Why didn't Barclay take drugs?

[Myasishchev]

If he takes med, what does that leave Troi to do?

Prescribe the medication and monitor its effects? Except she's not an MD, which I always thought was kind of silly.

I would expect that in the 24th century, genetic science and brain mapping and such have reached a point that tailor-made meds could be made for any individual.

Failing that, Barclay could spend some time in the neural neutralizer.

 

[Snaploud]

They made a big deal about how Barclay was too nervous to be around Troi, but that still doesn't explain why he avoided the entire counseling staff.

 

[Kross]

That's what we need, Barclay curled in a corner of his quarters, discarded meth pipe laying nearby.

 

[Trilliam]

If he takes med, what does that leave Troi to do?

Prescribe the medication and monitor its effects? Except she's not an MD, which I always thought was kind of silly.

I would expect that in the 24th century, genetic science and brain mapping and such have reached a point that tailor-made meds could be made for any individual.

Failing that, Barclay could spend some time in the neural neutralizer.

As far as I know, psychologists don't prescribe medication, - that's done by psychiatrists (who have to train as medical doctors, psychologists don't). Here, at least, they are different quals.

 

[adamisme]

maybe he was on drugs, but they didn't work as he was such a insecure basketcase his insecurities overpowered any drugs

 

[Myasishchev]

If he takes med, what does that leave Troi to do?

Prescribe the medication and monitor its effects? Except she's not an MD, which I always thought was kind of silly.

I would expect that in the 24th century, genetic science and brain mapping and such have reached a point that tailor-made meds could be made for any individual.

Failing that, Barclay could spend some time in the neural neutralizer.

As far as I know, psychologists don't prescribe medication, - that's done by psychiatrists (who have to train as medical doctors, psychologists don't). Here, at least, they are different quals.

Like I said, she wasn't an MD, although it seems like there should have been one with a mental health background.

 

[NeonMosfet]

The network gets very upset at the mention of "substances", so Barclay became excessively enamoured of the holo deck, i.e. internet.

 

[Trekker4747]

The network gets very upset at the mention of "substances", so Barclay became excessively enamoured of the holo deck, i.e. internet.

Umm. A) TNG wasn't on a network. It was syndicated.

B) The internet didn't exsist -well, not in the form it does today or even when it reached public popularity in the mid-90s- when Barclay's first appeared. Hell, it barely "exsisted" when TNG ended.