Posted by Christ_empowered on June 8, 2011, at 15:08:06
In reply to Re: public health+benzos » Christ_empowered, posted by floatingbridge on June 8, 2011, at 13:35:50
If I become a nurse, I've thought about doing psychiatric nursing in the wild world of Public Health. We'll just have to see, though.
I hate how mental hospitals put everybody on antipsychotics (but they call them "mood stabilizers"). When I was in a private facility, I refused antipsychotics and depakote, which made me really, really popular with the staff. I probably could have benefited from either, but I didn't want them to shut me up and call it "medicine," you know?
I don't know whats up with public mental health. I sometimes read the practice guidelines, and they mention careful, selective use of benzos, usually for short-term treatment, but I haven't seen or heard of anyone actually getting a benzo Rx from a public health shrink. I knew a guy who got a Ritalin Rx, but he had some kind of brain damage, so that's a special case I suppose.
The APs cause brain damage. Let's just go ahead and put that out there. For me, it sucks, because antipsychotics are really the only medication that make my "illness" better to the point that I can function w/o dumbing me down (in the short term, at least) or requiring blood work. That's one reason I take so many supplements; I'm trying to pump myself full of antioxidants to prevent TD and other antipsychotic-induced problems from developing.
I'm glad you're on meds that aren't compounding your problems. Was the switch over to more socially-acceptable meds terrible, or did they make it relatively painless? How do you manage pain now?
I wouldn't worry too much about benzo-induced brain damage. I mean, what's the alternative, an antipsychotic? Also, dosage is everything.
Thanks for your post.
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