Posted by spike4848 on February 24, 2002, at 7:55:27
In reply to The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be, posted by christophrejmc on February 23, 2002, at 22:50:15
> I don't see why it matters if one sees a neurologist or a psychiatrist. I don't know of many psychiatrists who do psychotherapy, so it's basically a matter of who's shoveling out the Prozac. What can a neurologist tell me that a psychiatrist cannot?A neurologist understands the various functions of each part of the brain and how they interaction. They also understand the pathophyisiology of brain disease (and depression is a brain disease). So they are much better equipt to finally uncover the cause of depression and how to sucessfully treat it, whether it be with meds, ECT, VNS, etc.
Psychiatrists have *NO* working knowledge of the brain, and therefore have know way determining the cause of depression. So they basically just "shovel" out what ever med the pharmaceutical company gives them. And these companys often give out medications that are marginally effective for depression. SSRIs and serzone are such meds, often giving patient only partial relief. I know many patient who took SSRI for years with little success, and once they started a TCA/MAOI they finally felt relief. So these people suffered for years on SSRIs and lost many years of there life. It is really sad.
Unforunately, many pdoc are brainwashed into only prescribing SSRIs and effexor. I have heard some pdoc state they will never prescribe a TCA/MAOI. That is malpractice!
Hope this answered your question.
Spike
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