Posted by bassman on June 14, 2006, at 6:26:20
In reply to Antipsychotics RULE!, posted by alienatari on June 13, 2006, at 22:20:22
"Anyway, I will not listen to you or anyone else here. YOU ARE NOT A DOCTOR! And most of the people here arnt either.
I thought this place was suppose to be helping and caring not somewhere where people to do stupid things like going against their pdoc(s) opinion"
If your point is that we should all mindlessly follow our pdoc or internist's opinion without doing our own research to make sure the opinion is well-founded, you are absolutely right, this board is collectively heretical. If the choice of psychotropic meds were deterministic, or even something that could assertained with enough medical knowledge, then it would not make sense to do your own research as to what you are taking, maybe. But the choice of meds is an Easter Egg Hunt at best-try this, then this-no competent doc would tell you anything other than that. I think the average number of AD's people try, for example, is 3-4 or more. As with any other potentially life-altering med scheme, the more you know, the better off you are in terms of not doing anything foolish or finding out later in life that there is damage that is long-term that you were never informed about. And there is much collective knowledge on this board from people who study psychoactive meds and no doubt, know more than 99+% of pdocs. Being a doc doesn't mean you're right, it means you went to school for a long time.
This board is so valuable because it reflects many opinions of people who have actually taken meds (that the pdocs, BTW, have not) and often have passionate opinions from those experiences. It's all about not closing your eyes and letting the doc (or this board) make the decision and rather taking some personal responsibility in the matter-the more you know, the healthier you'll be both now and in the future.
poster:bassman
thread:656678
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060610/msgs/656755.html