Posted by Cindy W on August 15, 2000, at 9:45:14
In reply to Re: Counterpoint, posted by JohnL on August 15, 2000, at 5:23:15
> With a society that is so advanced and billions in research, why can doctors not provide a real "chemical correction" to brain chemistry rather than sending these little pills of Drano into our system? I can go to a medical doctor, get a checkup, draw my blood and find a deficiency in its makeup and correct it. Why can't something like that be done for the mind?
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> Actually it can. But not the way MOST doctors are currently trained. There is however a way to pinpoint the chemical correction needed.
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> And it does involve pills. The pills--the RIGHT pills--provide exactly the "chemical correction" you mentioned. I understand and agree with you though, that pills alone aren't the complete answer. Healthy foods, healthy activities, counseling, religious convictions, morality...all of these things are important. Ignoranace of any one of them will cause either a physical or a mental deterioration, or both.
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> Chemical correction is something that exists today, right here and now. Unfortunately most medical professionals are not trained in a way as to quickly pinpoint it. Instead they try to match a supposed diagnosis with a supposed appropriate medication for that supposed diagnosis. In my opinion, that is all wrong. But of course, that's kind of like Columbus saying the earth isn't flat. Teachings and beliefs are so well entrenched that many things in psychiatry are taken as fact. But they aren't facts. There are other ways. Faster ways. More accurate ways. Chemical correction can be accomplished in days or weeks. Not months or years. FYI
> JohnToddfromPhoenix, Sorry to hear you're having a really hard time. It's very frustrating, while you try to get on the right medication to improve things (I've been there, done that! and am not sure I'm where I need to be, yet, with meds.) Hope you are also in psychotherapy with a caring therapist; that is what's needed, besides just medication. There is no substitute for human caring, although chemical correction of neurotransmitters can certainly help you benefit from talk therapy by helping you be more receptive to changing your life. I know that my pdoc has helped a lot, just listening and caring and giving me things to think about. Hugs--CindyW
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