Posted by rotem on December 30, 2002, at 3:23:40
In reply to Re: to jimmygold70- characterizing psychiatrists, posted by rotem on December 29, 2002, at 13:43:59
offffffff, I called Dr Schrieber and he doesn't accept patients- not privately and not publicly. He deals only with hospitalized people.
what to do ?Also coping my previeus question:
Thank you very much jimmy
I want to make clear what kind of pdoc I'm looking for in the
hope you know about someone like that, or maybe even Dr. Schreiber fits this
expanded description.
1. Knowledgeable in psychopharmacology as much as Weizman, with a biological orientations, not a psychotherapy orientation. I don't want him to try psychotherapy on me, but to concentrate on the biology, because I'm seeing a psychologist for the psychotherapy.
2.Have intuition and can diagnose, so he can fit the medicine to my psych (be a good "interface" between me and the medicines). Someone who knows the fine fine distinctions of depression, and not generalize: "depression, anxiety, a little obsessive, so take SSRI". and that's it because the leading theory today links this to Serotonin. I want someone who can, for example, diagnose if my condition is appropriate for dopaminergics (such as mirapex, Amineptine bromocriptine amantadine minaprine Permax pramipexole Cabergoline ,Ropinirole amisulpride etc') or not, and save me a painful experience if not.
3. Someone with A LOT of patience, who will sit with me for an hour (not 20 minutes..), and I can ask questions in psychopharmacology and get answers, not patronizing "you don't need to understand pharmacology" or "your need to understand pharmacology shows you have OCD" (which is partly true, but still i think legitimate).
4. With an open mind. Someone who is prepared to commit himself to help me find a solution, even if the medicines are not available in Israel (for example mirapex). Unlike Weizman, who is "small head"- if the medicine isn't available in Israel, ignores it.
Of course, the psychiatrist needs to know about the medicines, even if he hasn't experience in using them in Israel. I also want him to be able to help me import them, for example sign form 29c.
5. I'm sensitive to medicines and reacts very strongly even at low dosages. So I need the pdoc to take me seriously and to consider if my reactions justify stopping, or the medicine is still the most suitable.
(for example he would also explain to me why this happens from a pharmacological view and not say I'm histrionic).
Unlike one psychiatrist who told me that if I don't take a reasonable dosage for a long time he doesn't want to work with me. I understand the logic rational for this attitude, but there is a limit to my ability to suffer, and the pdoc should differentiate between reasonable reaction and unreasonably harsh response.
Unfortunately I've been to 2 psychiatrist privately who behaved like in "Kupat Holim", with stock answers and "small head".
Hope you didnt lost in my long description...
Thanks for your help
eager to hear your response
Neta
poster:rotem
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