Mental Health Medications
Friday July 7, 2006
Mental health medications are used for a variety of problems. Medications are the primary treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; and they are also important in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
Comments
My cousin who was displaying scitzophrenic behaviors comitted suicide and medications were the cause. She began interrupting her medications. I believe this is where the problem originated. I also strongly believe that psychiatric medications deplete the body of B vitamins, this I believe is also the contributing factor why she was not in her own mind, of her own will, not present when she overdosed. Medication caused her to go into a trance-like state. In this state she was not aware of what she was doing.
I strongly believe that people with scitzophrenia are not mentally ill but rather highly intoxicated individuals. The brain is capable of producing it’s own chemicals in order to medicate emotional pain through the process of excessive rumination. Teh reason why psychiatric medications have not cured anyone of scitzophrenia is because no one has found a pill that will sober a drunk or drug addict.
I am bi-polar and have ben on almost all the medications. I have finaly found a “concogtion” that sems to be working but for how long. It is a high dose of geodon and carbatrol. This is the most stable I have been in 3 months.
My Mother had been traumatized many years ago which caused her many symptoms which we attribute to “mental illness”. Trauma causes Personality Disorders. Mom ended up with Histrionic, Borderline, possibly even Antisocial. She also suffered a breakdown and ended up in an insane assylum. There, she received shock therapy, and psychiatric medication. It was not until years and years later, I discovered that it was in fact the “psychiatric medication” she was given at the hospital that caused her the Bi-Polar. After that, I (an 8 year old) had to deal with a Mother who was a rapid cycling Borderline. Mother after being released, stopped taking medication all together. It was hell for a long time. I don’t know when the rapid cycling actually stopped but as she aged, the symptoms got less and less. Today at 83, she’s pretty much normal.
These medications are not without their problems, and I appreciate all of the comments. They allow many people to live a normal life, despite some side-effects.