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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by ksaj on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:41PM (#27600187)
That is interesting that some of them are authorized to diagnose, but can't write a prescription to control it.

I guess that's why they'll all eventually send you to a "specialist," which is another way of saying "someone authorized to medicate you for this."

I'm not sure though - physicians can prescribe Ritalin, but at least here, they always send you off to be checked out by a psychiatrist first.

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Re:Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work by IncRnd on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:01PM (#27600310)
That makes sense to me. Of course, I'm not disputing the existence of specialists. A nurse practitioner or pediatrician may not have the most familiarity or want to deal with the issue.
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