Posted by Uppendown on May 3, 2002, at 15:15:52
In reply to Re: Are Meds over prescribed ? » Uppendown, posted by adamie on May 3, 2002, at 14:55:36
> MEDS are not over prescribed. this forum is mainly people who continue to have trouble. most people get the help they need from meds and dont bother posting here because they are too busy living their happy lives.
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> psychotherapy is over prescribed. it only helps people who are dealign with sadness. it cannot help much if at all when it comes to true mental illness. someone has severe anxiety and panic attacks... they cannot control it... they have something wrong with their brain... talking will Not help. meds are needed. Mental illness is uncontrollable. it is a condition people have no choice but to deal with. therefor meds are needed. just like meds are needed for any other Illness. too many people die because they dont get the rigth treatment. and i am sick of it.
Hi Adamie, and Geezer,
Hmmm.. Interesting. Just to put this in some kind of perspective, I'm dxed as Bipolar type 1, daily cycler, "psychotic", (meaning I hallucinate virtually constantly..)with PTSD as well. I've done both meds, and psychotherapy, and am currently doing neither. And, for me, I received far more ongoingly useful help with therapy, than I ever did with the meds. Yes, I still cycle.. but I understand what I'm going through, and am able to put it all in a better, more constructive and positive context. Without all the *added* problems that came with the meds, I'm much more able to keep things in a positive light.I just wanted to add this, to say there ARE more than one way to approach these things... I very much understand what you are saying.. I used to say exactly the same thing ! I'm trying to be helpful here!
Best Wishes,
Uppendown
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