Posted by emmanuel98 on December 17, 2010, at 19:05:29
In reply to Re: 'chemo' brain, posted by linkadge on December 17, 2010, at 18:31:38
> The polypharamacy just takes a toll on the brain. All of these meds have toxicities. Some meds are directly cyotoxic, others indireclty supress normal cellular viability.
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> When you start ingesting multiple p meds, your brain just atrophies.
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> LinkadgeI don't find this to be true. I take three meds, plus one more for insomnia (caused by the other meds) and my brain hasn't atrophied at all. I feel fine. I have gone back to school and gotten all A's in a very difficult program, where most of the students are hanging by a thread to pass. This might be your experience, but it's certainly not everyone's experience.
Also, unlike mellow, I don't see myself as a loser or a "patient" just because I use psych meds. I do therapy every week with a DBT therapist and once a month with my p-doc, who I used to see every week. I have been able to cut back with him, because, having found the right combo of meds, I am no longer severely depressed.
The negativity about meds on this board is incredible. Some people do very well on psych meds. In fact, a lot of people do.
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