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Re: Oranges and Satsumas » JahL

Posted by Noa on April 3, 2001, at 6:42:28

In reply to Re: Meds/psychotherapy » Noa, posted by JahL on April 2, 2001, at 12:00:02

Point well taken.

The impression I have been getting about psychiatry in the UK is that it is not up to date at all. Another poster from the UK has been struggling with horrible anxiety and depression, and cannot find a doctor who will use a combination of medications to address her various symptoms and balance the chemistry out so that there aren't intolerable side effects. I find this difficult to fathom, as the use of medication "cocktails" is so standard here in the US, at least if you are being medicated by a psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmocology, rather than by a family doctor. Without the polypharm approach, I would still be (at best) a basket case! Seriously, I am quite sure I would not be able to function well enough to hold onto my job and am not sure I would have been able to survive the worsening episodes of depression.

It just seems ridiculous to me for a country that is one of the most powerful in the world to be so behind in a major area of medicine!

Given this problem, it isn't that surprising that the psychotherapists would also be behind the times, I guess.

I am sorry you folks have to deal with all of that. Is there a mental health advocacy organization in Britain that could lobby for change?


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