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tulipsandroses

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10. "Bad" practitioners are present in all fields. I don't know what you have seen so I can't speak to that, but I will say
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 12:02 AM
Mar 16

that it is possible that there is a rationale for combining meds that you may not understand. Most providers are not just throwing things and hoping something sticks. There is usually a rationale for combining different meds. .
Psych tends to get a bad rap but the same applies to many other illnesses - Hypertension, sometimes people are taking more than one blood pressure medication to keep their blood pressure stable. Same for Diabetes. Same for migraines. Same for Epilepsy. And even for those illnesses, sometimes patients are trying different meds before finding the right regimen for them.

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