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Originally Posted by CopperStar
I think it's a bit of both. Assuming a good pdoc, and not one of the bad ones.
All they have to go on is the patient's testimony, more often than not, our subjective reporting, to the best of our ability to even articulate some things. So I think in the beginning, all a good pdoc can do is try to make their best guess and try something. However over time, I would expect a pdoc to refine their approach strategically as they learn more and more about the patient.
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This. ^^
I've been very fortunate to have a pdoc like that. He was my first and he is the standard by which I will judge any future psychiatrist, assuming I won't be able to keep him forever. I've been in his care for over 3 years and the "plan" changes constantly as circumstances (and mood episodes) do. We finally got to a good place as far as medications are concerned and his attitude is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I trust him implicitly and wish everyone had a doctor like him.
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