relevance here is that someone reminded me earlier that apparently some doctors claim that antidepressants are harmless. well, no. you get side effects unconditionally (they vary; clomipramine is one of the worst ones) but whether you get anything useful is more of a dice roll
oh I wasn't even talking about psychiatry specifically, doctors who lie and flat out ignore what their patients say are common in all fields. just today talked with someone whose gynecologist said she was lying about OC side effects. hence, power trip
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Then sorry, I misinterpreted you! What you described is sure unacceptable and a power trip (though I am not sure if it is always or even usually the case)
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not always, and as far as i can tell, not even usually, but one is enough; that person swore off prescription OCs entirely so that this wouldn't happen again. one bad apple etc
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that said, it can be much worse when it happens in psychiatry, e.g. one case where a patient whose only crime was suicidal ideation ended up with neuroleptic malignant syndrome...
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or to go back to what prompted this thread, when you give out ssris like candy (and lie about them), plenty of people end up with, for lack of better words, permanent brain damage, and often without any improvement in original symptoms either
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It probably sounds like I advocate for non-functional medical institutions (I'm not!), but this is too complex an issue too --- many people _want_ to get ADs and other drugs like candies, and often ignore side effects and contraindications even when told about them.
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if we look at the US (sigh), direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs means that the general public has a perception of (say) ADs being a sort of psychiatric cure-all, which is justified if you have trust in medical institutions. another facet of the same issue...
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Out of curiosity: this refers to some drugs more than to others, right? If so, have you got a clue why is them?
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I don't understand this well enough, unfortunately.
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