Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 11, 2005, at 21:04:07
In reply to Re: Kindling? » Chairman_MAO, posted by SLS on May 9, 2005, at 7:38:17
You bring up a very interesting point that is worthy of investigation. I am absolutely innundated with schoolwork, but I'm going to get around to asking this psychopharmacologist I know what he thinks, as well as my psychiatrist, who seems unusually well-versed in neuropsychopharmacology.
It really is great going to a shrink who knows way more about psych drug action than I do. Of course, it figures that she's barely out of med school; she's still waiting on getting her own Rx blanks, heh. I never asked, but I have a feeling that most of her knowledge was obtained through self-directed learning (which would be awesome because it would mean that she's in it because she loves doing it and not to make money/"be a doctor"), because soooooo many shrinks that I've come in contact with over the years just seem to be utterly clueless about how these drugs work on any more than a basic level. Given that I am an undergraduate whose knowledge is 80% self-taught, it frightens me when I figure out I know more than the MD I am talking to about the action of a drug he/she prescribes.
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