tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post3960141833196822646..comments2024-03-28T02:01:21.139-05:00Comments on Family Dysfunction and Mental Health Blog: Ve Have Vays of Making You Talk, Part VI: Post Hoc ReasoningDavid M. Allen M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-44091883949176541442012-01-14T14:01:53.142-06:002012-01-14T14:01:53.142-06:00Thanks Dr. Allen, I greatly appreciate your respon...Thanks Dr. Allen, I greatly appreciate your response. <br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-32809463022907172172012-01-14T11:51:18.619-06:002012-01-14T11:51:18.619-06:00AA,
You are correct that many psychiatrists minim...AA,<br /><br />You are correct that many psychiatrists minimize withdrawal symptoms, so we are in agreement. Really, how much can anyone really cover in the 5 to 10 minute visit that has become the standard for some of my more incompetent and/or dishonest fellow psychiatrists. <br /><br />I can assure you that I do not practice that way, and that I look for any and all physical/medical, psychological, or social causes that might account for my patients' clinical presentation. I order labs and refer to internists and endocrinologists whenever I think it is important.<br /><br />Tinnitus has been reported as a side effect of Wellbutrin and several other psychiatric and medical drugs (aspirin being one of the worst offenders), and that indeed is something that can be very difficult to get rid of.David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-30667832892492345202012-01-14T05:12:52.062-06:002012-01-14T05:12:52.062-06:00"I frequently see this fallacy used in argume..."I frequently see this fallacy used in arguments made by the anti-psychiatry crowd. If some psychiatric symptom developed by a patient occurred after he or she either started or discontinued a drug, they argue that it simply must have been caused by the medication. Well, sometimes it is, but often it is not. The further removed in time from when the medication was started or discontinued, the less likely it becomes that the drug had anything to do with the symptom."<br /><br />Dr. Allen, as an aside, you and your colleagues are as addicted to using the "antipsychiatry" argument as I am to caffeine. Don't you think that is kind of getting old?<br /><br />As one who successfully tapered off of 4 meds, I agree that you can't blame everything on withdrawal. At the same time, the issue has been greatly minimized in your literature and frankly, I think you and your colleagues greatly underestimate the problem. Hey, alot easier to blame it on the label, right? <br /><br />I am curious, when you try to determine whether something is med withdrawal related or due to other issues, do you also investigate physical possibilities and suggest that someone for example visit their primary care doctor for further evaluation?<br /><br />By the way, speaking of long term effects, I developed tinnitus as the result of taking Wellbutrin and it has not gone away. I took my last dose a few years ago.<br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com