06-13-2024, 12:47 AM
(06-12-2024, 10:22 PM)Aspen_Davis Wrote: I'm 45, diagnosed with PTSD that went unchecked for a while, generalized anxiety disorder.
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I am sorry you had to endure that. I feel terrible for those of us who went through this and were utterly unprepared and not able to endure the maddening symptoms, I came close.
I too am angry at the pill-mill which just kept producing more and more "different' formulations which did nothing to serve the condition, but made bank for the pharmaceutical authorities who indoctrinated physicians that this was the only way to treat problems like PTSD, anxiety, and depression. It is so much easier than human-to-human intervention and support (and so much more profitable.) Just place patients on the 'carousel of prescriptions' and watch them go round and round... all the while redeeming your "points" for better "rewards."
My withdrawal episodes came courtesy of the COVID "event" which literally shut down my local VA clinic, and summarily halted my 'mental health' medication (can you imagine?) I went cold turkey courtesy of the VA. Once they re-engaged, they wanted to put me back on them... I refused outright... I'm NEVER going to voluntarily risk reliving that experience again.
I never experienced the 'mind-zap'... so I count myself lucky in that regard. What I did experience was arguably as bad... but I won't belabor the details here... it was a nightmare of a different order. I still don't sleep.
As I said before, keeping fit, and disciplining your mind through prayer and/or meditation seems to help... the medicine seems a trap. And what you lose is just too valuable to ignore.
I am NOT a doctor, so anything I say can be tuned out... but I think you and I both know that a doctors' advice doesn't necessarily guarantee well-being either.
