Posted by willyee on January 27, 2006, at 10:36:57
In reply to Dont do it!!!!, posted by Daniela23 on January 27, 2006, at 8:44:17
> With all due respect to all you handling your own use or the repercussions of others use of medication.... I would like to give a shout out to those who might be cruising by the site, wondering whether to take that prescription your doctor wrote out during the 5 minutes he allocated to 'your case.'
> Seriously do consider whether the meds will improve the quality of your life; it seems more than clear from all the posts on this site that more than often adding a chemical cocktail to your problem not only does not make the beast go away, it actually makes it worse, tacking on any number of wierd and scary side-effects such as impairing your brainpower, to name one.
> The hype (esp put out by the industry, of which your doc is included) wants you to believe that you need medication... or lo! your 'illness' might even deteriorate....... Sure, and when you are unable to get off the med, ie hooked, where is the industry then? At the bank, cashing in on YOUR misery.
> I was diagnosed BP 3 years ago, and despite long periods of depression where I was REALLY down, suicidal and harming of my self (or vv, talking at 90mph) I never gave in and took anything. I really believe it was my instinct at self-preservation that took over; and I encourage others to listen to that voice. You do not need meds to make you better; they will not make the underlying part of what is 'wrong with you' go away...... Try vitamins, (see Alternative board) exercise, learning and listening to your self with ACCEPTANCE, love, friendships... maybe solitude, whatever your thing is- but do the personal remedy is my ADVICE.
> For those of you who pop pills I respect that, but I speak to those who question medication, hesitant 'whether to' regarding their mental health; You Gotta Believe; nobody or no substance will do that for you.
> Shalom.
> Daniela
Ok first you cant post a message,claim youre not trying insult anyone,and then refer to them,"us" A PILL POPPERS.This is not a drug foroum,advocting the use of drugs,encrouaging the use of drugs,we are using what are SAID to be legal therputic medication,so HOW DARE YOU use the term PILL POPPRERS,THIS personaly is one of the MOST insulting things i can be told.We come here to find out more,chemical technical aspects of the drugs so we are even FURTHER from pill poppers,instaed of that comment you should respect the fact a lot of people come here to try to understand how there medication works,they are intersted and concerned about the medication they are being given,again this is not what you would call a pill popper.
As for dealing with it,i applaud anyone who finds ANY METHOD successful,beit excersisie,spirtual,herbs etc.
But the fact that you acnowledged your BP shows that we are dealing with true clinical disorders.Why cant people accept the fact there the brain is no different than any other part of your body,is there a single inch of your body now other than the brain that can fall victim to disease or medical condition.
If this the case,which i believe it is then you cant blame people for visiting a docter,unfrotunatly it takes that to learn the imdustry in this case hasent come an inch and the treatment for these disorders have been shot totaly to hell due to big bucks and big pharm companys.So we seek treatment like we would heart problems,tumours etc,we just come to find out its a whole different balll game,not to our benifit.
I do feel the industry is horrid,the advancment just as horrid,treatment options,horrid,but i do believe as well that there are cases of brain disorders that we dont have any grip on,getting worse with age etc,and i believe just as homepathy remedies can,certain medication for certain people can provide enough relieaf to help a person stay out of bed,and function.I DONT BELIEVE we have a cure,whether remedy or medication,mainly cause like u admitted u have BP you and no one else can give any flat facts about what it is,theorys we have those by the suitcase,facts,hardly any.
Now if you wanna see the worst of the worst,you would find them where......well on a medication foroum perhaps? People forget what this place is,perhaps they need to visit babble social,or babble ALTERNATIVE and see THEY made the mistake of stumbling onto the wrong board.BABBLE ALTERNATIVE,is all about using amino acids,herbs,and tons of home remedies,actual medication is not allowed to be spoken there,your message would have made no logic there.
You did more that state a opinion,you sneakishly tried to slide in insult and pressure your beliefs and wanted to leave as still being there to offer "friendly suggestions"
I personaly recomend in my own choice to disregard your post especialy since you have never taken medication,therefore you are far from a valued experianced resource.
Instead id go to babble alternative,heres an idea for you,you might want to consider also that not everyone is a pill popper,and PERHAPS some people find value in herbal remedies,AND natural,combine them,what a thought huh?
Using herbs and natural remedies in high doses is no longer natural,i use all resources incluing natural and medication,i think your post was highly insulting,DARE YOU REFER TO ME AS A PILL POPPER !
poster:willyee
thread:603370
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060122/msgs/603398.html