Posted by bleauberry on June 23, 2008, at 18:41:05
In reply to FDA SAYs Seizure Meds May Or Can Lead to Suicide, posted by Phillipa on June 22, 2008, at 20:27:12
Psych meds can make someone feel so bad they kill themselves. Pretty simple concept. It is no more complicated than that. No academic arguments or explanations need attempt.
I believe this because I have been there done that. Those outside the box who try to second guess it, or figure it, or pose an explanation, have never been there.
Worse than just feeling so absolutely bad and hopeless, the drugs twist the mind's logic enough that the present state of disaster feels as real as a grenade and as permanent as the moon. Just as alcohol will remove inhibitions, morphine will remove pain, the wrong psych drug for a person will remove hope. Recovery from the present dark torturous dungeon does not seem ever possible. It is forever. Death is better. Even Hell would have to be better than this. That is the pattern of thinking the drugs can do.
Thankfully the outcomes are generally not that bad. Thankfully the drugs actually improve millions of lives. I have not statistics, but my best guess is maybe 1% kill rate on any psych med, many of them under-reported or blamed on something else. I am here to say it was not the newfound energy, it was not side effects, it was not a change in life's environment, it was a direct effect of how that drug severely impacted that person's emotions and rationale. It is an extreme example of reality to a saying we hear at pbabble all the time..."Mileage Varies".
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