Posted by yxibow on August 17, 2006, at 1:28:16
In reply to Re: I am out of here (the list), posted by willyee on August 16, 2006, at 22:57:07
> > I am out of here; too much BS. In my humble opinion there are people who want to help others, people who avoid helping themselves, and people who play games. It does not matter to me what anyone says about any of my comments here. I am still a firm believer that medications are not the entire answer. For some, medications are the major part of what they need; for others it is a matter of maybe 50%, and for others, it may be a minor part of the issue. This is my opinion. I just need to get off of reading and posting. I need to focus on myself now and said this once before. This time I will stick to it.
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> > Karen
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> I wish i believed the same thing u do,i honestly do,but i do agree these medications are not that,they are drugs,ill call them medications when they show to actualy treat,and are known why and how they treat,and not just thoery,unfortunatly until im proved otherwise,and again i wish i could be,i know if i just used mind over matter and kept telling myself i wasnt sick,well id be fooling and lying to myself,i did it for a year,good luck though maybe you can prove us wrong and hopefully come back and show,im always willing to hear a valid reason to stop these drugs in a second,good luck!
Medications are never the entire answer in mental illness (which I firmly believe is biochemical in nature.) Actually anything you do is biochemical, if you want to walk down the street, or open the door, some neurotransmitters are operating in your brain all the time processing these requests.Its a shame here in the US that insurance providers consider mental illness secondary largely (in fact often contracted out to secondary corporations other than your primary provider) and put lower caps on treatment and largely the HMO operation is go to your doctor once or twice a month for 15 minutes and get a script.
I am fortunate to have parents to be able to support me to provide what should be the model -- namely psychotherapy (of whatever sort you need, whether its psychodynamic, or behavioural or all sorts of different ones), plus medication as an aid but not always as a solution.
I wish there was a pill to cure what I have but I know at the moment I have to deal with it and eventually make a life back again somehow. That's the hard part, and that's therapy, which is frequently either covered very little, or for short sessions (typical "crisis" management with HMOs) to deal with specific matters.
So I think its a combination of both, really, for hard case situations. Sure, maybe someone with dysthymia (minor depression) can get by on Lexapro and an occasional psychotherapy session once a month, but its not enough for those with more complex disorders.
-- tidings- J
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