What really ticks me off….

Recently, as some people may have noticed, Mr Ian has taken to spreading his learned wisdom to anyone who happens to click the wrong link…. link… link…. (and thanks Mental for the use of bandwidth lately!)

I’ve become somewhat (and perhaps momentarily) drawn into the world of ‘blogging’ and ‘posting’. Sat here at 4am, it’s possibly become something of an obsession (although I’m only awake cos some mozzie decided to take a banquet out of on my back) .

So in my ponderings, I began to wonder … what attracts me to this new-age techno forum?

Dr Grumble pointed me to an interesting site. Apparently the government is monitoring weblogs for opinion and ideas on interesting or important government matters. I suppose this is one way of getting that seemingly muted opinion out there a little closer to the people that can make a bigger difference than you or I, the real decision makers.

However, I’ve also noticed that personally, I tend to only post on issues in which I hold strong opinion on or believe my experience or knowledge may be of some ‘expert‘ help. One thing is certain, I’ve never been so keen to read up on latest material and happenings to stay up-to-date, so as to limit the embarrassments of any ill-informed postings.

I note that current debate is now afoot for renaming schizophrenia. Although they use the term ‘rebranding’ which leads me to already think of putting my money on McSchizophrenia.

So through reading about current issues in treating schizophrenia, I stumble across some comments. Some are useful, like the thesis on non-dopaminergic antipsychotics. However, one which grabs my attention moreso is, unfortunately, not as replete of such enlightenment.

The post can be found here, as can my reply. However, I will summarise here that the main gist is it seems to be the comments of some aged old has-beens who have spent most their careers perpetuating the fraudulent myth of “Doctor knows best”, along the ilk of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, which usually amounts to a large portion of neuro-debilitating polypharmacy at the demise of any other alternative or conjunctive interventions such as CBT.

So, returning to my ponderings, why is it I enjoy this new found pasttime?

I have no idea. And the strange thing is, I was originally going to write a post all about how stupid someone else’s opinion is because it doesn’t match mine.

In the end I didn’t, but then, it passes the time while the mozzie bites die down.

Nigh night.