I assume you can understand him, through his accent.

The only guy I can think of that I couldn't understand a word of, is a co-worker of my husbands. Polish accent. Oddly enough, he was born in America.

I've been going to the same doctor for 8 years and I've been healthy for that period of time. He recently went to a new practice and instead of staying with the old practice I went with the doctor.

... I developed tremors recently yah know.

Good to hear you have an understanding shrink. Seems like it would be to the benefit of all involved to increase the understanding of brain chemistry and how the meds work.

A lot of psych drugs have a parkinsons like side effect to them.

Your body needs time to clear the residual amounts of the drug still in the tissues. It is withdrawal symptoms as you would see with opiates or other "hard core" drugs. If they do not go away within a week or so, I would speak with your doctor.

He is just a pill pusher. I see hime for 10 minutes every 3 months for a new prescription. I tried counseling, but never felt comfortable with her either. I should probably try to find another, but it is very difficult with my insurance.

Glad you found someone.

You're supposed to feel ok with both of them. So I hear.

In light of a fact that there are people debunking Freud and his theories, I would like to comment and say that it is a matter of a simple understanding that in Freud's day there was not enough available information and there were not that many people who ever dug deep enough into forms to understand how the brain or the psyche works.

Today however we know a bit more about the brain and we are more accepting of alternative methods of approach to research, as well, more people are understanding eastern culture and spirituality. This tells me that the work of Freud and those of his contemporaries is incomplete. This is why I have reason to believe the DSM is a bible that should be revised or burned to start over with a modern day perspective.

As a part of training to become a psychiatrist it would be of benefit to all of them and their clients if they were encouraged to go out and live wild in the street and beg for about six months to lend empathy and compassion.

Note: There are ongoing issues concerning the validity and reliability of the diagnostic categories; the reliance on superficial symptoms; the use of artificial dividing lines between categories and from 'normality'; possible cultural bias; medicalization of human distress and financial conflicts of interest, including with the practice of psychiatrists and with the pharmaceutical industry; political controversies about the inclusion or exclusion of diagnoses from the manual, in general or in regard to specific issues; and the experience of those who are most directly affected by the manual by being diagnosed, including the consumer/survivor movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders

his insights were amazing at the time, and he took a giant leap forward from calling people possessed, etc. but that was a century ago. we know so much more now, especially about the hard wiring of the brain and the genetics of personality. there is no tabula rasa. there never was. anyone who thought that could not possibly come to correct conclusions.
when i see freud worship in a therapist, i run.

as far as eastern medicine, i do think that meditation is a valuable technique that can be very useful to people with a wide range of mental illnesses.
i do not, however, think it is a good substitute for the care of a competent professional.