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Posted by 64bowtie on October 11, 2005, at 3:20:58
If mental wellness is the goal of mental health professionals, then how much medication must I take to be well???
Or, are medications only used to help me suit-up and show-up to my places of responsibility, thus I must wait for a miracle to happen if I expect to ever be well???
If I must take medications or no therapist will work with me, since without being properly medicated I could be deemed unstable, is there a point that I could be overmedicated such that no amount of talk-therapy will register in my brain??? Perhaps...
Does FEMA have a strategy for medicating the unmedicated after a disaster (scarey question)??? Didn't they have this problem in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina??? Wouldn't it be cheaper, quicker and more secure to employ a strategy to evoke small degrees of wellness over time so that the lack of medication(s) will no longer be a critical concern in these trying times???
What did mankind do for 3,000 years before Freud??? Lock the mentally ill away??? Isn't that how folks report they feel while under the influence of their medications??? Why is that better???
Hmmmmmm..... Sounds like the same old denial all over again.....!
Rod
Posted by jammerlich on October 11, 2005, at 3:20:59
In reply to How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by 64bowtie on October 9, 2005, at 2:47:58
>>>> Hmmmmmm..... Sounds like the same old denial all over again.....!
Or is it simply the truth? Sometimes it's very hard to tell.
Posted by gardenergirl on October 11, 2005, at 3:20:59
In reply to How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by 64bowtie on October 9, 2005, at 2:47:58
Rod,
To answer your question...as much as it takes. No more. No less.gg
Posted by pegasus on October 11, 2005, at 3:20:59
In reply to How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by 64bowtie on October 9, 2005, at 2:47:58
rod, you might want to read Toph's beautiful post above: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20051008/msgs/564473.html
Posted by Phillipa on October 11, 2005, at 19:01:12
In reply to Re: How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by pegasus on October 10, 2005, at 8:54:33
The problem for me is finding meds that work. And I think therapy is a must. I need a therapist badly. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Bill LL on October 12, 2005, at 16:43:37
In reply to How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by 64bowtie on October 9, 2005, at 2:47:58
Some people benefit from therapy and some just don't like it. I'm in the latter category, but a lot of people are helped by it.
I believe that the general concensus among docs is that a depressed and/or anxious person should be treated with medication first; and then therapy if needed.
As for the best dose, generally if a medication is not working well enough, the best thing to do first is to increase the dose if it's ok with your doc.
Posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 3:40:32
In reply to Re: How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by Phillipa on October 11, 2005, at 19:01:12
Posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 4:08:32
In reply to Re: How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by gardenergirl on October 9, 2005, at 22:29:14
> Rod,
> To answer your question...as much as it takes. No more. No less.
>
> gg
<<< ...guess you read between the lines...Please don't be toooo quick to pass judgement... We are both looking for pathways to wellness in our own ways...
Rod
Posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 4:14:25
In reply to » gardenergirl » Hmmm............, posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 4:08:32
....thanx mucho gusto
Rod
Posted by gardenergirl on October 15, 2005, at 18:29:09
In reply to » gardenergirl » Hmmm............, posted by 64bowtie on October 15, 2005, at 4:08:32
Posted by karlmarx on October 17, 2005, at 23:18:11
In reply to How much medication must I take to be well?, posted by 64bowtie on October 9, 2005, at 2:47:58
> If mental wellness is the goal of mental health professionals, then how much medication must I take to be well???
>
> Or, are medications only used to help me suit-up and show-up to my places of responsibility, thus I must wait for a miracle to happen if I expect to ever be well???
>
> If I must take medications or no therapist will work with me, since without being properly medicated I could be deemed unstable, is there a point that I could be overmedicated such that no amount of talk-therapy will register in my brain??? Perhaps...
>
> Does FEMA have a strategy for medicating the unmedicated after a disaster (scarey question)??? Didn't they have this problem in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina??? Wouldn't it be cheaper, quicker and more secure to employ a strategy to evoke small degrees of wellness over time so that the lack of medication(s) will no longer be a critical concern in these trying times???
>
> What did mankind do for 3,000 years before Freud??? Lock the mentally ill away??? Isn't that how folks report they feel while under the influence of their medications??? Why is that better???
>
> Hmmmmmm..... Sounds like the same old denial all over again.....!
>
> RodThe standard for acceptable human behavior keeps getting defined upward. You were allowed to be a good deal more nutty without anyone thinking much about it back before the little molecules took over.
Of course it was considered acceptable to lie around drunk all day until you could get up the energy to go beat your wife or kids, so perhaps we have made some objective progress.
Posted by 64bowtie on October 17, 2005, at 23:18:12
In reply to Redirect: How much medication must I take?, posted by Dr. Bob on October 11, 2005, at 3:22:30
I am not allowed to ask any questions about the prevalent modality of medicating clients and have it posted on the psychology board... I suggest that there is another world of wellness that isn't accidental or spontaneous, but also doesn't require any medication...
Does indescriminate prescription and use of medications, not for healing, but for placation, have a place as a modality for the treatment of mental illness??? If so, why???
Rod
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