The mental health epidemic is such that we not have an acute shortage of psychiatrists. But there are "manipulative" ones possibly. A senior friend, a sugar patient, around 60, couldn't eat well for over two weeks, very anxious. Professor. Excellent stress manager. 1/n
He would barely eat half an apple and would vomit. Fearful due to some adverse professional issues. Though nothing related directly to him. He saw a pamphlet of some psychiatrist's clinic and desired to go there. I was with him. I found the set-up shady. Anyway, 2/n
The doctor made this friend fearful and gave a detailed prescription and the nurse insisted we buy medicines from there. I got him wriggled out. Later, in a friend's car, I saw that my friend was prescribed three different benzodiazpines and one SSRI. 3/n
I could sense the dose was too strong and my friend didn't have any other symptoms except sleep, anxiety, perhaps severe. I said, Sir, let's take a second view. So, we went to Holy Family hospital, where there were tweaks to his diabetes medicine and a minor clonazepam. 4/n
That was it. I said, Sir, we can monitor you daily, twice a day at home after the Holy Family hospital prescription, for a few days, or a week. Failing which we will see what next. But that was sufficient. /End. @srinivasaiims @netshrink @shivangayy
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