Comments on: What do man Psychiatrists an automobile repairmen have in common?

By: rapidfire

rapidfire — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:53:00 +0000

I’m not going to admonish you because I have NO idea what your experience has been. There are people who have for the most part had good experiences and really “know” that they are being helped and then there are others who will tell you that for the most part it was horrible and that they got little to no help, then there are those who land somewhere in the middle regardless of where you land in the spectrum I would think that we could and would understand that just because something doesn’t jive with our personal experience doesn’t invalidate someone else’s the asker of this question has a right to his views as we all have right to ours but he didn’t personally attack any of us I can’t say the same for some “stabalized” people
If the shoe fits wear it
If it doesn’t apply let it fly rapidfire

By: glistam3

glistam3 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:19 +0000

There is a fatal flaw to your assertion. Psychiatrists don’t get any money for medicine they prescribe to you. The pharmacy and drug company gets all that money. Psychiatrist’s only stake in giving the prescription is “Hopefully, this should make you feel better.”

We must be very careful not to go to extremes in regards to mental health. A “No Meds” strategy may be true for some disorders and problems, but it is ridiculous to not medicate certain disorders when a person may kill themselves or everyone around them. I know many patients who would much rather have normal lives and be a little tired and sluggish than to be walking upside down on their hands and eating the carpet. Talk therapy just isn’t going to fix that kind of thing. glistam3

By: Michael the Psycho

Michael the Psycho — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:55:47 +0000

If by psychiatrist you mean FREUDIAN talk therapists, then you are mistaken. Psychiatrists don’t do what they show in the movies. They don’t just talk and give you prescriptions. Take a psychology 101 with any decent professor who knows his sh*t and you’ll understand. The human psyche is by nature, a very subjective study, so you can’t judge if a psychiatrist is helping you or not. Unless of course, a longitudinal study with both an independent and dependent factor is used to confirm the effects of the “help.” And even then, correlation (statistics) cannot infer causation. Michael the Psycho

By: Marguerite

Marguerite — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:06:43 +0000

Sorry you haven’t had luck with psychiatrists.

I reckon there’s one good one among four bad ones. I’ve heard horror stories!

Got to keep looking for that good one. It takes time and effort - but worth it in the long run. Marguerite

By: majnun99

majnun99 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:44:16 +0000

You are comparing an incompetent psychiatrist with an incompetent auto repairman.

I have had about five psychiatrist in my life and I have not had a bad experience with any of them. I have been to auto repairmen who were obviously trying to rip me off. I don’t trust most of them. I drive about an hour away to take my car to the dealer to get it worked on. The same dealer has shops that are closer, but those guys scammed me for $1000 dollars once. I only trust the shop that is an hour away. It’s worth it.

There are good and bad doctors just like any other profession. I might have a slight advantage though, because I work in mental health and I know psychiatrists who I wouldn’t recommend for my worst enemy.

My wife went to a Ob-Gyn who tried to rip us off by billing for things he didn’t do, and my mom was prescribed Aricept for dementia when it didn’t look like it did anything for her.

A friend of mine went to a psychiatrist who was a complete idiot–he talked about phallic symbols and gave her Valium. She got worse and had to be locked up in a mental hospital. Then she got another doctor who prescribed Lithium and she has done reasonably well since then. majnun99

By: steel9maiden

steel9maiden — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:06:32 +0000

Most psychiatric meds do not permanently damage your brain. In my case, I was forced to take rather potent sedatives, and two antipsychotics in hospital a while ago, and I did have temporary memory loss, and found it hard to concentrate or work, even after discharge. But I had the easter holidays, and I came back and managed to A* all my GCSEs (except English), and now I’m studying for my A-levels.
Don’t fret. Anyway, you can always complain/sue if you think anything serious has gone wrong.

Ah - note: I live in the UK, which means my psychiatrist and all my meds are completely free (thanks to taxes), so I suppose my situation is a bit different to yours, financially. steel9maiden

By: FieldMouse

FieldMouse — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:51:44 +0000

I’ve been ripped off by automobile repairmen on a more frequent basis. I’m talking major money.

Psychiatrists are expensive but honestly are there to help you and would never inflict damage to your brain.

I’d rather have a horse to go to work. I’m sick of cars. FieldMouse

By: DR V

DR V — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:27:13 +0000

Sorry, no meds work for dissatisfaction and ignorance.

It is unlikely that a psychiatrist will prescribe something that will hurt your brain. DR V