On: Optimism

[dominotw]

>In practice it's fairly common for doctors to try treatments without being sure what the cause of the symptom is.

You mean nonchalantly prescribing anti depressants? I was put on zoloft about 1.5 years over 7 years ago and I still suffer from side effects despite being only on 'pediatric dosage'.

Never again!!

[emodendroket → dominotw]

I'm sorry you had a negative experience, but I'm not sure that's enough to say that the practice is without merit.