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> You’re right that psychiatry and medication is a lot of trial and error, but that’s the most efficient and accurate way to determine which medications work with a patient.

> Note they practitioners aren’t just guessing and hoping for the best.

Soooo, which is it? You can't have it both ways, either trial and error or "educated guess".



> Soooo, which is it? You can't have it both ways, either trial and error or "educated guess".

Sure you can -- trial and error doesn't mean the things you're trying have to be picked out of a hat at random. You can choose a starting point based on existing research and iterate from there based on the results experienced by the patient.




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