Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants?
by seabird on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @11:04PM
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Your GP is not some superhuman that clocks out and parks their ass on the computer for 8+ hours every day to research the specific details of the tens or hundreds of treatments available for any given condition they may run into.
The person you're replying to isn't even saying that you should never trust a doctor. They're saying that doctors are not infallible, and that doing some research by yourself and bringing any questions to your doctor might be a good idea. At a pretty fundamental level, that's one of the primary responsibilities of a doctor.
This is the same thing as "trusting science". If you are "trusting science" in the sense that a lot of people are referring to when they say that, you are missing the point!
The person you're replying to isn't even saying that you should never trust a doctor. They're saying that doctors are not infallible, and that doing some research by yourself and bringing any questions to your doctor might be a good idea. At a pretty fundamental level, that's one of the primary responsibilities of a doctor.
This is the same thing as "trusting science". If you are "trusting science" in the sense that a lot of people are referring to when they say that, you are missing the point!