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> You’re right that psychiatry and medication is a lot of trial and error, but that’s the most efficient and accurate way to determine which medications work wi
by ambicapter 3y ago
> You’re right that psychiatry and medication is a lot of trial and error, but that’s the most efficient and accurate way to determine which medications work with a patient.
> Note they practitioners aren’t just guessing and hoping for the best.
Soooo, which is it? You can't have it both ways, either trial and error or "educated guess".
- hnaccount141 3y ago> Soooo, which is it? You can't have it both ways, either trial and error or "educated guess". Sure you can -- trial and error doesn't mean the things you're trying have to be picked out of a hat at random. You can choose a starting point based on existing research and iterate from there based on the results experienced by the patient.