Posted by Quintal on March 20, 2007, at 17:47:53
In reply to Re: Something I don't understand... » football, posted by Racer on March 20, 2007, at 16:17:16
Yes, I do disagree with you on some points Racer. A lot depends on the skill of the individual pdoc and, I would say even more, on their empathy. Much healing comes from that in my experience. I know being stuck with a pdoc who lacks these qualities can do a great deal of harm.
I would say Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder where the perceptions of your own body are notoriously distorted, and outside opinion is very likely to be more accurate than your own. This is not necessarily true for other psychiatric problems where a great deal of thought and insight is needed to get a clear picture of what is going on with a person's inner emotional life. We see our pdocs usually only once every six months here, and then only for twenty minutes. Nobody, and I mean nobody, no matter how experienced and keen of perception can get a reliable, clear picture of a person in that short space of time.
Many of my pdoc's comments suggest he has no idea at all of how my mind works, or how much I suffer. In addition he often used to refuse to make suggestions for me saying "I don't know how to help you any more Mr. Quintal" as well as making mistakes in prescribing MAOIs, when he should really have double checked. I'd be a fool to trust his perceptions more than my own.
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