly chuck out medications.

And to say I am atypical is an understatement too. She's good.

My previous ones ranged from "We don't deal with any issues prior to age 18" to those who don't take notes, ask the same questions every month, and treat you like an egg in a kitchen (beaten and whipped). I had a quack treat me like dirt once. And I could have retorted. Hell, with my change in diagnoses, surely someone in that HMO will have noticed the by-the-book quacks they have working for them by now...

[Deja Q]

3. Not cynical at all. Paxil, for example,

does nothing for my PTSD.

It does, however, give me an OCD (I started to obsessively pull out my hair and the quack didn't bother to listen or take notes).

Note that Paxil is given to folks with OCD... it's not meant to give people OCDs.

[catmother]

5. many people have been helped by prozac but when my friend

tried it she had a really bad reaction. she fell over while holding her baby grandaughter. everyone's chemistry is different.

i'm happy that you found a good doctor. some of the younger ones seem to be better although my doctor is 73 but he's constantly up on the latest treatments.