tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post1353814477578369625..comments2024-02-28T08:18:10.886-08:00Comments on vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: How To Clean your Brain, as told to me by a schizophrenic patientVitum Medicinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-57303514191988593582008-01-30T14:32:00.000-08:002008-01-30T14:32:00.000-08:00I ultimately chose neurology, but one of my favori...I ultimately chose neurology, but one of my favorite memories from medical school was from my psychiatry rotation. I was attempting to interview a patient, when he started mumbling under his breath. It seemed important, so I asked him to repeat himself. Very carefully and slowly (as if it were the most crucial information he could share with me) he said, "Breaking rocks in the hot sun, I fought the law and the law won. I needed money because I had none. I fought the law and the law won." He ultimately recited the entire song as though he were telling me the history of his life - no beat or rhythm whatsoever. I still think about that patient when I hear the song on an oldies station....Artemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321501062140234923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-74319906828881947512008-01-29T23:24:00.000-08:002008-01-29T23:24:00.000-08:00ummm....I obviously forgot to mention... some subs...ummm....I obviously forgot to mention... some subspecialties in pathology are not only fascinating, but those doctors are considered some of the coolest doctors out there. <BR/><BR/>In an actual serious attempt to redeem myself, I'll clarify that in addition to the stigma, from my experience pathology lacks the interaction with patients that I value so much...and thats one of the reasons that I personally am not as interested in it as some other specialties.<BR/><BR/>But I suppose I should probably make an appointment to shadow a certain pathologist in order to make sure...Vitum Medicinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-78111458165298580502008-01-29T21:00:00.000-08:002008-01-29T21:00:00.000-08:00If you choose a specialty based on what other peop...If you choose a specialty based on what other people will think of you, you will be making a very serious mistake. My suggestion would be to choose a specialty based on what interests <I>you</I>, and based on what kind of life you want to live. <BR/><BR/>- signed the <I>Pathology</I> Prof Who Reads Your BlogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-40781622409918195022008-01-29T12:16:00.000-08:002008-01-29T12:16:00.000-08:00John Nash and his son were both schizophrenic but ...John Nash and his son were both schizophrenic but they still managed in a way or another to pursue a successful life in mathematics.YShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289983634334714758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-86683529976340718802008-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:002008-01-28T16:34:00.000-08:00Thanks to the Redditors who have voted for this ar...Thanks to the Redditors who have voted for this article and left MANY MORE comments at http://reddit.com/r/science/info/66s5c/comments/ <BR/><BR/>I've gotten a few questions about the "stigma" associated with pathologists, which may not be as generally known as the stigma associated with psychiatrists. For the non-med folk, pathologists are often seen as being anti-social, the opposite of “people people," and as individuals who prefer to work with dead people and sit in a room by themselves looking in a microscope. Not the type of person I’d like to be seen as...which is why I chase away any glimmers of interest I have in pathology!<BR/><BR/>Jessica - I've seen only a few more disorders but that should change before the end of my psych clinical skills unit in second year. We're only learning how to interview patients right now for a couple hours a week for four weeks. In third year, however, I'll spend a few weeks full-time on a psych rotation.Vitum Medicinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-68830884959088098602008-01-28T09:38:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:38:00.000-08:00whoa! That would be intense!!What other disorders ...whoa! That would be intense!!<BR/><BR/>What other disorders have you seen yet?jysikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186310724853640474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-63715744111096456802008-01-28T08:59:00.000-08:002008-01-28T08:59:00.000-08:00hahahahaha...I miss ya dude...you are going to be ...hahahahaha...I miss ya dude...you are going to be a fabulous doctor. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart! ...jjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-43740920520731367072008-01-27T21:30:00.000-08:002008-01-27T21:30:00.000-08:00I remember having odd dreams towards the end of th...I remember having odd dreams towards the end of that rotation. I think it was because I started realizing how close to "sane" these patients were, and how just a few neurons firing the wrong way could make me as debilitated as they are. <BR/><BR/>For a really trippy experience, ask some of these patients what they see in a picture (on the wall)... Sometimes their answers are so abstract/out there that you kinda wonder what's going on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-72929906691916086092008-01-27T16:59:00.000-08:002008-01-27T16:59:00.000-08:00Maybe it was distorted way of describing a sinus r...Maybe it was distorted way of describing a sinus rinse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-80144570712684885912008-01-27T14:55:00.000-08:002008-01-27T14:55:00.000-08:00I work in a psychiatric hospital, and I love it! T...I work in a psychiatric hospital, and I love it! There's never a dull day, and you learn new things all the time. In the process of doing psychotherapy you have to come to terms with some of your own human failings, else you won't be of much help. It's hard, but you really do grow as a human being if you want to...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com