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Post by Admin on Nov 12, 2018 20:34:59 GMT
I think perhaps there is a lot of cognitive dissonance going on there, people don't like to think they have been lied to by the system and they tend to believe the word of their psychiatrist over a former patient, however intelligent and articulate he may be. With regards to not understanding some very basic & logical facts about human health & functioning, i don't known what the issue is with some people?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 21:22:20 GMT
I think perhaps there is a lot of cognitive dissonance going on there, people don't like to think they have been lied to by the system and they tend to believe the word of their psychiatrist over a former patient, however intelligent and articulate he may be. With regards to not understanding some very basic & logical facts about human health & functioning, i don't known what the issue is with some people? Some of us are not very logical, especially when unwell. Most people, particularly on mental health advice forums, are looking for support or how to be directed to it, and trust doctors to do the best for them. They will go with the mainstream medical model. In a country which as a collective tends to prefer numbing their issues with chemicals to actually facing the problems head on it is no surprise.
For many on forums they are looking for advice personal to them rather than debating the efficacy of the mental health system in general. This is what you are up against, along with a tendency to go with the accepted conventional 'wisdom' on things rather than to question what they are told is true.
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Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2018 4:29:36 GMT
i don't deny illness, difficulties & suffering, which is severe in cases.
i have always had an independent, critical & questioning mind, & i find it very hard to see how a lot of what goes on is genuinely sane & healthy?
i am seeing the GP on Wednesday to ask him to numb my mind a bit more with more pills, as i don't know what other options are left at this stage.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 7:10:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 7:21:52 GMT
If is always healthier to have a critical and questioning mind. I can understand why you have decided to increase the meds Admin. I hope that it makes things a bit easier.
It's not like there are many other options out there, certainly not on the NHS.
A truly caring service would do the best for its patients, whereas too many have their own agendas which neglect the people who should come first, but who in reality are last to be heard.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 10:26:10 GMT
i don't deny illness, difficulties & suffering, which is severe in cases. i have always had an independent, critical & questioning mind, & i find it very hard to see how a lot of what goes on is genuinely sane & healthy? i am seeing the GP on Wednesday to ask him to numb my mind a bit more with more pills, as i don't know what other options are left at this stage. How did GP go, Admin? Hope it helped.
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Post by Admin on Nov 14, 2018 12:45:22 GMT
How did GP go, Admin? Hope it helped. Thanks. The appointment is later this afternoon. Will let you know how it goes.
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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2018 13:31:12 GMT
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Post by snowstorm on Nov 27, 2018 19:35:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 20:08:22 GMT
Had my imipramine a bit later today and was breathless again. There's no way I'll ever get off them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 20:12:23 GMT
My antipsychotic 'augmentation' resulted in me getting psychosis. Was put on Seroquel to 'augment' the effects of clomipramine for OCD, eventually came off it due to intolerable side effects and couldn't sleep.. would argue the OCD was better off the Seroquel than on it.
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Post by snowstorm on Nov 28, 2018 22:28:38 GMT
It does seem ridiculous that someone who has not had psychosis can get put on an antipsychotic for a quite different condition. Trial and error - they make an error and for the patient it is an enormous trial.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 19:22:29 GMT
They must have been fed up with me and decided to punish me for being 'treatment resistant'.. it is a punitive branch of 'medicine' after all.
Of course psychiatrists never make errors, it was my faulty brain chemistry that caused the psychosis..
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Post by Admin on Nov 30, 2018 19:37:19 GMT
They must have been fed up with me and decided to punish me for being 'treatment resistant'.. it is a punitive branch of 'medicine' after all. Of course psychiatrists never make errors, it was my faulty brain chemistry that caused the psychosis.. It is all very highly unlikely to fundamentally change in our lifetimes. General society simply does Not care about those classified with 'severe mental illness'. i think that it is also impossible to have a genuinely advanced, enlightened, humane & effective mental health system within the current socioeconomic / cultural system / 'civilisation'. The eugenic history of psychiatry is in our bodies NOVEMBER 30, 2018 BY MONICA CASSANI beyondmeds.com/2018/11/30/eugenic-psychiatry/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 21:59:27 GMT
Guess we just have to keep taking the tablets then, since there isn't anything else on offer. It is bloody annoying when the people who caused the condition change their position just to absolve themselves of blame though. It shows the questionable basis of psychiatry; mh diagnoses are interchangeable in a way those considered physical are not.
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