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Re: Brain damage caused by fachistic psychiatry

Posted by Questionmark on July 11, 2010, at 5:51:01

In reply to Re: Brain damage caused by fachistic psychiatry » CaffeinePoet, posted by Conundrum on July 10, 2010, at 20:52:01

This is so sad and depressing. I'm sorry.
I too am a victim of psychiatric drugging. I am convinced that i was worse off after being on antidepressants -- and getting off them (for up to roughly 2 years) -- than i was before taking the drugs. However, i am also convinced that i, personally, would have been severely messed up and miserable if i never got on antidepressants anyway. So.. i can't fully demonize the drugs. Still, i feel that if medical doctors were more cautious and delicate about the **dosing**, it would not bomb the hell out of the natural homeostasis and genetic set points of people's brains and hence not have the same degree of long-term alterations in their brains.
Also, somehow there appear to be many OTHER people who seem to be able to be on SSRIs, or what have you, and derive benefits that please them and not feel as if they have experienced any lasting detrimental impacts. Are they just less introspective, or interoceptive, or self-relfective (e.g., are they just not rEalizing that their ability to store memories is worse?)? Or is there something in Us that we are not factoring in? I've spent so much time pondering this, but i'm not certain what to think.
That said, i have many, many criticisms of psychiatry. The drugs themselves, though, can definitely be very valuable. I don't know though. There are so many philosophical dilemmas and questions associated with this practice that are virtually never addressed, and that have never fully satisfied in my mind. Of course, it is that way with many subjects i suppose.


> > ... and coming off the drug, my memory has never been the same.
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> Yes! Its the coming off of the drug that really messes you up! My memory was fine on prozac. The only hint that there was something wrong was that I had headaches that the doctors couldn't explain. I also find that a low dose of prozac, 2.5 mg/day, helps me be more motivated and concentrate better. This is compared to the 20mgs I used to take. No way I could tolerate that dosage now.
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> I wish there was some way we could bring our situations into the public view, so that others don't fall into the same trap we have. If I could just get some scans of my brain that show that something is off. I would be thrilled if it showed I had something resembling dementia at age 27. I'd be vindicated for everyone who didn't believe me. That said the drugs were safe and that they couldn't cause permanent changes to the brain.
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> I hate that I have to take drugs to try to fix what other drugs have done, but 7 years off of drugs has not returned me to my previous self. I just wanna find something that helps and never have to change it and never have to think about psychiatry again and NEVER recommend a drug to anyone, because they can cause more problems than they can fix. Some people really do need them, I don't doubt that, but I mean I was 16 when I was put on prozac, the doctor never suggested that it was a phase and not to worry about it, ever to eager to grab that pen and write the script. I had a friend more depressed than I was who attempted suicide at that age and now is happy and well adjusted. I feel like I have been cheated out of the best years of my life. Its not the bad memory thats the worst its the loss of feelings and depth to emotion, its like being a robot, no longer human. I feel my frustration grow each day to where I just don't know how much longer I can go on like this. I don't understand what life wants from me.


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