Posted by brussell on January 6, 2004, at 7:40:13
In reply to Re: Newspaper story: p-doc amazingly ignorant , posted by psychlover on January 5, 2004, at 5:39:19
I agree that this Dr. and her collegues seemed unable to relate the Welbutrin to the anxiety problems, and that she continued to take it so long. The whole attitude towards her depression and panic seemed to bumbling and incompetent.
If I were a pdoc with sudden depression and had to work, I would probably put myself on a MAOI (much faster acting than SSRI's, fewer side effects), and if that didn't work I'd get ECT.
My own psychiatrist told me ECT would be his first choice if he were struck with a debilitating depression and had to keep working, because it is fast and nearly always works.
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