Comments | voces: Why we've reversed our stance on psych meds

voces

Why we've reversed our stance on psych meds

Nov 29, 2009 01:24

Having just dealt with some stuff (both internal and external) that kind of triggered me, I was just thinking about something ( Read more... )

daily life, disability, psych, hess

Comments 7

skyrabbit November 29 2009, 18:44:16 UTC

Yes, whatever works - I agree with that absolutely. There's costs and benefits to everything, and you just have to decide what's best on balance.

voces November 30 2009, 00:29:53 UTC

Yeah. In our case, the 'suck it up and take the meds' route really ended up working for us.

--Hess

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voces November 30 2009, 00:30:58 UTC

Yeah, we had a bad experience with Prozac about 12 years ago; Celexa works a lot better for us, and doesn't have the crazy side effects that Prozac did. It definitely lessens the ridiculous anxiety attacks, and some of the less-than-kosher behaviour that stemmed from them.

~H.

sistahraven November 29 2009, 21:03:17 UTC

Good for you for going with what works for you. Psych meds are an entirely individual thing - whether or not to take them, and which ones work with your body's chemistry. It takes a lot of strength to redefine yourself - kudos!

voces November 30 2009, 00:31:45 UTC

Yeah, it really does. I know that it was incredibly hard for us to actually want to take drugs, and it took MD to actually ask for the prescription, because he didn't/doesn't have the same hangups that the rest of us had at that point.

~H.

azalynn November 30 2009, 06:04:55 UTC

Yeah, I am very much in the "whatever works" camp when it comes to meds, and pretty much always have been. What I'm against is people being FORCED to take meds (or pressured by others telling them they "need them in order to be normal" or whatever). I personally do take one medication (adderall) that helps me a lot and doesn't "make me into a different person"...it just makes me a lot less easily frustrated and better at self-regulation.

I HAVE had some bad med experiences, but those were both due to stupid psychiatrists. Now I have a good psych, I don't get that kind of nonsense. A lot of this stuff depends on getting someone who is willing to work WITH who you are and not figure that you're doomed unless they can change you into something else. Some meds do work really well for some people when it comes to managing some difficulties, and I don't think there's any shame in taking them, nor do I have any philosophical problems with it.

For me, informed consent and choice are the key things, not "pro meds" or "anti meds"

403 December 1 2009, 17:00:29 UTC

What she said. :)