Part of why I chose medicine because I generally like science the idea of doing other science related jobs, like pharmaceuticals, makes me want to blow my brains out. Also, just because there's a lot of negativity here, doesn't mean that's universal in medicine. The majority of docs I've shadowed and work with enjoy what they do and like most of their patients.
Doctors do save people. I'm sure that the young adult or kid that comes into the ER with massive hemorrhaging after an accident would be fine without physicians. Or the cancer patient who would die without chemo. Or the hundreds of other conditions that would be fatal without treatment...If you want to look at the long term picture of everyone dies though, physicians can do a lot to ensure that patients have a high quality of life for as long as possible. It's not always about just saving lives, which you seem to not be grasping.
So many docs don't like their jobs because:
1) They had a goal to work in one field but ended up having to go into another because they weren't competitive.
2) They didn't actually do their research and didn't realize what medicine was like before they started on the path. Then when they got there they were disappointed because it wasn't what they expected. This seems to sound a lot like what you're complaining about.
3) They actually love what they do but hate dealing with the administrative and bureaucratic bs that comes along with the job. This is something that changes, and the few docs I know that legit hate their jobs used to love it but have either been worn down by the paperwork or have seen the field change so much since they started that it's just not worth it for them anymore.
If you're working with docs that are giving SSRIs for breakups and antibiotics for an obvious viral infection then their training is clearly lacking. That's not a problem with medicine, it's a problem with them being crappy physicians.
