Posted by TiredofChemicals on March 24, 2012, at 20:28:05
In reply to This just in: psychiatry sucks, posted by Christ_empowered on March 24, 2012, at 15:16:41
> Seriously. I mean, I'm going to be a patient one way or another. Take the meds voluntarily, and I at least get to choose the medication and dosage. Quit them...off to a hospital I go.
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> I had tics from psych drugs for a couple years. Weirdly enough, a 6-month long psychotic "crack up" fixed the tics, along with the premature aging the drugs had caused.
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> Now, I try to be careful. Minimal meds, no depakote, no stimulants, lots of antioxidants to minimize damage to what's left of my brain. So far, so good.
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> The last straw for me, in hindsight, was when while I was in the hospital a lead psychiatrist had told me that ECT would be an option.I was so sick, mentally and spiritually at the time that I was actually considering it. Something deep inside me was telling me that it was not a good idea for me.
Some of the technicians at the hospital were actually laughing at and about me and my condition. I guess that could have been my imagination, so I am told.
Unresolved issues of my upbringing that still anger me. All of the negative experiences that intertwine with that to this day.
There is no way that shocking my brain and causing me to have seizures which, I've never had, is going to make me snap out of it and awake refreshed and anew ready to face the world with happiness and joy. It won't let me awake to become a well adjusted person ready to mesh with society and be a productive member of the community.
I am not any of the above presently, nor was I then. I am disabled. I was awarded disability on my first attempt and without the help of an attorney. There was only one formal interview process.
I am told that is unusual.
*sarcasm "I must be special."
I wish not to disuade or discourage those that may be contemplating going through with that procedure.
For me it was in my best interest to avoid.
I'll keep my absolute misery and self loathing rather than be treated by psychiatry.
Sorry, I kinda' got off track.
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