[GordonS]

Well, information overload has never been an issue with my doctors - quite the opposite.

My doctor has no idea how the meds he prescribes me actually work. You talk of information overload, but my doctor provided no information about the meds, their effects, side effects or withdrawals. For one of the tricyclics he said "these will kill you if you take too many", but that has literally been the total information conveyed.

Regardless of information overload, doctors should at least understand the basic mechanics of how the drugs they prescribe actually work, and understand the body's mechanics of tolerance and withdrawal - and be capable of having a brief conversation about them with patients.