Posted by chujoe on June 16, 2010, at 7:48:28
In reply to Re: im also rejecting meds..., posted by Huxley on June 16, 2010, at 4:37:45
>>What Christ empowered says is true and people need to recognise that THERE IS NO CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.
If it was a biological illness then there would be biological evidence.<<With all due respect, this strikes me as rather patronizing. In what respect are you using "you"? As in "You are putting these drugs in your system..." As my friend from Brooklyn might say, "You talkin' to me?" Please do not assume that those of us who have found relief from medications are ignorant of the risk; many of us are throughly familiar with the literature and have made informed decisions. On the other hand, much of what I hear from the anti-med movement sounds more like childish demands for certainty where no certainty exists.
Also, the phrase "these drugs" is simply not a credible scientific description, since there are many kinds of drugs that one "puts into one's system, though the phrase does reveal a philosophical or perhaps religious bias against psychiatric drugs. Do you drink coffee or tea, by the way? Have a glass of wine with dinner? Eat chocolate? Those are all psychiatric drugs. Exactly what drugs are you talking about?
The assertion about chemical imbalance is, to say the least, debatable. As with changes in brain anatomy, blood flow to various parts of the brain, etc., the science is not conclusive.
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