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Originally posted by wombing
i'm all for diagnosing people effectively. i'm all for science. i'm all for medicine that works, when it is the only alternative. *
*psuedo-science, biased speculation, and psuedo-medicine are quite different things...
*it seems much of psychology hypothesizes that we (as conscious, sentient beings) *are the product of brain chemistry, and most psychological disorders are the result of chemical imbalances that can be fixed with medication.
*hey, well and good. if they (or you) can show definitively that certain isolated imbalances are responsible for various psychological disorders, including skitzophrenia, and that only certain man-made medication remedies those imbalances, good one them...i'll be glad to see them cure people who would otherwise be write-offs.
*so instead of your predictable sarcasm, why don't you throw that definitive evidence in my face? i'm always willing to eat crow when its sauteed in truth..
*perhaps because you have none, *and there is no solid evidence behind most psychotropic medications?...
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*i'm confident most psychologists would have labeled me skitzophrenic in the past (at the very least). i displayed all the characteristic symptoms of their nice neat category.
*are you suggesting i was ignorant in refusing to crawl to them (or "mammy and pappy" for that matter *:wink: ) and let them try out various combinations of drugs?
*i guess i should have just let them do some tests and brain scans. they would have known definitively which chemical imbalance(s) were responsible for my psychological dis-order, and been able to show me conclusive charts and images.
*then they would have given me their magic pills with rock solid scientific backing and i could have watched those chemical imbalances rectify themselves with time until i was "normal".
*of course, i'd probably still be taking "light dosages" of preventative medication..
**bows, and backs away meekly* once again you have shown me the error of my ways with naught but a hefty draught of dripping sarcasm.
*true scientists know when they have something definitive, and something that is nebulous and tinged with speculation and guesswork.
*Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a science), and the application of that knowledge. *
*until the knowledge is solid, i'm not willing to be the guinea pig for the application of speculative stabbing in a dimly lit room...if brain chemistry and related medications were as 'scientific" as you pretend there would be no need for doctors to switch medications and dosages dozens of times to treat something they can supposedly diagnose accurately.
Oh I see. You want the perfect solution and you want it now. Unfortunately it's not quite that simple. We're not exactly sure on the specifics of cancer or AIDS either, should we stop 'experimenting on those guinea pigs' too?