>they didn't know what the medication was and looked up on google and then prescribed it to me. How human that this practitioner admitted to not knowing someth

>they didn't know what the medication was and looked up on google and then prescribed it to me. How human that this practitioner admitted to not knowing something; then took the time to look up the drug's factsheet; and then trusted you enough to take your friend's personal recommendation. >There are good nurse practitioners Agreed. And terrible physicians, as well as good. >...but they simply should not be prescribing long term pyschiatric medication with the level of schooling they have. Agreed – with the additional thought that even physicians overprescribe these mind-altering substances in far-too-abundance. >NP's have been the solution to psychiatist shortage and it seems no one cares...Nurse takeover is a joke. I think most people "on psych meds" really just need better friends / families / societies / healthcare . It is most unfortunate that we are our own worst enemies, sometimes; particularly in allowing US healthcare expenditures to be highest with no obvious benefit (to patients). It all made me so sick decades ago that I quit before even starting.