Posted on 11/08/2013 11:01:19 AM PST by markomalley
Drugs have improved things a lot since the 1970s, but many of the drugs by themselves are less than optimum (some of the uninstitutionalized psychotic killers were actually taking drugs) and there needs to be much more research in this area. Gene therapy may also be a possibility someday.
I didn’t write this and I do not agree with it.
When they were pushing Hillarycare some years back, a legislator (who had read the bill), said ~”If we pass this, in five years, people will be hunting Democrats with dogs!”
I’m going to invest in Blue Tick futures.
It should now be clear to everyone that the Marxist regime is attempting to crush the insurance industry.
HIV sodomites covered
Drug users covered
The Insane covered
and all subsidized by you and me.
Sbeelius is herself a brain crying in the wilderness for a body!
Is this bitch for real?
Insurance rates will go up again.
by a lot probably
And its all free!
Ping
I am sure all those crazy folks have lots of money that they stash in their socks while sleeping under the bridges. They’ll be falling all over themselves getting on the computer at the library so they can sign up with Obama.
Mental health issues, not just mental illness issues?
It’s mentally healthy to have friends and to socialize. “Paid friends” no longer simply a derogatory description of therapists, but an acknowledged reality?
Studies have shown that excluding extreme illness, that therapy does not typically increase mental health, and tends to make people addicted to therapy.
In addition to the issue of on/off medicine is the issue is that the diagnostic tools are very poor. On AVERAGE psych medicines make things worse...because psychiatrists have to go through trial and error to such a high degree, and it usually takes multiple attempts before an improvement is seen, if at all. ...and then comes the dosage adjustments.
What were they calling the depression from the world not being like Avatar?
“In addition to the issue of on/off medicine is the issue is that the diagnostic tools are very poor. On AVERAGE psych medicines make things worse...because psychiatrists have to go through trial and error to such a high degree, and it usually takes multiple attempts before an improvement is seen, if at all. ...and then comes the dosage adjustments.”
I think in the long run, psych meds make things better. The patient can foul it up, by going on/off, or using mind altering substances.
I know several people that suffer from depression and take their meds as prescribed, and the result is they are far better.
But these are not substance abusers, attempting to self-medicate.
The REAL end game. Who is going to stop us from becoming Nazi Germany, Part 2?
“I know several people that suffer from depression and take their meds as prescribed, and the result is they are far better”
I understand that. My comment is that choosing which medicine will get them to that improvement is poorly supported by diagnostic tools currently available. Typically it will take three or more attempts to get to one which provides an improvement...assuming the individual is an appropriate candidate at all. Sometimes the first one works. Sometimes the eighth one works, but only in combination with others. None of this is saying the medicines in the broad sense are useless, but rather that the first attempt is usually wrong, and the second and third attempts are often wrong.
Your reply is one of the funniest ever on FR. I laughed out loud at it eight hours ago at work, and I just re-read it and laughed out loud again. Thank you. Well done.
Excellent post. I have known several people (including some extended family) who have had legitimate emotional and mental issues that were treated successfully with therapy and/or medication.
Now, I’ll be the first to say I believe there’s a lot of baloney put out in the field - especially from the pop-psych types you see on tv or the hucksters who cater to spoiled celebrities wanting to gin up press for themselves. And I do think there is a problem with over-prescribing some drugs as a result of misdiagnosis (IMHO ADHD is a bad one for this). But for the folks who have legitimate mental health problems, it’s as real and as serious as having a broken arm or a bleeding ulcer.
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