Gregory's Server@dramypsyd @actuallyautistic One huge thing is that reaction to meds is, to put it mildly, atypical. Also that it is important to listen. Like, literally listen. I have been cut off in the midst of describing something, with responses like "not possible", "ridiculous", You're making it up", etc. Not a way to establish trust.Often times autistics will research symptoms and meds before consult in order to understand them. Demanding blind faith and trust is very bad.
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@dramypsyd @actuallyautistic Can't even describe something fully. Another thing is that they often jump to conclusions before it is completely described, and their conclusion is too often wrong.  @dramypsyd @homelessjun @actuallyautistic My GP doesn't like that I want to read the data sheet on medications, and have opinions about them. Hey, it's my body, it works pretty well for me, most of the time, before you start me on something you say I'm going to be taking for the rest of my life, I want some information, and I'll weight the pros and cons and get back to you. @ScottSoCal @dramypsyd @actuallyautistic I have angered more than one doc by objecting to meds that would have been damaging or life threatening. Using the same info the docs are supposed to use, and that they call, "Doctor Google". @homelessjun @dramypsyd @actuallyautistic I've also had atypical reaction to medicines. Like the famotidine that sent me into a deep deep depression. I took it for over a year without problem, and then it whacked me. Fearless Impala (ex-gf) also had atypical reactions but she suffered from schizophrenia. She had a great ally in me, but she pissed it all away. I was ready to go to the bat for her, given my own experiences. @homelessjun @dramypsyd @actuallyautistic At least now Pretty Impala (current gf) benefits from some of the work I had done for Fearless Impala. She's coming to my place tomorrow and **she asked** that we look at a new psychiatrist and a therapist for her. I am positively elated. She lost her therapist when she graduated. Not sure what happened to the psychiatrist. I offered to be an ally if the Dr does not believe her. Run all over that young girl and you're going to face an angry older man. |
@homelessjun @actuallyautistic Ugh I hate providers who don't believe their patients. "That's impossible" Ok well I just told you it's happening sooooooooo