Roo,
I loved reading your post and your perspective, but I have to take issue with your doctor.
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Originally Posted by Roo  My doctor said to me once, when I told him that I wanted to stop taking Paxil (and he is very prudent about prescribing anything), that I could consider my situation to be like that of a person who has diabetes. "If you told me that you wanted to stop taking insulin in that case, what do you think I would say?" |
There is a difference between a physical disease and a mental disorder, and I believe it is inappropriate to compare the two. Dr. Jeffrey Schaler put it this way:
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Think of how when people get angry with one another they inevitably resort to some sort of diagnosis. They say 'You're crazy!' 'You're mentaly ill!' You're paranoid!' Can you imagine someone getting angry with someone and saying 'You have diabetes!' 'You have Parkinson's disease!'
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In a physical illness a biological function is breaking down and it is medically proven through bloodwork. In a mental disorder someone is judging and labeling your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors to be a disorder. Big difference.