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Can a person be on psychiatric medications and be on TRT?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mountain Man" data-source="post: 134360" data-attributes="member: 14411"><p>I agree, but this is out of the realm of how psychiatrists are trained or how they think. People need to be proactive for their own health and wellness. Go see your PCP before you even consider the psychiatrist. Your PCP is going to also going to try to put you on psych meds. Don’t get on them until you have a full physical and a full blood panel. The reason that these drugs are over prescribed is because doctors in different disciplines have different training and different ways of thinking about problems. They have to give patients something, and they’re trained that , when in doubt, try a med. SSRIs are safe from the doctor’s view.</p><p></p><p>If you frequent this board, then you know something about what you might need. I work as a therapist and have been for 22 years. I always recommend that people try therapy first. In many cases some CBT should be attempted even before TRT. I am a cognitive-behavioral advocate and do recommend behavioral interventions like diet, exercise, meditation, and sleep improvement. I always ask when they have had a physical and if the client looks like hormones are out of wack, I ask that they get a hormone panel as well.</p><p></p><p>We can blame the doctors and the so called “sick care” system, but if you have a brain and can read, that’s BS. Everything you need to know is available on the internet and pubmed has actual studies where you can read the data for yourself. Do your own research, get the psychotherapist, then the PCP, then the endocrinologist or psychiatrist if needed. Or, you can sit and complain how the system is screwing you over. Victim mentality or self advocate seems a simple choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 134360, member: 14411"] I agree, but this is out of the realm of how psychiatrists are trained or how they think. People need to be proactive for their own health and wellness. Go see your PCP before you even consider the psychiatrist. Your PCP is going to also going to try to put you on psych meds. Don’t get on them until you have a full physical and a full blood panel. The reason that these drugs are over prescribed is because doctors in different disciplines have different training and different ways of thinking about problems. They have to give patients something, and they’re trained that , when in doubt, try a med. SSRIs are safe from the doctor’s view. If you frequent this board, then you know something about what you might need. I work as a therapist and have been for 22 years. I always recommend that people try therapy first. In many cases some CBT should be attempted even before TRT. I am a cognitive-behavioral advocate and do recommend behavioral interventions like diet, exercise, meditation, and sleep improvement. I always ask when they have had a physical and if the client looks like hormones are out of wack, I ask that they get a hormone panel as well. We can blame the doctors and the so called “sick care” system, but if you have a brain and can read, that’s BS. Everything you need to know is available on the internet and pubmed has actual studies where you can read the data for yourself. Do your own research, get the psychotherapist, then the PCP, then the endocrinologist or psychiatrist if needed. Or, you can sit and complain how the system is screwing you over. Victim mentality or self advocate seems a simple choice. [/QUOTE]
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