Meds vs Mads

[Flutterings]

Are mental health drugs useful?

By this I mean any perscribed medicines for depression paranoia anxiety etc...

I think most people agree that therapies are helpful, but people are split about meds, so discuss.


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[Just Wil]

well it depends on the med and its use, along with any therapies to go in conjunction with it,....but i do have to say that meds at least can help to focus on the therapy and healing :):outcold:

[Flutterings]

Mine have kind of messed me up. And I feel like their not doing anything. But I am still taking them

[smorzando]

I think it depends on the person, whether or not they are helpful for *them*. Meds are not for everyone. My dad was on Mirtazapine for a bit and he hated it. Sometimes though, a person is so badly depressed that they cannot respond to therapy until they have had some meds in order to think a bit clearer. I don't think that there is a straight answer to a question like this. It really does depend on the person.

[Golden Egg]

I think meds can potentially be useful for most people - although - not every med is the right one for every person - dunno if I am making sense?! lol

I don't think they always can make people 'better' either - but can help people get to a stage whereby they are feeling good enough to at least start sorting through the underlying issues?
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[Biggy]

Depends what the meds are for as well, I personally, take a small handful from Jar A for shits 'n' giggles. A few mixers from Jar B for "The funky walls", and Jar C for when I have a headache, usually due to the fact that I've had too many A's and B's.

[Pony]

Old post I know but I just got here. :)

The way I see it some people do need meds but that doesn't mean everyone does. I mean if you are hallucinating or having dangerous thoughts yea, but that doesn't mean meds are a cure all and in many cases they do more harm than good.

I've had people be downright hateful because I never took meds but I used other ways of healing such as working with horses and doing things I love even though I had to force myself as first. I am no longer depressed and I function quite well and all without meds.

[Nobody]

My mom take's antidepressum's. It may help how she feels (which I'm thankful for, because I hate to hear her talk about how she wants to die...)...but it definately ruined or 'relationship'...she doesn't feel like a person I can trust anymore.

I mean. When you're down enough and easily irritated, I guess it's normal to get in fights, but as soon as you raise a fist and punch your child in the face, then somethings absolutely wrong. I blame her medication.

[Lady Frazier]

Well I know all about this stuff. I've studied it, taken it, been prescribed it and ignored the prescription, and worked with it.

medicine is wonderful if it is taken/ prescribed properly. It seems like doctors are handing out pills left and right just so they can get money. They might be. Thats not really the point though. It doesn't matter how many pills they give out, if those pills don't help you, then your body might not be reacting to them as other peoples' bodies would be. Tell your doctor and try something different if you want help.

Now with help, I don't mean that by taking these pills all your problems will go away. They won't. Especially with mental disorders. I am supposed to take depression pills, anxiety pills, pain pills.... blah blah blah... all the major ones people seem to need. The pill they give me for my Post Traumatic Stress Disorder helps me to think straigter... helps me to be able to understand what is going to cause me to go into a panic attack... the pills help me deal with situations in a more calm manner, but they only provide that start. It is up to me to keep myself away from things that will upset me. It is also up to me to warn the people I associate myself with what will set me off.

however, I have essential tremors which is sort of like parkinson's disease but a little different... so my body shakes.... the higher the stress I feel, the more I shake. That won't ever go away and its not something that I can work on myself. Its neurological and i have no control of it. Therefore when I am shaking far worse than I can handle, the medicine I have for that will calm my nerves down and I won't be shaking so bad anymore.


So to wrap it up so that way I don't go into some long speech about my medicines and my problems... Pills are helpful if you know how to use them. But I think that we all should be aiming toward eventually being able to do these things without the help of meds (like Pony said)....

[Mr. Blocks]

My medication has helped me think clearer. I do need therapy, though I feel I just can not go through with it. The thought of it really puts me off.