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Potentially Silly Question about Family History

Posted by honeybee on June 7, 2006, at 17:48:52

Pdocs always ask about family members who've had a mental illness and how they were treated--specifically asking to see if any specific drugs worked to treat their depression/anxiety/etc. When they say that, do they mean immediate family members? At what point does it become not useful?

I mean, my brother isn't on ADs, nor are my parents. My closest relative on an AD is an aunt who started a smidge of a dose of prozac ten years ago (she's in her late seventies now), and my mom's cousin (also an aunt) on pamelor, and her daughter, on zoloft. My cousin (maternal) takes xanax on occasion because she has panic attacks from time to time.

Do any of these count? If so, why isn't my doctor suggesting any of them?

hb


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