Posted by Mr. Scott on December 21, 2003, at 22:15:06
I'm sorry to say it, but most of psychiatry is a bunch of hoo-haa when it comes to the 'working wounded.'
While psychiatry has made terrific advances in the treatment of 'flaming' symptoms such as mania and acute psychoses, or severe depression, they sure haven't done much for those of us (like me) who are lost in the cracks.
Great new marketing schemes, psychiatric categories and anticonvulsants aside, I've yet to see much help in over a decade of psychiatric consultation.
I've seen a lot of bills though for office visits leading me nowhere. I've seen benzodiazepine and SSRI dependence. I've seen my own search for the magic elixir land me in AA, and I've seen every side effect from weight gain and cholesterol increase, to agitation and anxiety, to a swollen face and a bowel with a mind of its own.
I'm very disenchanted with all this. I am mostly depressed and occassionally hypomanic (but ONLY upon antidepressant use). Take away the AD and I'm depressed. Leave the AD in and I get side effects or AGITATION. Add an anticonvulsant and I get side effects. Add a benzo and get hooked. Do this and get that.
Damn it already... Can I get some lasting help from anyone or anything either on this planet or beyond? Because if not I see NO DAMN POINT!
Scott
(Good looking, Intelligent, Successfull, and Occassionally Suicidal)
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