Originally Posted by
Chip
Interesting the number of admirable traits that a "worthless junkie scum" (not quoting anyone from this thread specifcially there, just popular opinion) can still be such a fundamentally decent human being, certainly goes against what most people would think.
Exactly.
Originally Posted by
Chip
Warren, when I was looking at the info about some anti psychotic drugs for someone I know who had been diagnosed, I looked up how they worked, the company who made them described the way they worked starting something like:
"What we believe happens is that they....."
THEY DIDNT KNOW!!!
To state the obvious-the chemisty of the brain is extremely complex.
There are quite a few drugs used to treat other illness's where it is not completely understood how they work.
Also its not fully understood how psychosis and schizophrenia come about. Its throught to be the effects of too much dopamine on a certain part of the brain (which is the opposite of what happens in Parkinsons disease).
Sometimes the benefit outweights the side-effects.
And yes, drugs are constantly being developed and trialled and improving, but for some peoplethey can change their lives and enable them to actually have a life worth living.
Risperidone seems to be the most commonly used. Abilify is hugely expensive, as is olanzapine.
Originally Posted by
ED 209
Whne you are presecibed a drug you excpect the doctors and the company that makes to understand them.
As what Chip has wrote makes you think
Yes, but if by taking this drug your life has become more bearable then whats the problem.
Theres no magic cure for any psychiatric problem so as long as medication is helping then its doing its job.
At the end of the day if you're life is effected enough to need medication then taking something and experiencing side-effects has got to be worth the risk.
And 'voices' and hallucinations can be terrifying for some people, because obviously they dont know that its not real. And if someone told you they are being told to kill you, you'd want them medicated!!
A lot of murders committed by people who are 'mentally ill' can often be because they stopped taking their medication.
Roscco, well done on reducing the dose down though, thats really good going. Im suprised to learn that there seems to be a point where even a slight alteration can affect someone.
Good luck in the future, and whether its with meth or without it youve done a great job at getting a life back for yourself.