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You have been and still are on quite the journey. I applaud you courage.

I know from numerous injuries, the most recent a hospital stay for covid, that each one sets me back months if not years on the journey toward mental wellness.

New and additional meds, docs who mistake side effects for symptoms not to mention new dependencies.

I’ve started keeping a very detailed journal of all my meds and the various interactions between them. I now educate my doctors about my conditions, their origins and interactions. I take nothing until I’ve read all current literature on a particular drug and the side effects and interactions.

There is simply too much information for any one person to deal with.

As an aside; during my career I had six full time researchers and countless vendors, and that was for managing investments?

How many doctors have even one? Money or Health what is more important?

I believe that my 25 years of hell began with the change of doctors and the new one making just such a mistake!

We have to be are own healthcare coordinators.

I wish you joy on your journey.

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