Posted by fear_fighter on March 20, 2002, at 18:11:23
In reply to Re: Follow-Up On Geodon mood stabilizer?, posted by Dave1 on March 20, 2002, at 9:14:49
Man you should NEVER have been given that stuff for ANYTHING other than genuine psychotic behaviour. Anti-Psych drugs are quite dangerous and are often and distugstingly offered to people who show symptoms of anxiety instead of a minor tranquilliazer like diazepam/vallium. The reason is is that it is believed that major tranquillizers (anti-psych drugs) are better for anxiety than minor tranquillizers (vallium/diazepem) purely because minor tranqs have been proven to be addictive - although only by addicitve types (we can all have a drink but not all of us become alcoholics). The manufacturers of anti-psych drugs go crazy about this and state clearly that they should not be used except where absolutely essential (i.e. psychotic behaviour) and then for as short a period as possible. Permanent nerve disorders and death are reported for Anti-Psych drugs.
If you have depression only and not anxiety I would suspect foul play here. Its possible he does think that you show some mild psychotic behaviour and has lied to you which is both immoral and I suspect illegal. HOWEVER, this does not mean at all that you are psychotic at all. One pervading symptom of depressive people is that they have great imaginations, are highly contemplative and even poetic in their use of language. Now, imagine this if you will: A man with depression walks into his docs and says "I think I have depression." and then the doc says "Please describe the sysmptoms of the depression to me" and then the man says "It's just like a big heavy black cloud that follows me around all day and I sometimes feel its crushing me. Its killing me".
NOW: That could easily be taken literaly and diagnosed as a dellusion or hallucination when in fact the depressive person is just waxing lyrical and being a bit creative and poetic in his descriptions. A good doc might investigate and make sure what actual beliefs the person has with regard to this depression and whether they really think a dark cloud is going to kill them. A poor, lazy or rushed doc will just prescribe an anti-psych drug in order to cover himself (should you go out and shoot somebody or yourself) and also to see if your symptoms go away.
In either case man its wrong. Change doctors - its that simple - get a second opinion.
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