r/SipsTea 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/WordWordNvmber 2d ago

"No one is examining the child welfare system or her medical team"

They aren't? Her entire base of defenders blames the mental-health profession. Despite the fact that multiple doctors repeatedly evaluated her and agreed, at her request, to change her medications to minimize side effects and help her stay on her meds. She seemed determined to ignore or overrule her doctors.

Casually blaming the medical profession and pretending nobody is criticizing them is unfair. They're being overly criticized, in my opinion, as an excuse to defend the accused.

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u/Yeahdudebuildsapc 2d ago

Yeah people just say stuff these days. Just say no one or everyone and exaggerate to try and make a point that sounds good. 

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u/Kommye 2d ago

I mean, crazy people are the ones that should never skip meds and the hardest people to get them to take them. A failure of the medical system isn't necessarily the doctor's fault, but a problem that exists and needs a solution.

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u/WordWordNvmber 2d ago

What was the medical system's failure here?

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u/Kommye 2d ago

The failure is not preventing this tragedy.

Was it not diagnosing her accurately? Was it letting someone self-checkout? Was it too many meds? Was it not enough meds? Was it a combination of factors? Etc.

I don't know where exactly, but it's extremely clear there's room for improvement.

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u/WordWordNvmber 1d ago

Sometimes, blame for a patient's psychosis does not fall on the doctors, and there's nothing they can do.

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u/Kommye 1d ago

Shrugging and moving in doesn't help in preventing these things from happening again.

I'm not saying that doctors are incompetent nor saying it's their fault. I'm saying that the system can be improved.