06-07-2024, 01:01 PM
(06-07-2024, 11:34 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: I don't take antidepressants. I don't know anyone who has. From what I read about them, they can cause more harm than good. I know people on other kinds of mental health medicine - Risperidone. I know it helps them a great deal. They couldn't function without it. So mental health medicine may be a mixed bag ... depending on who is taking it and for what.
My only advice about medications ... don't take advice from random people on this, or any other, discussion forum. When someone comes on here and tells you to avoid medication ... then I suggest you avoid doing what that poster says. LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTORS and LISTEN TO THOSE AROUND YOU IN REAL LIFE.
Thank you for reiterating a hugely important point!...
There is no "post" (nor article for that matter) that can be take the place of "medical expertise." I am no doctor, no medical professional of any kind... and I dare say - while well-intentioned and sincere - no one can or should dole out medical advice without that caveat... and everyone should be sure to consult with one with our concerns... it's much safer that way...
I will say that my best experience with one or two of the antidepressants prescribed to me offered some tangible effect... but it was temporary... and there were side effects. When I say temporary there is a stinging twist at the end. As my abated depression manifested itself again, I had to "convince" the doctor... an unpleasant affair... also I found myself not only depressed - but now medicated and jittery - sleepless - or somehow or otherwise afflicted with side-effects I wouldn't have except: "prescriptions." (which ironically, is something to be depressed about.)
Frustrating.
Tecate Wrote:Maxmars, to your original question, “ Have you ever quit antidepressants?”
Yes I have. I was on Effexor for about 4.5 years and it was a special hell that I finally decided to escape from. My physician and ex-wife peer pressured me into them believing that I was suffering from PTSD (35 years as a frontline Advanced Care Paramedic) when in reality I was unable to cope with her and her family’s bullshit.
My opinion is that as with depression, and anxiety, PTSD can be (I reiterate "can be") an abusive diagnosis for the benefit of everyone OTHER than the patient.
Let's just medicate them into a zombie state and "...all we have to do is dust them off when we need them to sign their benefits check, and occasionally mop up the drool." I've seen way too many people made to endure 'extra' suffering because families and doctors would rather believe the did something to help... and a drugged out life "appears" helpful.
Or worse still, patients who become aware that something is wrong, and then get "gaslighting routine number 4" to make everyone around them feel good, and doctors get 'reward points' for prescribing the drug of the month... "Mali.. here we come!"
