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Larry Howard8 said:No, I didn't mean physical distance—I meant feeling disconnected from them as a person.
from them.
Mentally, mostly, but physically too.
Justin Rogers5 said:Anyone else on this cocktail? I'm taking Deprozel, a quarter of Surpilid, a quarter of Riset in the evening, and one Lorzilan at night. My psychiatrist laid this all out for me. Anyone actually have experience with any of these? Thanks.
Larry Howard8 said:I don't have any official medical records.🤷
After my first session, she told me my main issue was
separation anxiety,
and that my depression was just a byproduct of that anxiety and being away from my parents.
I was convinced—well, terrified, actually—that I was developing schizophrenia,
so at my request, she referred me to another psychiatrist. He wrote up a
two-page summary of his opinion, and he didn't even mention that F-35 thing
anywhere in there. He just confirmed exactly what she had told me.
Larry Howard8 said:27
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Larry Howard8 said:If I have these kinds of thoughts for another two weeks, even the sanest person would lose it...
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I'm still a virgin,
and according to Freud, that’s exactly why I’m losing my mind.
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Larry Howard8 said:For me, it actually caused weight loss—I dropped about 6 pounds.
I've been taking one pill a day for a month now and I still feel completely messed up.
But when I was on two pills a day for ten days, things were different.
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Larry Howard8 said:How long does it usually take to kick in?
And what kind of side effects did you guys deal with?
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Larry Howard8 said:For the hundredth time,
is anyone else here taking Zoloft?
🙄
btw, I definitely wouldn't recommend mixing Zoloft with alcohol.
I’ve been there before, and it just turned me aggressive, triggered panic attacks, and all that good stuff...
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lamija;25295298 said:So, what's the big deal here?
Well, there's this specific diagnosis—it’s got an ICD code, though I can't recall the exact number off the top of my head.
It's F32.3—that's a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms. It's pretty much an acute situation.
F33.3 would be a major recurrent depressive disorder with psychotic features, which means we're looking at the chronic phase of the illness.
fadedbear92 said:Iwas looking at this medication, and they barely even mention depression or anxiety—it's just tucked away in the very last line.😲
velvetsailor26 said:Come on, don't try to scare me; I feel perfectly fine on it.
I've been taking 200 mg once a day for a week now.
Actually, it was prescribed for depression with psychotic features.
As for side effects, I didn't get a formal pamphlet since it was handed to me directly at the ward.
So far, it's working just fine for me.
It's definitely better than that damn Lexapro.
velvetsailor26 said:Hey everyone, has anyone here actually tried taking Bill Gates? Or maybe you've been on it for a while?
ruggedscout91 said:The topic was indeed opened earlier, but this space became a sanctuary for those who couldn't fully make their case over on the news sites.
Life happens, and what transpired speaks for itself. Let me be clear: my sympathy goes out to the dedicated doctors across America struggling with impossible workloads and budgets. As for the irresponsible cowards? They deserve nothing.
Michael Ortiz68 said:As far as I am aware, this thread was actually started before the one on the New York Times forums.
It is important to maintain faith.🙄
At the end of the day, we might find that some random guy named Miles actually knows more about medicine than actual primary care physicians.🤣
goldenpilot20 said:Wow, you really went there. It sounds like you think someone who didn't go to medical school—but maybe did nursing school instead—could have roughly the same level of knowledge. That feels pretty condescending to me. And as for Family Medicine? I always thought that just meant the same doctor looks after the whole family, or am I missing something?
Mark Grant11 said:I honestly can’t believe my eyes right now. How can you all be so incredibly rude, so primitive, and just sink this low? You’re talking about things you clearly know absolutely nothing about. Seriously, how can anyone claim that a single GP—who covers an entire special care district in the Midwest, looking after 3,000 patients in their home county alone, while basically playing emergency room doctor and covering on-call shifts for everything from minor scrapes to major car wrecks with nothing but a medical bag—can somehow "not know anything"? They pull it off because they’re actually talented and genuinely care about people. So where do you get the nerve to make these comments? We're talking about human beings here, not some machines that just finished grad school. These doctors have families, they have their own problems, and they're constantly carrying everyone else's too. They act as ER docs, psychiatrists, you name it—day or night. Nobody ever stops to ask if they’re okay or if they can even handle it. People just call and scream, "Get over here!" And to make matters worse, when they finally show up at the clinic, patients want to play doctor themselves, trying to prescribe their own meds, travel permits, referrals... as if everyone today thinks they're a specialist, right? I’d love to see someone try to swap places with a person who has to jump at every single whim of so many people. For a paycheck that's barely more than $1667? They have mortgages and massive taxes to deal with, too. You probably think that after ten-plus years of school, residency, and specialization, that salary is "fair" given the responsibility and the grind. And don't even get me started on the worst part. You'll probably get some memo from the Department of Health because a doctor dared to give someone a slightly sideways look. And if we’re going to generalize everyone, we might as well start with the patients. A doctor can be a patient, but a patient can't just become a doctor if they aren't one. Nowadays, any amateur can pretend to be something on paper, but you can't actually be good at something unless you truly are.
OH MY GOD!! Apparently, the majority of retail workers are just "rude" because they don't wish me a sunny good morning the second I walk into a store. SHAME ON THEM!! Honestly, from now on, I’m just going to ignore every single clerk I meet!! You can find anything anywhere, but generalizing everything is just plain stupid and primitive—it drags everything down and gets us nowhere. Since people have "advanced" so much that they supposedly don't need those useless doctors anymore, maybe they could learn how to be decent human beings first. You don't even need a degree for that.
goldenpilot20 said:My cousin is a registered nurse, and honestly, I think she knows just as much about medicine as most family doctors. She doesn't have a massive library of medical texts, though—from what I’ve seen, there’s really only one book, and it mostly sits around being used by her daughters. One of them already finished nursing school, and the other is just getting started.
ruggedscout91 said:No. It's more that you doctors retreated into the safe haven of psychology. I didn't intend to stay angry, but what's worse is that regarding patient treatment—and that whole mess—I am right. Unfortunately. I truly wish I weren't right, or that certain things hadn't happened to me.
My sincere sympathy goes to the responsible physicians who are actually facing impossible situations.
The rest of them? Disgraceful.
ruggedscout91 said:I was just thinking about why people treat doctors like deities, and I decided to look into it and write something up regarding the way doctors are treated, the constant excuses made for them, and so on.
Of course, we should probably start a separate thread dedicated solely to medical errors; then all the aggrieved patients can line up. That would be fair.
I have something else to address. Regarding how they treat patients and the intrusion into privacy—regardless of the established boundaries between doctor and patient during care, procedures, or exams—it hasn't exactly reached an enviable standard here in America.
People are forced to strip down and trust any random staff member. They have zero protection from the "hundred eyes" and the constant commentary, especially in OBGYN. For some, the experience during a hospital stay can lead to lasting psychosis or depression, depending on the individual.
Doctor arrogance isn't just about mistakes (everyone slips up); it's about how they carry themselves toward their supposed "end consumer," which is the patient. Their behavior is often appalling. They don't say, "Please prepare for the exam." Instead, a gynecologist at a local clinic might just bark, "Get naked." I've heard of interns crowding a pregnant woman, shoving past her while she was exposed and panicking. There are rude comments directed at elderly women who are perfectly fine, just because some uneducated person finished med school. Or they leave a patient wandering in a hallway, unsure how to even find their ward. During rounds, they mock you openly and laugh at things that aren't funny.
In our hospitals, a patient constantly feels like they've wandered into a concentration camp where only Mengele stands between them and recovery.
That is why people recoil. And yet, in the absence of rational thought, some people still insist on treating them like gods.
Most of them are just ordinary people who fell in love with a calling that doesn't pay well. Everything else is just nonsense we make up. Personally, I would never marry a doctor. You won't end up with a husband, a lover, or a provider; you'll just end up with someone who stays overnight occasionally and tries to compensate for every neglected responsibility with money. That is not a solution.
And don't even get me started on the nurses and the staff on shift with them. If you are a spouse, you are better off staying away from the ward entirely. But I will save that for another time. It might turn out they are great lovers, or they aren't. That's all there is to it. Some of this knowledge comes from firsthand experience during internships in certain facilities, and some comes directly from being a patient.
Walter Lewis5 said:If you ask me, nobody is actually bashing anyone here.😕 In my book, anyone who spends their time tearing others down isn't much of an intellectual themselves.
I don't get why someone who is skilled and works hard with their hands is supposedly worth less than some professor or doctor—or why they should have to earn less.😕
A person earns exactly what they pour into themselves and their craft. Take a professor, for example: if he finishes his degree and never touches a book again for the rest of his life, he shouldn't be making more than a "regular" tradesperson or a small business owner. Why should he? Just because he walked across a stage once? That’s not exactly a difficult feat if you actually have the drive.
If all he does for the next forty years is parrot the same things he learned in college like a trained bird, then having a degree doesn't make him any more valuable or smarter than anyone else.
A hundred years ago, professors were treated like deities because they, along with priests and doctors, were the only ones with access to books. Nowadays, your average person who actually has the discipline to learn and invest in themselves often knows significantly more than your average professor or teacher... at least when it comes to the state of things in America.☕