Posted by Maxime on February 11, 2006, at 18:52:00
In reply to Re: Overuse of antipsychotics » Maxime, posted by detroitpistons on February 10, 2006, at 15:16:18
EEEK, scary stuff. I think part of the problem is that doctors don't wean people off meds well enough before starting a new one. So sometimes they end up treating a side effect from the last medication. It's hard to tell what is the disease and what is the med.
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> > Is it just me, or does anyone else think that antipsychotic are over prescribed?
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> > Zyprexa is often prescribe as a sleep aid. Seroquel is also prescribed for the same thing. Don't these doctors realise that these meds are affecting the chemical make-up of our brains? If there is a heart medication out that causes drowsiness you wouldn't be prescribed that.
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> > I don't know. I just don't know why doctors are so anxious to add antipsychotics to one's med regime.
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> > BTW, when I was in the hospital there was a young man who was taking 40 mg of Zyprexa for bipolar disorder. After one year he developed type 1 diabetes. Weeks before his admission into the psych hospital he had fallen into a diabetic coma. Makes you think twice about what these meds are doing to our bodies.
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