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To: Aliska
I will never take another drug without doing extensive research on the anxiety/panic/depression newsgroups to see the various reactions people have towards them.

Where did your lack of trust in Doctors first originate to place such trust in the Internet?

20 posted on 11/20/2004 8:34:08 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: EGPWS
Where did your lack of trust in Doctors first originate to place such trust in the Internet?

Because they made so many mistakes in my treatment over the years. They just have to make an educated guess about what might work for you. Can you say "guinea pig"? They don't really know and just start trying a drug and switching to another or a combo until they find something that seems to work. Sometimes if you are on a drug long-term, it quits working. Sometimes a drug only does half the job but it is better than not being able to function at all.

I was once put on a drug (mao inhibitor). I woke up about 8 times a night, felt like laying down in the park and finally lost control of my bladder. I had to threaten to get a lawyer if I had to take any more of that. How many sick people have the courage to take on a powerful doctor? They have the power to throw you in a state hospital if you don't cooperate in taking your meds and the courts back them up.

It depends on the illness. People with schizophrenia are particularly at the mercy of their doctors.

I suffer with anxiety/depression with some ocd behavior which is difficult to treat.

In the beginning, I took whatever they dished out without questioning any of it. Neither did my family because everyone is frightened of and for a family member who suffers from psychological disorders. And everybody trusts doctors.

I shudder to think what they are doing to some helpless people who are unable to articulate what is going on inside or are in nursing homes, etc. People should *always* have a second or third opinion and *never* trust one primary care giver, even if there can be some conflict over professional turf in the process.

21 posted on 11/20/2004 8:48:25 PM PST by Aliska
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