Posted by Lou Pilder on April 1, 2011, at 17:54:01
In reply to Previous hospatilizations = more meds?, posted by herpills on March 29, 2011, at 15:59:48
> Well, I'm ready to give up on Abilify because I can't stand the akathesia and increased anxiety, and I refuse to take more Klonopin just to ease those side effects. The thing is, my pdoc thinks that since I have been in the hospital before for my bipolar that I have to be on an antipsychotic. I just don't feel like just because I have been in the hopital means I need to be on certain classes of meds. I'm stable right now on lamictal and lexapro. Has anyone else had this experience from their pdoc? herpills
h_p,
You wrote,[...to give up on Abilify...refuse..Klonopin...my (psychiatrist) thinks..I {have to} be on an antipsychotic...].
One school of thought in psychiatry is that there is not a cure and that a person must take mind-altering drugs to deal with symptoms perhaps for the rest of that person's life.
Now does that way of thinking have to be accepted or could there be another way of thinking?
You see, if one takes that road in their thinking, that road could lead to the drug given not helping and then the person is given another drug which could cause brain damage and then given another drug that could cause a movment disorder sometines not reversible, and then given another drug and they get diabetes, and then given another drug and they die suddenly and the cause of death is listed as [cardiac arrest], or they get an incurable blood disease and die from that or commit suicide and/or kill others, or some other life-ruining condition.
If anyone is considering being a discusant in this thread, I am requesting that they view the foollowing video.
Lou
To see this video,
A. Pull up Google
B. Type in:
[youtube,Drug compamy salesman tells how psychiatric drugs can cause brain]
You will see a lady with a red dress on. The time is 4 min posted oon aud 14, 2009
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:981411
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20110321/msgs/981668.html