“The Pharmaceutical companies and physcians who give these drugs to people should be locked up. Psychologist would rather give you a pill than talk to you.”
Schizophrenia is very difficult to detect in its early stages. Hallucinations and voices are a definitive symptom. My sister was misdiagnosed for almost 30 years by psychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists. She was finally (correctly) diagnosed as a disorganized (non-paranoid) schizophrenic by Mayo Clinic.
Mayo was able to sort out her true symptoms from ones caused by improper medications. Mayo did this all in ONE DAY using a a team of pychiatrists, psychologists, and neurologists. I cried when my mom showed me the ONE SENTENCE diagnosis on the letter from May. The doctors at Mayo were very caring and dedicated—and still are. (Thank God for good health insurance.....LOL)
My sister is now receiving the proper medications. For the first time since the schizophrenia began, she has a decent quality of life, is happy, and (with medications)has learned to not listen so much to the voices.
Yes, there are bad psychologists/psychiatrists who don’t really care about helping a patient. But I believe most do want to help their patients. I also thank God every day for the pharmaceutical companies!!! They aren’t perfect, but they’re an industry which has indisputably contributed to the health and well-being of ordinary people.
I can only imagine the hell of coping with someone with schizophrenia who is taking mind altering medications from a doctor. Thank Goodness you survived and your sister.
I’m with you.
On the basis of more than a few mental health/illness threads around here, I believe (as in I am expressing only my opinion) that the the overprescription of ADHD meds by the public schools is a prime cause in freeper’s mistrust or distrust of the pyschiatric establishment. The charges may well be appropriate.
But it paints with too broad a brush to indict the entire practice on the basis of that. As always, the most extreme examples (school shooters / suicides) get nearly all the press and media attention, while the overwhelming majority of people on these meds simply continue to live their now-productive lives in silence and anonymity.