Posted by blueberry on December 3, 2006, at 16:37:07
In reply to Re: Illness increases vulnerability to the irratio » blueberry, posted by Squiggles on December 3, 2006, at 15:38:21
> >
> > Personally I think the best of both worlds exists right here at psychobabble.
> >
> That's a considerate post Blueberry.
> Psychobabble is unique in exchaning
> information and asking about meds, when
> you are well enough to do so.
>
> In cases of crisis people may need more.**I've been in crisis and needed more. I had to spend a week in the hospital. Sadly they let me out even **more depressed than I went in.
> And when I mention Torrey, I do not do so to
> provoke but to point out that psychiatric
> care is deteriorating in proportion to the
> growing number of people with depression,
> the lack of an adequate number of physicians,
> the complexity of drug care, and the fall out
> of all that-- mentally ill people on the
> streets, in jails, in abandoned shelters,
> and without recourse to internet help.
>
> Squiggles
>
>**Good point about the internet. I depend on it for heavy research at pubmed, rxlist and pbabble. When a doctor writes a prescription, I guarantee you I know a lot more about that drug than he/she does. Without the internet, I would be screwed.
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