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Dodgy Doctor

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭Elphaba


    boreds wrote:
    Did you still buy the pills in the other girls name? Why didn't you say to the doctor at the time that you had a problem with this?

    Exactly what I was thinkin. Did you just take the prescriotion without questioning it and then go an buy drugs in someone elses's name??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    esel wrote:
    Google it? I am quietly confident that I am somewhat more knowledgeable than you in relation to anti-depressants. Let us leave it at that.

    Well 'that' doesnt get left unless you clarify a fair bit there.
    If you are a GP then I reserve the right to laugh at your claim that you are 'knowledgable' in regards to SSRIs. If you have had direct experience with actually taking them, then your opinion matters.
    The damage they do to a person who doesnt actually need them is phenomenal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Someone's only going to get addicted if they have a constant supply of them and what is this "phenomenal damage" of which you speak?

    Look, I know that there are issues with anti-depressants. But I really don't think doctors would still prescribe them if they were so dangerous. And I don't see the problem with a short course of anti-depressants if someone is feeling down for whatever reason. Perhaps the antibiotics he prescibed have depressant properties and the anti-depressants were prescibed to counter this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    JC 2K3 wrote:
    Someone's only going to get addicted if they have a constant supply of them and what is this "phenomenal damage" of which you speak?

    Look, I know that there are issues with anti-depressants. But I really don't think doctors would still prescribe them if they were so dangerous. And I don't see the problem with a short course of anti-depressants if someone is feeling down for whatever reason. Perhaps the antibiotics he prescibed have depressant properties and the anti-depressants were prescibed to counter this.

    Oh christ.

    They ARE dangerous. Anti-depressants are not a depression cure. They hide the effects. There is no such thing as a short course, if you dont require them for medical depression you dont require them at all.
    EVERYONE gets depressed. Its part of being human, how you deal with its cause is the important thing.
    Anti-Depressants are not for someone feeling upset or suicidal, counselling is.


    "So far, the tools used to manipulate serotonin in the brain are more like machetes than they are like scapels--crudely effective, but capable of doing plenty of collateral damage."
    Time magazine 9/29/97


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭boffin


    Jumpy wrote:
    Anti-depressants are not a depression cure. They hide the effects. There is no such thing as a short course....Anti-Depressants are not for someone feeling upset or suicidal, counselling is.

    Depression is usually treated with medication and councelling - but medication can aid in reliving the symptoms in order for the person to take part in counselling. The reason medication may be given is that if depression is left untreated it can get to a stage where the person is unable to deal with everyday situations and unable to take part effectively in counselling. If someone is very depressed then medication can help to relieve some of the symptoms to allow the person to actively participate in councelling.

    I do not agree with this situation where it would appear that the medication was given without a full assessment but to suggest that medication should never be used is incorrect imo.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,006 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Thanks to everyone who has replied! I am kinda relieved by the replies recieved as at least I know its not just me being odd by thinking the whole thing was dodgy. The way the doctor treated the whole thing was as if it was just normal and perfectly acceptable to print prescriptions in someone elses name...

    As for some peoples suggestions that anti depressants & sleeping pills were warranted, all I can say is, this was my first visit to this doctor, he did not enquire as to my general state of mind, just that I was looking down, to which I reassured him it was due to being sick as I have already stated. I am only 23, have no history of depression or anything like that and since taking the antibiotics I have felt much better. This clearly would indicate (as far as I'm concerned anyway) that the sleeping tablets and antidepressants were completely unwarranted.

    As for the prescription being printed in someone elses name, I was not asked to sign anything in the pharmacy at all, and yes, even though I knew the prescription was in someone elses name I still collected the antibiotics, tbh at that stage I just wanted to go home to bed.

    I honestly still don't know at the moment if I'll report him or not, the replies seem to be fairly split on the subject.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 273 ✭✭Elphaba


    unreg111 wrote:
    I honestly still don't know at the moment if I'll report him or not

    Wouldnt you want it reported if somebody was claiming anything in your name?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Jumpy wrote:
    Oh christ.

    They ARE dangerous. Anti-depressants are not a depression cure. They hide the effects. There is no such thing as a short course, if you dont require them for medical depression you dont require them at all.
    EVERYONE gets depressed. Its part of being human, how you deal with its cause is the important thing.
    Anti-Depressants are not for someone feeling upset or suicidal, counselling is.


    "So far, the tools used to manipulate serotonin in the brain are more like machetes than they are like scapels--crudely effective, but capable of doing plenty of collateral damage."
    Time magazine 9/29/97
    Why are they commonly prescribed if they are so ineffective and detremental to one's mental health?

    I honestly don't believe that there is a big conspiracy going on and doctors are all in on it.

    And 1997 is 10 years ago, surely there have been advances in anti-depressant medication since then.

    The OP also never actually specified that they were SSRIs. Not saying they aren't, but SSRIs aren't the only type of anti-depressants.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Right, I want people to stop posting their opinion on anti-depressants right now. If anyone continues to do so, they will be banned for a month.

    This is not a medical forum. We are not qualified to offer opinions on this subject. If you have any doubts, please read the charter.

    The fact that he wrote you a prescription in someone else's name is serious. You know what you should do.

    dudara


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Ah bugger. I didnt even notice I was doing it to be honest. That topic gets me riled up.


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