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Re: Take psych meds from a DOCTOR only » Gracie2

Posted by ace on February 24, 2003, at 23:37:21

In reply to Take psych meds from a pyschiatrist ONLY, posted by Gracie2 on February 23, 2003, at 14:28:08

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> The effects of psychiatric medications need to be monitered by a psychiatrist at intervals determined by your psychiatrist. These are powerful drugs and fooling around with them can have devastating consequences; confusion, memory loss, insomnia, psychosis, severe depression, anxiety, agitation, paranoia. To keep switching psychiatric medications throws the chemicals and neurotransmitters in your brain into utter turmoil. Accept psych meds from a psychiatrist only, follow his instructions and don't skip appointments. Very important!
> -Gracie

Just remember, family doctors also deal with these drugs -- they also know vast amounts of knowledge about them and also have psychiatric patients. I think using a family doctor for psychiatric treatment is a very viable option.
I have seen family doctors who are actually better at dispensing psych meds and in some areas know more on psych diagnosis and symptoms than psychiatrists. A lot of people with psychiatric probs DO NOT need to see a pdoc, they can explain their symptoms and be medicated from a normal doc. In fact, a lot of people have been mistreated and misdiagnosed hundreds of times by pdocs and have finally gotten some treatments from a caring family doc.

Ace.


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