I personally take psych meds that have changed my quality of life. I love getting people OFF of medications especially after years of being overmedicated with multiple psychotropics that have been inappropriately prescribed (aka kid who had “anger” and was in turn put on antipsychotics, mood stabilizers and antidepressant combos) – I thrive on that.
While medication is not for everyone, I know for me, Lexapro helps me function in daily life. I suffered for 29 years before being on Lexapro, and any benefits certainly outweigh the risks. While people have bad experiences, you do need to know that some people do find benefit despite potential risks.
This is so spot on. I think that’s where big pharma, the AMA and insurance companies have come in over the past few decades to control healthcare to keep it essentially broken.. the political/financial influence is so strong, we see no changes at the local or federal levels.
Curious on your proposal of what parents, foster parents or guardians of severely, traumatized, tortured, or neglected children do? Most of the time, those interactions end up being education to the guardian, offering them resources and support vs watching a child play..
Nah, I’m with you. The whole industry needs to shift, because as you note, forced treatment remains an issue and there’s a lot of negligence surrounding psychiatry which causes immense inevitable damage. I’m apart of the activism community – politically, grassroots, all of it. Everyone picks their niche to advocate for sure – I do actually volunteer as a probono witness in courts. This isn’t to dismiss the amount of trauma psychiatry has already caused people – trauma like that can’t be reversed and as you correctly note, I’m not doing anything to reverse THAT – but certainly I do make a form of effort to prevent hospitalizations and those kind of nightmares.
I personally take psych meds that have changed my quality of life. I love getting people OFF of medications especially after years of being overmedicated with multiple psychotropics that have been inappropriately prescribed (aka kid who had “anger” and was in turn put on antipsychotics, mood stabilizers and antidepressant combos) – I thrive on that.
While medication is not for everyone, I know for me, Lexapro helps me function in daily life. I suffered for 29 years before being on Lexapro, and any benefits certainly outweigh the risks. While people have bad experiences, you do need to know that some people do find benefit despite potential risks.
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This is so spot on. I think that’s where big pharma, the AMA and insurance companies have come in over the past few decades to control healthcare to keep it essentially broken.. the political/financial influence is so strong, we see no changes at the local or federal levels.
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Curious on your proposal of what parents, foster parents or guardians of severely, traumatized, tortured, or neglected children do? Most of the time, those interactions end up being education to the guardian, offering them resources and support vs watching a child play..
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Nah, I’m with you. The whole industry needs to shift, because as you note, forced treatment remains an issue and there’s a lot of negligence surrounding psychiatry which causes immense inevitable damage. I’m apart of the activism community – politically, grassroots, all of it. Everyone picks their niche to advocate for sure – I do actually volunteer as a probono witness in courts. This isn’t to dismiss the amount of trauma psychiatry has already caused people – trauma like that can’t be reversed and as you correctly note, I’m not doing anything to reverse THAT – but certainly I do make a form of effort to prevent hospitalizations and those kind of nightmares.
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