Posted by m0nger on December 30, 2003, at 23:13:53
In reply to Re: Schizophrenia - Fluanxol » vwoolf, posted by Mimi on December 30, 2003, at 12:35:56
>I refused to take anything called an "antipsychotic"
>as I did not believe myself to be a "mental case"
>or want the stigma attached to that.I had the same reaction to Zyprexa when my doctor
prescribed it after I got home, and looked it up. Almost
didn't fill the script! But decided i would try it anyway.
I was so worried about the stigma of an "antipsychotic",
that I went to a different pharmacy far from where i live,
as opposed to then the one i usually go to, thats just a few
blocks from my house to fill it. There are some cute women
who work there (a couple of them i flirt with), and i pictured
the people who work behind the pharmacy counter whispering to
others who work there "hey, did you know that guy who comes in
here all the time is psychotic?" and them looking at me
different when i go there to get a half gallon of milk. LOLThe stigma about depression isn't so much there anymore, as
almost everybody knows somebody personally who is on an
anti-depressent like prozac. Some might say its going to far
with political correctness perhaps, but maybe changing the name of
the drug class would help, "psychotic" does carry a lot
of negative connotations, unfortunately. It brings to mind
criminally insane people like Norman Bates in a Hitchcock's
"Psycho" movie, for instance
poster:m0nger
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