Posted by linkadge on July 5, 2009, at 19:09:25
In reply to Re: Is it common for therapists to be anti-med?, posted by bearfan on July 4, 2009, at 4:42:58
>I would try alternative treatments first and use >the meds only as a last resort (all other >treatments failed)
I agree. However, it seems incresingly difficult nowadays (for some reason) to convince somebody that you may actually need medications (whether short or long term). Because everybody and their uncle is on an SSRI people just think they are one of those things that nobody needs.
You try and say, "yes but I really need the medications". And they're like "yeah sure, you and 50 million others"
There is also this assumption that the patient is naive and hasn't exhausted other possiblilties.
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