That is lovely. My doc is young and handsome. He's a bit of a pill pusher, but not extreme. I suspect he mostly sees the numbers. But what numbers does he chose to see and what numbers does he chose to not see, that is the issue. As a biologist who can read medical papers, to a degree, at the statistical end at least.
We've known for dec…
That is lovely. My doc is young and handsome. He's a bit of a pill pusher, but not extreme. I suspect he mostly sees the numbers. But what numbers does he chose to see and what numbers does he chose to not see, that is the issue. As a biologist who can read medical papers, to a degree, at the statistical end at least.
We've known for decades that psychiatry Rx are nothing more than placebo, that there's no evidence for chemical imbalances in the brain, so no evidence-based justification for SSRIs. Sure, when SSRIs are compared to placebo, there's a 10% difference. Allow me to not feel excited for that. Yet, my numbers obsessed doctor wants to push chronic Rx onto me. I refuse. I want LIFE Rx, not pharma Rx, and that's where my doctor needs tons of coaxing.
That is lovely. My doc is young and handsome. He's a bit of a pill pusher, but not extreme. I suspect he mostly sees the numbers. But what numbers does he chose to see and what numbers does he chose to not see, that is the issue. As a biologist who can read medical papers, to a degree, at the statistical end at least.
We've known for decades that psychiatry Rx are nothing more than placebo, that there's no evidence for chemical imbalances in the brain, so no evidence-based justification for SSRIs. Sure, when SSRIs are compared to placebo, there's a 10% difference. Allow me to not feel excited for that. Yet, my numbers obsessed doctor wants to push chronic Rx onto me. I refuse. I want LIFE Rx, not pharma Rx, and that's where my doctor needs tons of coaxing.