(November 22, 2015 at 1:17 am)The_Empress Wrote: I mean... almost every doc I've had in the past 25 years, including GPs, want me on meds. The thing is: I'm happier and more productive being miserably depressed than when I'm on meds because the meds totally sap my creativity, and that's one of the main things I live for. I'd rather die than have my creativity be inaccessible.
Doctors can't measure stuff like that.
I agree but it does depend on the doctor or psychiatrist... not everyone wants to push you on meds
And you do say almost every doc, I do agree there's a lot of crap doctors... it's the same as in other professions...
I've had like 6 psychiatrists over the years... the first 5 psychs I had all wanted me on Lithium or another strong mood stabilizer and they were CONVINCED that I had bi-polar disorder... the last psych I had was allegedly the most acclaimed psych in the entire north east on England... and he got me down to very low meds and weaned me off them completely. He believed that I should only be on meds if absolutely necessary, and the absolute minimum is best... he also didn't believe in putting people into boxes and labeling people, and despite him specializing in diagnosis he never wished to label me with a particular illness he said he wanted to focus on symptoms and treatment and he got me off meds, got me healthy and I'm very grateful to him
... definitely best psych I had.... he helped me recover.
