Posted by poser938 on February 2, 2014, at 20:42:56
In reply to Re: Wrong about mental illness. » herpills, posted by baseball55 on February 2, 2014, at 19:13:35
What has shaped my opinion on Psychiatry and Psychiatrist is, as I've mentioned, I've experienced a side of it that isn't part of the mainstream. Certain meds I've taken have had detrimental effects on me that have been very long lasting. If not permanent. I've been able to basically handle it when I take an SSRI, and after a few weeks, my emotions are numbed and this effect stays with me after I discontinue the Med. But other meds have had far more severe effects on me.
Psychiatrists don't know how to approach this. So I've been left studying the effects of these meds myself and trying to come up with a way to reverse what past meds have done to me. Similar how one takes a certain Med to undo side effects of another Med they take.
But I've had Psychiatrists call me Delusional when I explain my experience with medications. As well as actually actively do things that have hindered my healthcare, such as one banning me from seeing the Medical Doctor I had been seeing at a clinic that was in the same Cherokee Health system that my Psychiatrist was apart of. His reason was because I refused to try a certain Med he wanted me to take. So, he wrote the Doctors office saying was banned from Cherokee.
Other Psychiatrists pay no mind to what I say when I explain my condition. My condition isn't listed in their DSM, so basically it does not exist. It is not a legitimate condition, nor a legit reaction to Psychiatric Chemicals. There is no actual treatment for it. People in a situation like mine have been swept under the rug.
Not only is it viewed this way by many Psychiatrists and Drug Companies, though if they're actually a knowledgeable Psychiatrist, they will understand how these chemicals can, at least in rare cases, cause a situation like mine. But its also viewed this way by certain people I've talked to on forums such as Psychobabble.
I've found one psychiatrist who acknowledged my condition. But after her letting me try many treatments that a normal pdoc would never allow, she told me my case was above her expertise. And stopped seeing me.....
But I'm sure one who is more connected to the Mainstream Psychiatry has likely had a much better experience than I have.
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