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Trusting a professional's recommendation is not treating them as infallible, it's called "using the advice you paid for". No I don't blindly trust my mechanic,
by techthroway443 9y ago
Trusting a professional's recommendation is not treating them as infallible, it's called "using the advice you paid for". No I don't blindly trust my mechanic, you shouldn't blindly trust anyone but generally when you seek out a professional's opinion on something it's because you value their expertise.
> You should be double-checking absolutely every single thing a doctor is telling you
Right, because the average person who knows next to nothing on mental health is going to make a better judgement call on which medication to prescribe their child than their doctor.
Guess what, if that were the case we wouldn't have a story here.
- icebraining 9y agoRight, because the average person who knows next to nothing on mental health is going to make a better judgement call on which medication to prescribe their child than their doctor. Often, yes, the person who cares about the child more than about themselves will make a better decision than a doctor who has 300 more random kids to check that week. Now, it depends on how that double-checking is done. The simplest way is to get a second (and third, and fourth) opinion, and then judging based on them all.