Posted by Dinah on August 12, 2011, at 7:56:45
In reply to Re: Risperdone » Dinah, posted by floatingbridge on August 11, 2011, at 20:21:18
I got the link from Babble. Not long after I came here, I think.
It's hard to understand how some medical dependence is addiction and how some is not considered a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd function without my Provigil in the morning, and there for a while I thought I'd soon need more just to stay awake. Only other changes in my health woke me up enough to manage on what I'm prescribed. And it was physiological h*ll to wean myself from Luvox. Never again do I want to feel brain zaps.
Maybe the difference is how much the doctors see the drugs as having a negative impact on our lives? Or which medications bring a "high"? I've never quite understand that concept as I don't at all like the sensation that comes from large amounts of alchohol or pain meds. They make me feel sick and dizzy. But I daresay some meds are seen in a negative light by doctors.
Wishing to medicate away pain seems natural enough to me, and no cause for disapproval. The pain of agitation and anxiety can be overwhelming to those of us who are overly subject to it.
To some extent I blame the pdoc from h*ll for my worsening of symptoms. I was always anxious and prone to agitation, but I think those years on Luvox really did have a kindling effect, and lowered my threshold for reaction.
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