Posted by hello123 on January 29, 2015, at 19:19:21
In reply to Is your psychiatrist a huge help?, posted by fido on January 29, 2015, at 19:04:25
ive never found a psychiatrist who was a huge help. my favorite one was one who was willing to try experimental treatments. but she eventually said she didnt know what else to try and stopped seeing me.
every other psychiatrist ive been to basically works like this: i tell them my symptoms. they pick from a list of meds FDA Approved for those symptoms, making sure not to combine meds with bad interractions. then send me out.
the psychiatrist i liked actually described to me the mechanism by which she thought a prescribed med could help me. going beyond just saying somethin like "This med increases Serotonin, which is good for Depression."
my very first appointment with a Psychiatrist, i figured the guy was probably around the genius, considering he us working with what is, as far as we know, he most complicated thing in the Universe. But over the years of seeing various psychiatrists, ive just not been aware of much of the knowledge youd expect one to have after all the schooling they do.
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