Reply To: Is every other Woman on Zoloft?

Aries, although my intuition is to let this go because I can see who I am arguing with, and your blah blah… let me set you straight.

YOu asked me (quote on quote- but I can’t italicize it) “If your Psychiatrist is new to you, why would you just assume that it is OK to take meds without discussing it with your MD or GYN or the doctor you trust the most?”

So I responded “when your ob/gyn sends you to postpartum psych you don’t go back to the OB/GYN to get her opinion as to whether or not you actually need the psych’s prescription.

That is not the OB/GYN’s expertise.

I mean that should be obvious. Isn’t it. I realize you may have just been blowing hot air but now you are coming back with if the ob/gyn felt I needed it, then….blah blah blah.

The OB/GYN didn’t feel I needed anything. It was me who called her and told her that I am feeling down after a baby and whatever else was going on. She said if you’d like I will give you a referral to so and so. She doesn’t even know what came of the whole thing. Why would I turn back to an obstetrician and say “Dear do you think I should take anti-depressants?”

I never even saw the OB/GYN. Her job is to hear the patient’s concerns and take action by referring people for evaluation if they are interested in helping themselves. So I went straight to the psych’s appointment. Within minutes I had a drug prescription promising to cure my mood.

Please think before you write anything else “Helpful”. I feel like I am talking to a 15 year old. Like playing “smart” when you are not.