Posted by TheOutsider on April 26, 2004, at 17:11:58
In reply to Re: Thanks also for Students Board! UK board?, posted by Dr. Bob on April 26, 2004, at 8:17:56
The medication are the same, more or less, that much is true.
Now heres the difference! Many UK doctors are extremely unpleasant, not to mention backward in their understanding of mental illness.
There are of course really great docs in the UK. But some ideas that are standard in the US, such as combining meds are almost unknown in the UK.
Plus most UK docs think stimulents are evil. One particuly unpleasant doctor told me that stimulent "are neurotoxic and cause long term damge".
Unless you have money and inicitive the prognosis for many patients on the NHS is bleak, especially if they suffer from complex conditions.
Hope this helps, sorry about spelling I am dyslexic.
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