Posted by Jay Beck on July 6, 2003, at 10:19:33
In reply to Seroquel weight gain and other evils, posted by whiterabbit on July 5, 2003, at 22:07:51
First: im on anti-deppresants and HIGHLY support the idea of using psychotropic drugs to help with any mental disorders.
Second: im very researched on psychotropic drugs, and am going to be a psychiatrist after i finish school.
your statement:
"psychiatric drugs are far from ideal"i agree with this completely, and never has it applied more to any class of drugs then anti-psychotics.
your other statement, which you so cleverly came up with:
"But it is not your right to discourage others from taking a prescribed medication that could improve their quality of life immeasurably. Turning your particular bias into misinformation aimed at all others is harmful, and assuming that a medication is "bad" for everyone because you didn't care for it yourself is an uneducated and mistaken assumption."
First: "But it is not your right to discourage others from taking a prescribed medication that could improve their quality of life immeasurably."
Ammendament I: Bill of Rights
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
it is my right, ya dig
- and by the way i never told people not to try anything. i told them my experiances and my take on a class of drugs.Second:
"Turning your particular bias into misinformation aimed at all others is harmful, and assuming that a medication is "bad" for everyone because you didn't care for it yourself is an uneducated and mistaken assumption."i never said any medication is bad for everyone or anything of that sort, i said it was bad for me and then i compared effectiveness vs. side-effects for many diffrent drugs. Anti-psychotics happened to take the cake for least effective for the amount of side-effects. its true, not misinformation. if you are so sure im misinformed then inform me. the only misinformation i acount for is the way you twisted my statements into some argument that didnt even apply to me.
if a medication works for you or whoever great, that doesnt make it a great medication. Its like i said, side-effects vs effectiveness for the majority makes it good or bad as a drug. Not as a good or bad option for someones personal treatment. you completely misinterprated almost everything i had to say.
as for my personal take on anti-psychotics for the record:
they are bad as drugs, they might work for whoever. they worked for me but the side-effects were untolerable. If you need anti-psychotics go for it, most people on them don't really need them. They could better use mood-stabilizers and anti-deppresants. Exception: if you have a borderline personality, scitzophrenia, dillusion disorder, PPD or any psychotic issue, or mood-stabalizers have proven ineffective. they are sometimes needed, but sould be avoided if they can.
poster:Jay Beck
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