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that's easy to say when you forget about the state of healthcare.. everywhere, actually. I was going to say the US but in other countries it's not like you can

that's easy to say when you forget about the state of healthcare.. everywhere, actually. I was going to say the US but in other countries it's not like you can just pop in for a chat about taking shroomies, either. I'm not sure having a ten minute meeting with a stranger who has a PhD in internal medicine is going to yield useful strategies for curing the existential dread underpinning your depression whether you're there to discuss getting zonked on LSD or something more "traditional" like Xanax

phoronixrly 2y ago
> it's not like you can just pop in for a chat about taking shroomies You sure can just pop in to discuss options for your crippling depression though? And sorry, I do indeed live in a country with a functioning healthcare system, not the US.
- dingnuts 2y ago
  In the US normally you talk to a therapist (not a doctor) or psychologist (not a medical doctor) about your depression at length, and then if you're deemed sufficiently depressed you get a short consult with a psychiatrist (finally a doctor) to prescribe medication. This is when you would theoretically finally be able to bring up shrooms, and your psychiatrist will laugh at you, write an Rx for an SSRI, and you'll see him next year when the Rx expires I'm not sure how it is in most countries but I'd expect the biggest difference is that it will cost you money in the US, but I've read many many horror stories about people waiting many months to have only a short chat with a physician from other countries. The lack of time available to spend taking to physicians seems to be a problem in other places too my point is that consulting a doctor with random questions isn't a simple, casual thing people can easily do in most places. in most places you have to plan ahead and either wait a long time for an appointment, and/or there is a cost barrier. if you have examples of countries where people are able to get to know their doctors on a personal level and can afford in time and money to talk to their physicians for more than a few minutes per year, please link them below
- Wytwwww 2y ago
  > You sure can just pop in to discuss options for your crippling depression though To get a prescription for one of the the handful of drugs are are available and are considered to be effective. What else can you learn by just "popping in"? > with a functioning healthcare system, not the US. What do you even mean by that?

phoronixrly 2y ago

> it's not like you can just pop in for a chat about taking shroomies You sure can just pop in to discuss options for your crippling depression though? And sorry, I do indeed live in a country with a functioning healthcare system, not the US.

dingnuts 2y ago
In the US normally you talk to a therapist (not a doctor) or psychologist (not a medical doctor) about your depression at length, and then if you're deemed sufficiently depressed you get a short consult with a psychiatrist (finally a doctor) to prescribe medication. This is when you would theoretically finally be able to bring up shrooms, and your psychiatrist will laugh at you, write an Rx for an SSRI, and you'll see him next year when the Rx expires I'm not sure how it is in most countries but I'd expect the biggest difference is that it will cost you money in the US, but I've read many many horror stories about people waiting many months to have only a short chat with a physician from other countries. The lack of time available to spend taking to physicians seems to be a problem in other places too my point is that consulting a doctor with random questions isn't a simple, casual thing people can easily do in most places. in most places you have to plan ahead and either wait a long time for an appointment, and/or there is a cost barrier. if you have examples of countries where people are able to get to know their doctors on a personal level and can afford in time and money to talk to their physicians for more than a few minutes per year, please link them below
Wytwwww 2y ago
> You sure can just pop in to discuss options for your crippling depression though To get a prescription for one of the the handful of drugs are are available and are considered to be effective. What else can you learn by just "popping in"? > with a functioning healthcare system, not the US. What do you even mean by that?