Posted by cybercafe on May 13, 2004, at 4:31:27
In reply to Re: ethical question raised by a poster » NikkiT2, posted by fayeroe on May 8, 2004, at 8:55:18
> Amen~~we can say that we are just making "suggestions" concerning anything and there are people who would follow those suggestions because we made it sound so professional, real, authentic, etc. For all you know, I might be Elvis!!! Look me up on the internet. You'll find tons of articles about me! Does that MAKE me Elvis?
Hmmm... i remember LostBoyinNC possibly calling me a moron and telling me not to touch the old antipsychotics ... so i didn't! ... and i am really grateful for his forceful insistence based on what i know now
i tell people to take drugs all the time ...... because i'm too busy to type out "according to the standard reference guide, the american psychiatric association's clinical guidelines for the treatment of ____, it is clearly defined that after treatment with ___ and ___ one should strongly considered ____. Especially when one's symptoms are of the following..." etc etc...
i guess i expect people to not give my opinion much weight, like pretty much ignore me, as i have found in real life, so i try and compensate by perhaps going too far (i dont know honestly, comments?)...but i dunno.... my doc perscribes parnate as a first line drug and was really suicidal and i had to tell him about 3 times before he would finally take it .... rather than committ suicide...... so yeah i feel justified sometimes in going as far as telling other people what to do when their judgement is definately clouded by their illness and they need some guidance....
now if decent doctors were readily available i wouldn't even bother ... (and honestly i think i give enough disclaimers and "discuss this with your doctor first of course, but i think it's a good idea... and tell us whether he says .. 'no, because... ' or 'sorry you're going to have to continue to suffer because i'm not familiar with X and am unwilling to research it'")
ug i could rant forever.... i just want a medical degree so i can go in there and start making a real difference ... apologies for the long messages guys :)
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