Physical ailments diagnosed as psychiatric disorders...

[dan...@rocketmail.com]

I was reading a health column in yesterday's newspaper and the writer
described a relative who was suffering from a severe lack of energy
and the doctor diagnosed depression and prescribed an expensive
antidepressant medication. Her symptoms worsened and a more competent
doctor decided to perform some tests and determined that she suffered
from "pernicious anemia," which is a deficiency of oxygen-carrying red
blood cells and has nothing to do with depression or any other mental
disorder. But by the time her physical disorder was properly
diagnosed, she had already suffered neurological damage and now has a
problem walking.

How many medical doctors routinely prescribe psychiatric drugs for
legitimate medical conditions? What reputable doctor would administer
powerful mind-altering drugs without performing any physical tests
beforehand? The doctor's attitude seems contemptuous, assuming his
patient is crazy because he can't find any obvious problem with his
stethoscope. Antidepressants are aggressively marketed, so it is
probable that the doctor was getting kickbacks for every Paxil
prescription he wrote. The first doctor didn't lose his license, so
he is still practicing "medicine" and prescribing antidepressants to
children with sore throats.

[Carole]

<dan...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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That doctor was a cluts.