me me

I've been practising psychiatry for 20 years, and in my experience antidepressants don't do any good at all. I wouldn't take them under any circumstances - not even if I were suicidal.
Dr Joanna Moncrieff.


A weight loss doctor who won't go on a diet.
Dr Ian Campbell.

Professor Kevin Channer heart specialist.
Won't take statins.

Chris Walker an orthopedic surgeon avoids xrays.

These are examples of doctors who prescribe and advise patients to follow these 'treatments' but would not 'take their own medicine'.

It seems that when it comes to their own health, doctors are against the very treatment they propose for their patients.

johnnyone

And what about the numbers of doctors who smoke?

jimenato

Doctors are the worst patients - it's a well known fact.

me me

Well that is a bad habit, I think it is different kettle is fish to not wanting treatment that they give to patients.

Afterall they have studied in their chosen field, research has been done, methods and drugs developed, and the doctors then would want no part of it for themselves.

jackytoo

My Cousins wife is a pharmacist and she won't take even a headache pill if she can avoid it, thinks all medicines and pills are toxic.

jimenato

They are. It's all about benefit v risk.

Mitzyboy

Ive been suffering quite badly from restless leg syndrome recently so went to the doctors who prescribed me a drug which, when I read the paper inside, seemed to indicate it was an anti depressant.

Thinking he must know what he was doing, I took them for three days. Health and energy wise they have to be the worst three days in memory. I was constantly knackered, falling asleep throughout the day, and then during the night was having difficulty sleeping.

If thats what they give people for depression, then no wonder it might work because you will always be too tired to be depressed about anything

Depressingly, I threw them in the bin

me me

The idea is that you take the pills, feel terrible, throw them away.

Then you will feel better and think you are cured.

Sort of the tramp with the boots that are two sizes too small.
The only pleasure in his life is taking the boots off.

andyrich666

An interesting analogy, when I get a bit of time, I will take note of your top post and research the doctor etc.

I think for physical pain, pills and injections are essential, but for mental pain I disagree.

Says me who struggles to sleep but I think Its important to face what is causing it rather than taking pills and brushing it aside.

2 friends / aquaintances of mine have topped themselves in my life and a few I lost to drink and drugs, but I don't think in either case the pils would have kept them alive, they had reached rock bottom.

Mitzyboy

HA! They worked then
Apart from the legs of course, I feel great

rugbymatt

Seems a perfect place to post this clip of a One giant leap video featuring Tim Robbins. He is extremely vocal about the use of anti-depressants in children.

http://youtu.be/e1f1Pl-qIWw

me me

The article was in today's DM.

Keep it quiet though because I might get called a thicko islamaphobic bigot.
oops I forgot that has already happened.

andyrich666

Either me or you needs to create a 'daily mail outrage' thread!

I considered it today as there was a story of a lady gang raped getting the cane fir her punishment !!!

me me

It would make a good thread.

I saw that, what shocked me as much as the actual sentence was the crowd of people who gather to watch such 'events'.

johnnyone

I stopped taking my daily gout pills some time ago as I was concerned over the long term use of drugs. Two attacks later, one current, I am going back on the pills and I suspect so would any doctor who has experienced the pain gout can bring.

The problem I have is I shall be sent for a blood test and as before my GP shall try to get me on statins and I just cannot decide whether to start taking them or not.
The evidence one way or the other is,to me, just not clear so I shall probably refuse.