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Re: I get frightened when I read this sort of thing

Posted by linkadge on April 9, 2006, at 11:31:36

In reply to Re: I get frightened when I read this sort of thing » Racer, posted by Phillipa on April 9, 2006, at 11:16:36

I don't think its a matter of being "smarter" than your doctor. When you're dealing with something like a mental health issue, its not always about right and wrong, it can be a matter of what works better and what works worse.

Sure, it can set your mind at ease to think that all of the doctors decisions take place on a wavelength two steps above the average patient, but most of it is trial and error.

My doctor told me it was ok to take lithium and parnate together. When the pharmacy called him back questioning the decision, he recanted !

Thinking you're better than your doctor probably won't get you very far, but as far as do I "trust" my doctor, the answer would have to be: How could anybody fully trust their doctor? Many of these sorts of medical decisions always cary a degree of uncertainty and risk.

You've got to think for yourself. I think it is foolishly to blindly trust every decision a doctor makes for you, under the guise of "oh they know what they're doing"


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