Posted by Squiggles on June 7, 2007, at 8:13:24
I'm now in a position where i have to
make a decision on how to cope with the
dillema of psychiatric non-compliance (not
my own, even though i do wish i did not have
to take drugs).Reading material such as Judi Chamberlin's article
http://www.power2u.org/articles/recovery/confessions.html
I understand very well that a person will not tolerate disabling drugs which make life less worth living. And certainly, being locked up in a hospital against your will is imprisonment. And in such cases the law will not and should not make the person take noxious drugs or be incarcerated.
Unfortunately, the fallout is that the person may harm himself or others, but perhaps that is the price to pay for psychiatric freedom.
It is with great unhappiness and anxiety that I come to this concession. My own life is in a state of anxiety and vigilance. The problem at the heart of the matter, in my opinion, is that psychiatric drugs are not yet perfected to make them pallatable. It may also be the wrong drug for the wrong dx. I *do not* believe like the Breggin group, that drugs are not necessary for mental illness.
I can only hope for the best, and wish that the state of affairs were otherwise. May serendipity be my guardian as it has in the past.
Squiggles
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