tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post2809479513378432831..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: When Paranoia Meets Reality: Your Medicine Snitching On YouUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-20448484528213720692017-12-30T21:13:14.013-05:002017-12-30T21:13:14.013-05:00If you don't have a ritual surrounding taking ...If you don't have a ritual surrounding taking your meds it very likely that a mentally ill person will forget whether they took the med or not, so it can be hard to be compliant even with good intentions. I find the idea creepy that a person would be required to wear a device to notify a third party when they took their medication.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779047960633398016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-15316282197114412552017-11-18T04:40:34.254-05:002017-11-18T04:40:34.254-05:00My psychiatrist just checks to see if I'm gett...My psychiatrist just checks to see if I'm getting my medication refills on time. <br />That doesn't mean I'm necessarily taking them, but at least I'm going to the pharmacy every 4 weeks and filling them. <br />And the regular blood tests I require for my particular cocktail are also another indicator. <br />This seems a slightly less invasive way of getting the same information. <br /><br />The thing is, what are you going to do if a patient is not taking their meds - hospitalise them? put them under a community treatment order? refuse to treat them? There's not a lot you can do. I think it's better to be open, upfront and honest with one another. <br />That said, I forget my meds, probably twice a week. If you could come up with a system to help patients take their meds now, THAT would be useful! As is it, alarms synced on all my devices seems to work for me........ most of the time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-39919845389773839882017-11-17T13:53:34.918-05:002017-11-17T13:53:34.918-05:00Again, why does Psychiatry allow the profession to...Again, why does Psychiatry allow the profession to be used as an extension of correctional issues? I think there are a lot of colleagues who genuinely resent this, and yet, their silence only reinforces complicity. Besides, once we learn that the recent shooter in California was likely someone with a primary psychosis, and most likely comorbid substance abuse, well, someone has to be the scapegoat for this recent heinous atrocity...<br /><br />And equally so, why is it people scoff at the mention that patients have choice? I know that if I make poor, reckless choices, I will have to deal with consequences. And yet, psychiatric patients continue to be allowed break after break after break...<br /><br />Gee, sounds equally like what this society is doing for addicts these days as well.<br /><br />I guess I should have just abused drugs in college, screwed up my brain, and gotten onto disability so I could ride the gravy train into my 50s. That is what I see over and over in my Locum Tenens travels these past 6 years...<br /><br />Joel Hassman, MDJoel Hassman MDhttp://therapyfirst.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1482113091309810362017-11-16T10:27:27.847-05:002017-11-16T10:27:27.847-05:00You wrote:
"To have a tattle-tale system in ...You wrote:<br /><br />"To have a tattle-tale system in a medication used to treat paranoia? I'm thinking there could be a better place to start."<br /><br />This would be the most hilariously funny thing of the day were it not so completely and perfectly and painfully spot on. Ouch. Really.<br /><br />Somewhat seriously, caregivers (especially MDs) seem to not understand how incredibly hard it is to take meds. Even simple things. Three times a day with meals. But taking meds gets repetitive and if your concentration is even slightly distracted, whether or not you took your pills doesn't make it into memory. (I'm lucky: my meds are all once a day. At 12:00 midnight I take my pills and measure my blood pressure. Real easy. Anything more complicated, and I'd be in trouble. And that's someone with 7 years of graduate school in three completely different fields.)<br />David J. Littleboynoreply@blogger.com