So once upon a time my mom went to the doctor for medication. Specific medication that her friend had been on that helped her with x mental illness. A mental illness that is common and has many different medications and treatments.
She asked the doctor who she had just met for it and he just prescribed it to her like that, no questions asked.
This really annoyed me because the doctor did nothing to investigate her symptoms and gave it to her nearly upon request. The medication did not work and instead worsened her moods.
I'm aware drugs for mental illness can be a hit and miss and its through trial and error you figure out what medication and dosage works for you, but to not investigate at all before prescribing? This could have saved my mom a lot of time and money. If they had set her up with a psychiatrist and found out that she does not have x illness but instead y illness.
Flash forward to my many experiences over the years. I've avoided telling which prescriptions to prescribe, what illnesses I possibly could have that I googled and focused more on telling the symptoms so the doctors with all this apparent vast medical knowledge would do their job and investigate to diagnose.
The problem is many never investigate. So even though its advised against outright telling your doctor what you think you have or need, I'm beginning to think it's necessary.
You know your body more than anyone. And with the vast amounts of research I've done on my own conditions I feel I even have a better idea of my condition than they do. Especially since they're not willing to listen to patient experience. Could be different in other countries but this is overtly American behavior in the medical field.
So please, what are your thoughts? Is it more beneficial to ask for a diagnosis or to tell them what you think you are afflicted with? Is it better to tell them about a medication you've been looking into or ask for a prescription?
Based on your experience and or medical knowledge.
She asked the doctor who she had just met for it and he just prescribed it to her like that, no questions asked.
This really annoyed me because the doctor did nothing to investigate her symptoms and gave it to her nearly upon request. The medication did not work and instead worsened her moods.
I'm aware drugs for mental illness can be a hit and miss and its through trial and error you figure out what medication and dosage works for you, but to not investigate at all before prescribing? This could have saved my mom a lot of time and money. If they had set her up with a psychiatrist and found out that she does not have x illness but instead y illness.
Flash forward to my many experiences over the years. I've avoided telling which prescriptions to prescribe, what illnesses I possibly could have that I googled and focused more on telling the symptoms so the doctors with all this apparent vast medical knowledge would do their job and investigate to diagnose.
The problem is many never investigate. So even though its advised against outright telling your doctor what you think you have or need, I'm beginning to think it's necessary.
You know your body more than anyone. And with the vast amounts of research I've done on my own conditions I feel I even have a better idea of my condition than they do. Especially since they're not willing to listen to patient experience. Could be different in other countries but this is overtly American behavior in the medical field.
So please, what are your thoughts? Is it more beneficial to ask for a diagnosis or to tell them what you think you are afflicted with? Is it better to tell them about a medication you've been looking into or ask for a prescription?
Based on your experience and or medical knowledge.