Shrinks Don't Give A Damn About You!

so i finally was stupid enough to go to a shrink. basically i was uneasy with the fact that when i abstain for like a week from smoking MJ i become a bit more nervous than usual. so i thought maybe she would help by givin advice and maybe some herbal stuff. i don't like to feel like i may be dependent on anything including MJ. she asked me loads of questions, all of them were negative. i dont have sleep trouble, hallucinations, social phobia, suicidal thoughts etc..etc... no no no.. none of those, just some nervousness, so what does she do? a drug prescription that she claimed doesnt cause any dependence or negative effects, only acts as antidepressant! i told her clearly that i am very unlikely to buy it but she insisted! told her that i am gona read about it and decide for myself she told me to go ahead... check it out!!! http://media.pfizer.com/files/products/uspi_zoloft.pdf#page=43
all she cares for is to put me on the drug! she praised it so much like it was the magic stuff! she wants me to get hooked into a vicious cycle of chemical meds where i just switch from one to the other! i am so fucking angry at the bitch i feel she ripped me off by taking the $100 fee for the visit! my God how can a doc be so void of conscience? to prescribe to a mj user such a pill? it says in the warning that it can cause suicidal thoughts!!! that and an endless list of possible side effects NONE of which are caused by the beloved mj plant! damn her! and damn all shrinks! no mj user needs a shrink

Well the Rx companies give her kick backs, MMJ/herbs don't pay her. Plus she went through 8 years of getting brain washed at University...its sad.

pharmaceutical drug pusher lol zoloft

not sure where i heard this, but "the best psychiatrist is yourself"

IXOYE said:

Well the Rx companies give her kick backs, MMJ/herbs don't pay her. Plus she went through 8 years of getting brain washed at University...its sad.

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pretty much.... hate shrinks over here too.

No doctors do not care, because whether they help or hurt you they get paid...they get paid for your visit...they get paid fromt he drug companies...and when you have to come back to get more pills that don't really work they get to charge you more and perscribe more.....so on and so forth. If you are having any sort of mental illness you should just do some X and then think it all out...it really does help...MDMA used to be a very widely perscribed medicine for anxiety and such...perscribed by psychiatrists to help people...now they give you cymbalta or trazadone or something similar that doesn't help....I have some pretty severe depression, and while MJ doesn't cure it, it makes it livable in the times when it just isn't livable. I usually have control of it, but sometimes it gets away from ya....Nothing they perscribe helps, unless they give you enough stuff to seriously hurt you...One time I had antidepressants work, only because they had me on the max of Effexor, Serazone, and Trazadone....at once...everyday. Of course I wasn't sad...I wasnt' anything...but then they took serazone off the market, and Effexor by itself didnt' help, and then they took Effexor off too...so ....that was that. OOOhhhh, last time I went to see anyone for my depression they gave me zoloft which made me suicidal...so they gave me Cymbalta...which didn't do anything at all, and that was the last straw for me. They dont' listen to what you say, they are just thinking about what they can perscribe you while you are talking about your pain and suffering.

I think most people are mentally or emotionally deficient in some way...I believe it is just the normal span of human emotions...I just don't see why we insist on trying to take pills to get rid of it...so sometimes I am sore and irritable and tired and sad...oh well in 2 weeks I'll be alright again.

missnu said:

I think most people are mentally or emotionally deficient in some way...I believe it is just the normal span of human emotions...I just don't see why we insist on trying to take pills to get rid of it...so sometimes I am sore and irritable and tired and sad...oh well in 2 weeks I'll be alright again.

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true that man... true that...


weed certainly helps with ALL my issues though

I'm trying to figure out why such an intelligent poster as yourself, bothered to go see a shrink to begin with? Nervousness and anxiety are successfully treated with reduced doses of antidepressants, but you knew that right? I mean, you do after all have the doctoral knowledge to second guess and question a professional that spent at a minimum, 8 years in a university.

I'm not sure what is stupider, going to see one with expectations that she would prescribe weed, or second guessing their prognosis and treatment plan. If your intent was to score a piece of paper making you a legal smoker, go see a pot doctor. I hear California is loaded with them.

Serapis said:

I'm trying to figure out why such an intelligent poster as yourself, bothered to go see a shrink to begin with? Nervousness and anxiety are successfully treated with reduced doses of antidepressants, but you knew that right? I mean, you do after all have the doctoral knowledge to second guess and question a professional that spent at a minimum, 8 years in a university.

I'm not sure what is stupider, going to see one with expectations that she would prescribe weed, or second guessing their prognosis and treatment plan. If your intent was to score a piece of paper making you a legal smoker, go see a pot doctor. I hear California is loaded with them.

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I concur, very well said. And to my knowledge there is not one anti-depressant that doesnt have the "possible side effect" of suicidal thoughts in "some patients." That is not alarming, as with any medication, the user needs to monitor the possibly negative effects it has on them.

I did not read all the posts but perhaps the weed is treating your issues already and stopping is not creating issues but the "Deamons" can get at you?

When people run out of prescription meds they completely fall apart and quit living!

How I do it? I take medicinal puffs, so im not BaKeD but im medicated.
It treated a few rough and dark days when I thought about taking Xanax.

Thank god I did not take that crap! I think one side effect is sudden death (In rare occurrences) ehehe

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I'm trying to figure out why such an intelligent poster as yourself, bothered to go see a shrink to begin with? Nervousness and anxiety are successfully treated with reduced doses of antidepressants, but you knew that right? I mean, you do after all have the doctoral knowledge to second guess and question a professional that spent at a minimum, 8 years in a university.

I'm not sure what is stupider, going to see one with expectations that she would prescribe weed, or second guessing their prognosis and treatment plan. If your intent was to score a piece of paper making you a legal smoker, go see a pot doctor. I hear California is loaded with them.

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in fact this was my first visit to a shrink ever. i am relatively quite normal, no severe depression, but i have been advised to see a shrink to treat the unease and what can i say, i just went... i question and suspect everyone in this material modern world. i have seen surgeons do surgeries that were not necessary to get the bill! so yeah i sure will have second thoughts about any new doc i see. i wasn't expecting a weed prescription and i don't need it anyway, i don't need to smoke daily or publicly, actually having a joint every 3 days or so at night time is enough for me, but i don't like the fact that i need it, i thought maybe she would give me some advice and maybe some mild herbal meds not something that fucks with my brain! anyway, i have not smoked since sunday, 6 days now and i am fine, but in couple days or so, i will be a bit angry, like i am not me, i will say things that i regret later, have you been there? well i will smoke up a J when i really need it. i am considering a psychologist, they can't prescribe meds, they can listen and advise, maybe that's what i need or maybe i just need to let it be

As a psychology major these are some of the things that annoy me greatly. Instead of using "shink", let's use either psychiatrist or psychologist. You saw a person who's job is to give meds, she doesn't listen to the micro, just the macro. A psychiatrist will hear a few symptoms and think "Ah Zoloft will cover that!" and will only look at treating patients will pills. You will find a distinct difference when seeing a psychiatrist and a psychologist, because the training is different. And even amongst psychologists you'll find difference methods of therapy, based on different perspectives on how they see our mind work.

So with that in mind, find yourself a psychologist, or therapist, that fits your perspective on life, and with their training you can figure out a lot things about yourself, and hopefully get rid of any anxiety/nervousness.

zem said:

in fact this was my first visit to a shrink ever. i am relatively quite normal, no severe depression, but i have been advised to see a shrink to treat the unease and what can i say, i just went... i question and suspect everyone in this material modern world. i have seen surgeons do surgeries that were not necessary to get the bill! so yeah i sure will have second thoughts about any new doc i see. i wasn't expecting a weed prescription and i don't need it anyway, i don't need to smoke daily or publicly, actually having a joint every 3 days or so at night time is enough for me, but i don't like the fact that i need it, i thought maybe she would give me some advice and maybe some mild herbal meds not something that fucks with my brain! anyway, i have not smoked since sunday, 6 days now and i am fine, but in couple days or so, i will be a bit angry, like i am not me, i will say things that i regret later, have you been there? well i will smoke up a J when i really need it. i am considering a psychologist, they can't prescribe meds, they can listen and advise, maybe that's what i need or maybe i just need to let it be

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Try smoking more good weed that HELPS with anxiety and shit. Like don't go smoke a blunt of some good sativa and expect your mind to calm down you dig?

Personally weed helps me a LOT, I used to be depressed and I think I used to have some anxieties but the herb really helps. I notice some old shit manifesting in my mind when I don't blaze in a week. I'm not bothered by myself being a pothead, because it's medication like anything else. I don't consider anyone lesser for taking xanax frequently if it's safe and it helps. And I don't consider them an addict to xanax if their quality of life begins to decrease after a week off the meds.

Well now that you have this go back and get the medical records of that visit and make sure it shows she prescribed drugs.
Take this in were you want to get your card and more money and your good to go.