Practice nutrition.. Not pharmaceutical addiction

Originally posted by Relentless

Originally posted by bsl4doc
Most doctors treat patients with the same respect they are given by those patients.

Maybe where you live.

The perspective of too many Drs. in the US is you respect me, I have little regard for you - it's not a mutual thing, not even for the fact that you are paying them. Do as I say and do not question my authority is the general approach where I live. A simple inquiry about your condition or a medication they want you to take results in abuse, not answers. I can't even count anymore the medications I have been prescribed that I have pretended to take because the Dr. doesn't take the time to discuss it first to determine if it might be contradicted in my case. Meanwhile, things I know work for me, I don't seem to be able to get. They don't want to hear it.

Sadly, the only way to even have a primary care physician in a lot of places is to go in, keep your mouth shut and pay your bill. I am the most docile creature (totally not me) in a Drs. office at this point,it's pathetic, yet I am still having incidents where I am paying someone to be abusive with me (oh he's having a bad day, take it out on me).

As for things like Zoloft, I know plenty of people that do need it and it has given them back their lives. However, there is no way PC's should be prescribing them most of the time. Anything that messes with your brain chemicals should be referred to a specialist for initial prescribing and monitoring. Not all people respond to these types of drugs the same, and some need something different. I think most bad experiences with these brain chemical drugs are from improper prescribing without monitoring by PC's instead of specialists, unless you have one of the rare PC's that do really keep an eye on the situation.

Bornleader, I think you just proved that point, after attacking Zoloft, then admitting another drug did work for you.

Wow relentless I am glad you see it that way because that the way I feel too. I live in Florida as well and this has been my experience here. Now I know I sounded like I contradicted myself attacking Zoloft and then saying another prescribed drug worked for me but allow me to explain.. I am totally against the pharmaceutical industry as a whole and I have tried natural remedies in the past. The thing is these natural alternatives did not work and I was put into a very difficult situation. My problems were controlling my life and I felt that I had no options but to go to the doctor and tell him my problems. I felt that I had no other choice. After a couple of trips to the emergency room and countless nights of insomnia I decided it had to stop. You see this is how powerful these pharmaceutical companies are. The FDA doesnt even approve natural medicines so consumers dont even have access to them, so when you are put into a binding situation like mine the only avenue you have to take is straight to ol' doc to get your fix. I felt like it was the only choice! Imagine how I felt taking medicine that I disapporve of,granted it did work, but it was a way to get my life back in order. Now I winged myself off of the medication and I am doing fine. Each day that goes on I learn more and more and find new alternatives,methods, and ways to promote a healthy lifestyle without the use of these drugs. That is what it is about, learning and finding ways so you dont have to do what you dont believe in. Hoped this helped explain my train of thought.