Posted by Tomatheus on October 27, 2006, at 9:59:00
In reply to Re: Is 475mg of Effexor XR a day way to much???? » Tomatheus, posted by yxibow on October 27, 2006, at 3:42:17
> One should be cautious about telling someone point blank to switch their doctor. I've seen posts like this and we all on here except for occasional posts from medical professionals are armchair psychopharmacologists.
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> What I think the doctor meant is that in his extended range of patients (psychiatrists frequently have journal clubs where they anonymously describe their patients and medication) there exists a protocol for a higher dose.Jay,
I feel accused by your statement. I think that there is a difference between telling someone else what I would do in their situation and telling that person to do something "point blank." I was doing the former, not the latter. Nancyjoyandamber obviously knows more about her doctor than I do, so yes, she's clearly in a better position to decide whether or not she should switch docs than I am. I may have taken her doc's statement out of context, and if I did, I apologize. I was clearly making a judgment based on one statement from Nancyjoyandamber's post, but I was by no means "telling [her] point blank to switch [her] doctor." If I wanted to do that, I would have said, "get a new doctor." I was saying what I would have done if I were in Nancyjoyandamber's situation based on her doctor's statement, which is a lot different from dictating what she should do. I don't mind if others disagree with me, and I certainly respect Nancyjoyandamber's choices when it comes to her mental health treatment. But it bothers me when others accuse me of saying something that I never said. I would never tell anyone to "point blank switch their doctor."
I'm also sorry if I didn't make it clear in my post that I'm a patient and that I'm not making myself out to be a medical professional of any sorts. I thought that I was making this obvious by starting one of my sentences by saying, "I wouldn't trust my mental health to anyone who says..." but I realize that it's possible that a medical professional could say the same thing. So, I apologize for not making it more clear that I'm also a patient.
Tomatheus
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