Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 8926

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Life, live it

Posted by Janet on July 19, 1999, at 12:39:13

Here is a quote from Marilyn Monroe: " I want to grow old without face-lifts...I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know yourself."
When I read that, it reminded me of how precious my life is and what was I thinking of those times I was suicidal? I don't want to die.
I take a combination of pills to enable me to feel like I'm not on any medication. If I mess with that, I feel all messed up, whether it be psychotic, manic, or depressed. So what is wrong with taking the medicines that help me live a full, active life? You don't have to be med. free to be in recovery and feeling fine.
Sometimes, as my psychiatrist put it, a hurricane goes off in my brain and the meds. have to be altered. OK by me, whatever works. I've been hospitalized 3 times in the last 2 years, and right now I cannot imagine myself there or needing that. I feel normal except for the side effects that I put up with and would forget that I have a serious mental illness. It is not a cop-out to take meds. the right combination can save your sanity.

 

Re: Life, live it

Posted by anna on July 19, 1999, at 20:50:52

In reply to Life, live it, posted by Janet on July 19, 1999, at 12:39:13

> Here is a quote from Marilyn Monroe: " I want to grow old without face-lifts...I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know yourself."
> When I read that, it reminded me of how precious my life is and what was I thinking of those times I was suicidal? I don't want to die.
> I take a combination of pills to enable me to feel like I'm not on any medication. If I mess with that, I feel all messed up, whether it be psychotic, manic, or depressed. So what is wrong with taking the medicines that help me live a full, active life? You don't have to be med. free to be in recovery and feeling fine.
> Sometimes, as my psychiatrist put it, a hurricane goes off in my brain and the meds. have to be altered. OK by me, whatever works. I've been hospitalized 3 times in the last 2 years, and right now I cannot imagine myself there or needing that. I feel normal except for the side effects that I put up with and would forget that I have a serious mental illness. It is not a cop-out to take meds. the right combination can save your sanity.

dear janet
that is totally true. Mental illnesses are exactly like physical illnesses and we would never question not taking a medication to help a physical illness. Mental illnesses are physical illnesses caused by problems in the brain or nervous system just as much a disease like say arthritis is caused by a breakdown in connective tissue. So I say hooray for any medication which can help us have a normal life- after all we've only got one chance so we might as well enjoy it as much as possible.
Anna

 

Re: Life, live it

Posted by Janet on July 20, 1999, at 11:05:28

In reply to Re: Life, live it, posted by anna on July 19, 1999, at 20:50:52

> > Here is a quote from Marilyn Monroe: " I want to grow old without face-lifts...I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know yourself."
> > When I read that, it reminded me of how precious my life is and what was I thinking of those times I was suicidal? I don't want to die.
> > I take a combination of pills to enable me to feel like I'm not on any medication. If I mess with that, I feel all messed up, whether it be psychotic, manic, or depressed. So what is wrong with taking the medicines that help me live a full, active life? You don't have to be med. free to be in recovery and feeling fine.
> > Sometimes, as my psychiatrist put it, a hurricane goes off in my brain and the meds. have to be altered. OK by me, whatever works. I've been hospitalized 3 times in the last 2 years, and right now I cannot imagine myself there or needing that. I feel normal except for the side effects that I put up with and would forget that I have a serious mental illness. It is not a cop-out to take meds. the right combination can save your sanity.
>
> dear janet
> that is totally true. Mental illnesses are exactly like physical illnesses and we would never question not taking a medication to help a physical illness. Mental illnesses are physical illnesses caused by problems in the brain or nervous system just as much a disease like say arthritis is caused by a breakdown in connective tissue. So I say hooray for any medication which can help us have a normal life- after all we've only got one chance so we might as well enjoy it as much as possible.
> Anna


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