tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post1968485814244867169..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Should Doctors Report Patients with Blackouts?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60421335938316228552009-03-13T16:21:00.000-05:002009-03-13T16:21:00.000-05:00I've had my license pulled after a syncopal episod...I've had my license pulled after a syncopal episode and had to wait six months for my cardiologist to sign off on getting my license back. It upset me in that I felt that I was no more likely to have a second episode while driving than any of his other patients were of having MI's while driving. Should they pull the license's of every post menopausal woman and man over 60 because the risk Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62870043628392824162009-03-11T10:28:00.000-05:002009-03-11T10:28:00.000-05:00Required reporting does bring up all the issues yo...Required reporting does bring up all the issues you raised, and more. I wish, however, there were better, more uniform guidelines and better support for clinicians who feel the need to report, on a case by case basis.<BR/><BR/>When I was still working as a psychologist back in the 1990s, I worked with a young woman who had a severe seizure disorder. She had voluntarily stopped driving a couple ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com