> Doctors, for the most part, aren't interested in research. Doctors, for the most part, are fucking idiots who couldn't solve a moderately complicated puzzle

> Doctors, for the most part, aren't interested in research. Doctors, for the most part, are fucking idiots who couldn't solve a moderately complicated puzzle if their own lives depended on it. I say this because I have been a patient, because I have taught doctors, and because I have worked with their peers. It is true. The reason the medical system works at all is because you do not, typically, actually demand much from your doctor. For example, if your surgeon is dumb as a box of rocks but has great dexterity, well, that usually works out. Even the doctor who looks at you, sees you're depressed, and randomly prescribes some antidepressant works out, because it's often not really possible to do much better! Of course, sometimes you do need better. The article author needed better. I've needed better. So when you find a doctor or other practitioner (do not look down on ARNPs!) who listens and actually thinks about your problem, even if they have some faults in other areas, hold on to that person. They do exist, they are possible to get a hold of (not that it's easy to do, or even deterministic), and they can make all the difference.