[Magdalen] Drug research.

[Jay Weigel]

Scott, you must remember that a number of things influence doctors'
decisions and abilities, among them poor health, burnout, and lack of time
or desire to update. It sounds like your partner's previous psychiatrist
may have suffered from all three and possibly some other factors as well.
TBTG StY is now in good and safe hands.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Presumably my dear partner's previous psychiatrist had the training
> and experience, but I saw firsthand how he dealt with a prescribed
> drug not doing its job well or "pooping out." He'd proceed slowly over
> to a large cabinet filled with samples, make a snap decision on a drug
> to "try," and throw about a dozen sample packets at him. "Here, try
> this one...you haven't tried this one yet, have you?" As though they
> were light bulbs and he was looking for one that wasn't burnt out...or
> something.
>
> That, and the psychiatrist's own apparent poor health (rendering him
> barely awake at some appointments) made us determined to get Scott
> into the Rush University Medical Center system. And God made that
> happen, through a series of miracles including the reduction of an
> expected months-long waiting time to less than 24 hours to get an
> urgent psychiatric evaluation. He's had excellent care from Rush
> psychiatrists since then. It took a visit to Rush's emergency
> department when Scott was just steps away from being suicidal. (He had
> learned through experience to give a forthright and unequivocal "No"
> to the question asking whether he had suicidal thoughts or thoughts of
> hurting himself...He nearly got himself admitted to St. Joseph
> Hospital on that question previously...he hemmed and hawed and then
> was asked the question loudly again, and the consequences of not
> denying suicidal ideation were explained in great seriousness.)
>
> Through a series of helpful hospital physicians and then the great
> call saying he could get right into the psychiatry department for an
> eval, he got what he needed at Rush and continues to do well with them
> and his prescribed drugs.
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > IMNSHO, no doctor should be allowed to prescribe such
> > medications who has not taken an intensive course in psychopharmacology,
> > passed an exam with a sufficiently high score and been certified.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>