Posted by Lorraine on March 13, 2001, at 18:46:23
In reply to Re: Switching MAOs, posted by SLS on March 13, 2001, at 17:00:48
Scott: My pdoc bases his decisions on a QEEG that he does and then performs a covariance analysis using a data base of about 4000 to determine the meds most likely to work for you. He tends to be "scientific" although admittedly there is art to this as well. He claims that DSM criteria are nonsense because they are not based on physiology. He claims that he can pretty much predict who is going to have problems with hypertensive reactions to MAOs based on the QEEG info as well. He's not a kook, but time will tell if his methods work for me, right? I don't hold a lot of stock in the "established" views of mental illness. I think we basically know nothing or very close to nothing. The only thing we know is that what we thought we knew before brain scanning techniques arrived was all wrong. We have lots of "theories" and lots of "correlational" analysis and little else. Such is the state of this "science". It's terribly frustrating.... Anyway, this guy may be right or wrong, but for now, I'm throwing my lot with him because he makes more sense to me than any of the other doctors. What can I say? When I walk in with an article to discuss, his face doesn't go blank. You can learn to trust a man like that.
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