Guys, I don’t understand.
When I was out on antipsychotics I originally refused and asked to be put on lithium instead, which is what I was using before.
My doctor refused to put me back on lithium like I requested because it was “too dangerous” and would destroy my thyroid. I understood and accepted this complication about lithium and it didn’t bother me because of the levothyroxine I’d take to level out my thyroid.
So she forced me on antipsychotics… which I told her I didn’t want to because they could give me tardive dyskinesia… and I got it…
In what world is hypothyroidism more dangerous than tardive dyskinesia?! In what world is irreversible brain damage more acceptable than potentially reversible damage to your thyroid, which is 100% treatable with pills anyway?
I’m stunned by psychiatry. That’s all for today, folks.