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Originally Posted by gmku
But unless you can tell me where you got your medical degree, please don't advise SY not to see a doctor. I think that's dangerous and irresponsible.
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she's gone off to work. so I'll answer.
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please re-read her post. it was about antidepressants being of little use. she never advised anyone against seeking a physician.
as far as a medical degree, she has none (unless you count psychology). her father is a physician however and we have both worked in the medical field for a very long time.
I'm not saying this to qualify any advice that she gave other than to point out that she would never tell someone
not to see a doctor.
that said, there are a lot of
idiot doctors out there. simply having a medical degree gives you shit for cred in my book. however, I'm fairly certain that the good ones would have you try non-pharmaceutical options before rearranging yr brain chemistry with a prescription.
if they gave doctorates in depression, girlgun would have one. meds don't fix what's wrong, they just make you not care (about depression or much else for that matter).
***it's a rare occasion where I will ever do this on her behalf.