[hirvi74]

> you would expect doctors to do this as a matter of course, but in my experience they do not.

My experiences match this as well. After my diagnosis from a dubious battery of psychometrics and interviews from a psychologist, I was expecting the actual psychiatric care to be, I don't know, more scientific?

However, I was met with just simple brute-forcing medications and dosages. No measurements of any kind were ever taken. I'd just get asked questions like, "How do you like <medication>?" or "How is <medication> working for you?" Depending on my answers, dosages were either adjusted or some other medication was thrown at the wall to see what would stick.

Asking questions like, "How do I know if <medication/dosage> is truly working as intended" or "What should I expect to change in my life from taking <medication/dosage>?" were questions that I was never received a satisfactory answer.

I quit going to psychs a fews year back and only go to my GP now. Honestly, the care has been substantially better and somewhat more holistic too. I can actually see what good/bad effects medication(s) have on my body (blood pressure, heart rate, etc.), which various psychs, never measured a single time in almost a decade of care.