Posted by linkadge on May 18, 2015, at 19:53:00
In reply to Re: What does Seroquel actually do???, posted by Lamdage22 on May 17, 2015, at 4:18:31
I disagree. If you taper a medication slowly enough, the only thing you will be left with (for the most part) is your underlying disorder. That being said, I would never take the high doses and multiple medication cocktails that some people take.
There is a tendency among individuals with psychiatric disorders to assume that symptoms appearing upon withdrawal of a medication are solely due to the medication - failing to ask themselves how they got on the medication in the first place.
Yes, I have had bad reactions to medications - very bad ones, requiring hospitalization and loss of thousands in hard earned tuition money. However, my mother is bipolar. I know that we are very sensitive to medications that other people can take in very high doses without problems.
I had a psychotic reaction to parnate. After that, I was put on Seroquel (for a while) before discontinuing it. The doctor prescribed other medications, but, for the most part I didn't take them. I don't blame the doctor, or the MAOI. It was my foolish persistence that wanted to be on the supposed "big gun" MAOI. WTF. It was my own fault (and some bad genes).
But seriously. Some people are living under a rock. Just google search your favorite medication to realize that there are many people that have very bad reactions. Just last month, SSRIs are linked to seizures and plaque buildup in the arteries. I am not fooling myself into thinking I am ignorant of the risks.
If 25mg of Zoloft makes me manic (when 300mg is like water to another individual), who's fault is it? Is it my doctors fault for not knowing how I would react? Is it my fault for taking the med?
Maybe its my genetic makeup that predisposed me to both the original symptoms and to such medication reactions. I am not going to blame psychiatry, or the medications for my genetic response.
I have been on more medications than many people on this board. Yes, there are likely some lingering effects from taking these meds, but I realize that my core problems are simply the ones that I have always had - the ones that brought be to the psychiatrist in the first place.Currently, I am choosing to take an alternative approach. In hindsight however, I would still have tried the medications. It was worth a shot. Some people are helped.
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