Posted by poser938 on June 29, 2013, at 20:38:44
In reply to Re: 14yo daughter - bi-polar, not MDD - new info HELP » laurah952, posted by SLS on June 29, 2013, at 14:03:49
Laura, based on my experience, a psychiatrists information on all possible negative effects of medication will be far from complete.
Yes, Lou is full of scare tactics. But I'm glad you believe the thought of the possibility of permanent effects from psychiatric medications holds merit. I have experienced some brain disabling effects from psychiatric meds myself. I went into the mental health system for mild to moderate depression in 2005. And now, what I have, I don't like to call it severe depression, but that's what it would appear as. What I have is a bona fire brain dysfunction caused by chemicals (medicine) that I willingly swallowed. My whole brain, emotion sensory system is messed up,i guess is the best way to put it.
I just want everyone to have fully informed consent. And I believe if one were to mainly make their decision to take these made based on the information their psychiatrist provides, and what is written in the patient information sheet, then they'd be making a decision based on incomplete information.
Just be careful. Use logic, reason. And yes, research. The best we know about these meds is that they tell the brain to function in an unnatural way. Yes, this could lead to someone feeling better. But it could also lead to the opposite. And the opposite can be scarier than what's imaginable, just like beeping freed from depression can be better than is imaginable.
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