Posted by SLS on August 19, 2008, at 4:41:27
In reply to i tend to agree, posted by med_empowered on August 18, 2008, at 20:15:00
Please don't be offended.
> I thought for a long time pills were the answer. Then I turned my back on them, only to find myself locked up in a psych ward being force-fed noxious meds.
Noxious or not, you consistently respond favorably to pmeds. I don't get it.
> These days my goal is to work my way out of the "system" and eventually free myself of my meds
I don't think there are too many people who wish for themselves otherwise. However, I feel you are looking for trouble unless you can find people to mirror your illness state early enough to convince you to once again seek help. I fear you are going around in circles.
"I am sick. I get better when I take meds. I get worse when I discontinue them. Therefore, I don't need meds."
Insanity - Einstein's definition: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
> and my labels...
Perhaps the worst offender at applying labels on himself is you. It doesn't seem that you have accepted your illness and how it is best treated. I may be wrong.
Just a few thoughts out of concern.
Suicide rates have declined rapidly since the introduction of Prozac and the acceptability of seeking treatment. Please introduce the chart you are alluding to. I think it is the same one I posted a few months ago. These issues have already been discussed at length. I'll see if I can find them in the archives.
I was never one to allow philosophy to be a filter through which to assess observation. "Schools of thought" are more academic exercises than empirical investigation it seems to me.
- Scott
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