Posted by bulldog2 on January 17, 2009, at 17:12:07
In reply to Are Psych meds given a bad rap?, posted by ricker on January 17, 2009, at 14:17:58
> So I've been thinking about all the negative reports I've come across over the years at various sites.
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> I can't but imagine how many people have been helped, one way or another, with these meds.
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> When I stop and think about all the negative reports / reactions, I ask myself... millions upon millions of these meds are prescribed yearly and I believe, for the most part, with success?
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> Sure there are negative reviews pointed towards all psych. meds, but, the people reporting are truly "treatment resistant cases.
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> Take this site for example, 99.99 % of all posts are written due to treatment failure, wicked side effects etc. Lets say the Board has 200 members at any given time with an average of 25 repeat posters (treatment resistant). More often than not, the post will speak of failure.... or the ongoing struggle to obtain some sort of remission.
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> I would say that speaks quite well for the millions of patient that have no need to seek help through Internet support. Good on our meds! I believe they are truly successful for the majority.
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> I know for me, when I read a post with negative results, my mind instantly begins to seek out those negative reactions..... surely I'm going to fail as well!
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> Treatment resistant cases are the minority, by far, and yet I have this underlying impulse to search for failed results and then, without a doubt, begin to set myself up for failure.
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> Sure we read the occasional "happy me, I'm on the road to remission, thanks everyone for your help, see you later posts, but very rarely.
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> Does anyone else feel the same way? Are we a very small percentage of a medical condition that, by in large, has a fairly good treatment percentage, as compared to other illness's?
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> I know for a fact I've given up on potential med trials prematurely due to someone else's negative response....part of my illnes I suppose, but none the less, a typical treatment resistant act on my part.
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> I say thank god for all the options made available to us, things could be a lot worse.
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> I will overcome my current state of despair, I am blessed with a wealth of positive treatment options that have helped millions upon millions of people, just like me.
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> Take care and keep positive, RickYou've come to a site of treament resistant people. They have had many med failures for the most part. So your getting an extremely skewed viewpoint of the meds. For the most part people do not go here to report success. I to have stopped many trials due to the negativetity.I will probably just begin to lurk for the successes or leave all together. Meds always have the possibilti of sides. But here again you will get a skewed viewpoint of the meds because treatment failures are reporting their failures and side effects. Some people seem to have an agenda to bash meds and try to discourage people's med trials.
There are some exceptional people here that report their trials and successes. If you stay here they are the ones you should follow.Avoid med bashing threads. Some have been on a drug a couple days and report failur because of sides. This is not a fair assessment of a meds.
Find a good p-doc pharmacologist that you trust and follow his path if you need meds. The multiple opinions here will only confuse you as I have been confused. To many opinions just leave one bewildered.If you trust your p-doc follow his advice and your choices will be simpler.
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