Posted by Squiggles on May 22, 2007, at 6:57:25
A friend of mine who has major depression
(endogenous i think, but she now speculates
reactive) is planning to get of her noxious
meds so as to live a life. I sympathisize with
the side effects and have suggested she see a med doctor, but it always ends up in a fight. Past experiences shows a high risk of suicide when she
has done this, but her dr. says, you can only find out if the results will be good if you try. So, she'll try.I'm really concerned. I've been told that such situations are between the patient and the doctor but what if the doctor is like Dr. Szatz who granted the freedom to get off lithium to one of his patient and the patient committed suicide? If the dr. says it's OK then what is the use of saying it's between her and her dr.? I don't care about good public relations if they lead to death. Oh, and she think i am not bipolar too.
I'm really concerned. What can I do?
poster:Squiggles
thread:758763
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