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buzzycrumbhunger

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9. My reaction is probably tainted by my years doing acute care transcription...

Reply to tulipsandroses (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 15, 2025, 11:13 PM

Mar 2025

Over 15 years and the WORST dictations were from the psych docs, who threw combinations of meds at patients hoping that *something* might be the magic bullet to cure what ailed them. Hands down the most disjointed, rambling doctors anywhere. Not a resounding endorsement of the specialty when the “cures” are so nebulous that no one seems to have a clue what to prescribe…

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58Sunliner

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Pharmacy tech here... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 2025 #5

Psych meds in general don't create more problems for the vast majority of people taking them. The problem as mentioned tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #8

My reaction is probably tainted by my years doing acute care transcription... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 2025 #9

"Bad" practitioners are present in all fields. I don't know what you have seen so I can't speak to that, but I will say tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #10

It is horrible. It's like the pt is a fire hydrant and they all have to mark it with a diagnosis. 58Sunliner Mar 2025 #11

"These were never really designed to be long-term medications," said Dr. Haran Sivakumar tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #7