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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 30385" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>psychiatry, just like all fields of medicine, aren't "exact" sciences. It's often treat the symptom while trying to find the underlying cause. Everyone's chemistry is just a little different, and what works for the majority may not work for you.</p><p></p><p>The best thing a person can do (whether your see a family doctor, and oncologist, or a psychiatrist) is to be INFORMED. That means reading and researching. Asking questions, and asking more questions. If you don't get answers, or you don't get ones you like, keep looking and asking until you do.</p><p></p><p>One of the best tips I can give as far as medication is concerned is to get ALL medications from the same pharmacy. Make sure the pharmacist knows absolutely EVERYTHING that goes in you or your child's body - including vitamins, OTC medications, etc.</p><p></p><p>My father-in-law was put on coumadin, and given absolutely NO directions from his doctor about it. Luckily, I knew what interactions, etc. to watch out for from my own dad being on it for years. I gave my father in law a list of the foods to avoid, and looked at the vitamins he was taking (that he didn't tell anyone about) to see if there was any Vitamin K in them (there was, and that's a big no-no with coumadin). I then told him to talk to his pharmacist and clear ABSOLUTELY everything with them before he takes anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 30385, member: 439"] psychiatry, just like all fields of medicine, aren't "exact" sciences. It's often treat the symptom while trying to find the underlying cause. Everyone's chemistry is just a little different, and what works for the majority may not work for you. The best thing a person can do (whether your see a family doctor, and oncologist, or a psychiatrist) is to be INFORMED. That means reading and researching. Asking questions, and asking more questions. If you don't get answers, or you don't get ones you like, keep looking and asking until you do. One of the best tips I can give as far as medication is concerned is to get ALL medications from the same pharmacy. Make sure the pharmacist knows absolutely EVERYTHING that goes in you or your child's body - including vitamins, OTC medications, etc. My father-in-law was put on coumadin, and given absolutely NO directions from his doctor about it. Luckily, I knew what interactions, etc. to watch out for from my own dad being on it for years. I gave my father in law a list of the foods to avoid, and looked at the vitamins he was taking (that he didn't tell anyone about) to see if there was any Vitamin K in them (there was, and that's a big no-no with coumadin). I then told him to talk to his pharmacist and clear ABSOLUTELY everything with them before he takes anything. [/QUOTE]
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