And people who haven't experienced these disorders really can't understand the suffering they entail. He treats many patients in their 60s, the kind of people who were the foundation of Taiwan's economic success. The medications help them deal with what would otherwise be unbearable psychological pain, and enable them spend their last years in peace. "Many of them recover fully with the help of the drugs."
吳東庭說，外人很難真正體會、瞭解身在其中者的痛苦；尤其臨床上有很多六十多歲的長者，他們曾是台灣經濟成功的推手，如今卻不堪忍受身心的痛苦、煎熬，只好藉藥物幫助他們安享晚年，「其中不乏吃藥痊癒的例子。」