Guys, to say Psychiatry has NEVER helped ANYONE is a broad, sweeping-generalization that simply is not true. I am firmly against neuroleptic use, especially long-acting ones, unless it is close to a life and death situation. That being said, I know some people, (my sister being one of them), who was helped significantly by the use of antidepressants (a psychiatric medication). There is a reason people sign themselves into psych hospitals voluntarily. A friend of mine battles suicidal thoughts on a daily basis and she has been in and out of the hospital 4 times. Whenever she feels like the SI is getting out of control she signs herself in. She said 3 out of the 4 hospitalizations helped her get better...at least temporarily..
Now I'm not saying Psychiatry is great, and I'm definitely the furthest thing from an advocate of antipsychotic use in the situations you guys have described in this thread. But lets not turn this thread into a 100% anti-med/anti-psychiatry thread. That will turn people away from it and may even deter some people from getting the help they need because they read all of these posts about psychiatry never helping anyone.
In sum, antipsychotics are extremely powerful meds that IMO should only be used in life or death situations when a person has a severe psychotic break. But even then I think they should be used in pill form for a short period of time. I was administered Abilify and Risperidone in pill form for about two weeks each, and when I discontinued them I returned to normal. The Invega shots are a whole different animal. But one "medicine" being comparable to a "poison" does not mean that every single psychiatric med is useless when it comes to helping patients. Venting is important. But bashing Psychiatry isn't going to help us recover quicker.
I keep telling you guys that 9 months off the Invega shot I have noticed SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS and that if this is my new baseline I could probably live a decent life. Try to focus on the glimmers of hope as much as you can and avoid that negative downward spiral. I know its hard, believe me I do. But taking your own life is never the answer and you can't change the past. So all we can do is move forward and try to help each other get better.
Given how these drugs have all these horrible effects to me it seems the benefits don't outweigh the risk. Maybe it helps a few people, but does anyone honestly need psychiatric drugs? Can't these ppl get better without these drugs? Like if your depressed, your depressed for a reason, low amount of friends, no girlfriend, death in a family. There is a reason your depressed, it may not be a good feeling to feel depressed buy if your feelings depressed your body is telling you to do something about it. Drugs are not the answer, if someone is depressed and is smoking weed to cope we look at them negatively. Yet of taking an antidepressant its like. Good for them, there doing something to help them. Taking a drug is t working to help yourself. It's the quick and easy way out
Psychiatry is a scam, they create all these "mental illnesses" like add, and ADHD, and all those symptoms is are ppl that are hyperactive or something along that nature. How is that a mental illness? Then we give them these drugs claiming it will make them better, yet I don't know if it does. Like sure it probably "calms them down", aka, slows down there brain and cognitive ability, but that only helps the teacher who is pissed off at having a hyperactive student as opposed to helping the kid themself. Did the ADD kid ever think he had a mental illness? No he and his parents just pushed it on the parents because there annoyed, also the school gets money when there students are on these meds, cause it's considered they have a disability. Talk about conflict of interest! The fact that all you guys were given this invega shot for many different reasons supports the fact they just want u on a drug and not that there curing a particular illness. How come there giving this same drug to a person has anxiety, was experiencing psychosis or was being violent. You don't give the same medicine for completely different illnesses, whats up with that? Also, do you notice all these symptoms were displaying are not even listed as side effects of the medication yet we have experienced it? Why is that? How does that make any sense.
All I can say is, taking this antipsychotic drug was the BIGGEST mistake of my life. I didn't even want the drug, I saw a psych he asksd if I ant prescription and I told him I dont want medication. I come again and he bothers me again about same thing. Which this time I decided to take. Also lets not forget that he lied about how the drug works to me, and he lied hez giving me a small dose, and he also said my condition will get worse if I don't take it. Even though I repeatedly told him I am gettibg better with time. I just need to lay off the weed. However the psychiatrist number one priority is not to do what is best for me, it is to get me on a drug. While I was on it he didn't even monitor me asking about side effects on it or anything, I was telling him im experiencing side effects and he just brushed it off and told me to keep taking it. Besides that he was turning my parents against me telling me I HAVE to take the drug. The guy also wanted me to take for 6 months even though I wasn't experiencing psychosis anymore, which makes absolutely no sense to me.
Seriously, I just think the world would be a better place without psychiatry as a profession existing.
