Do you think anti depressants & nerve pills are over used?
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Yes! I do totally agree. Unfortunately, the world have evolved into a much more stressful and scientific place than it was 20 years ago. In that evolution we have more people with mental health issues and it's no longer taboo to speak of them, and now we have the doctors and scientists to help treat them. A good doctor will try to treat you with therapy alone before giving you a pill to fix everything. Most doctors give you the pills then tell you to go to therapy. There are also a lot of misdiagnoses these days.
20 years ago there weren't tv commercials.
Yes, I do. I believe that therapy is the first line treatment for most ordinary life stresses, including recent onset depression. I also believe that gp's should not be able to prescribe psych meds. The reach to them too soon, and do not consider other alternatives. They also don't understand some real mental illnesses as well as psychiatrists, and consequently don't make the best prescription decisions.
All that said, these drugs save lives and some people really do need them. I'm the real deal bipolar and I take a variety of stuff. Would love to trade 'em all in, but hey, I like being sane.
For some, maybe. The abusers. But, not for the rest of us. Life is just too stressful these days. Alot more than it was 20 years ago. I mean, it takes alot just to have the basics such as food, medicine, clothing, heat, electric, and a roof over your head. And some people have to work their butts off just to have that and only that. No little extras. I'm 41 and just now have been put on some. Should have been a long time ago. But really couldn't afford it monthly. But, my Mother just passed away Aug. 1 and I had to have something. I just couldn't cope. It is helping so much. I'm very thankful for them. I won't be able to take them forever, but for now, I really need them to get by. Well, that's my opinion.
Sorry, but no such thing as a quick fix. Twenty years ago, depression and anxiety weren't clearly understood as much as they are today. Even today, some doctors still consider these as so-called "mental" illnesses. What we're really dealing with is chemical imbalances in the brain. That requires medication just the same as an overgrowth of Candida albicans (yeast infection) requires treatment with drugs. Antidepressants don't work overnight. They can take up to a month to begin to work. Also, once you're on them, you cannot just stop taking them. Instead, you would need to be tapered off slowly. People who think it's nonsense or a quick fix are ignorant on the anatomy and physiology of the brain and nervous system.
Yes, I do. A lot of the medicine does help a lot of people but a lot of people need things like group interaction which is group therapy. I was on medication for a long time and it made me feel like a zombie. My boss was wonderful and cut back on my hours but I would come back home and go to bed. I was finally let go and my family made me realize that the pills were messing me up. I quit all of them at once cold turkey which is hard to do. I've been clean over 7 years but it's a battle not to admit that I might need them again.
20 years ago a lot of people were only psychiatric medications...and they were more commonly on the addicting medications such as the benzodiazepines and psychostimulants. Along with the advent of safer and less addicting medications (SSRI's, SNRI's, atypicals etc) there has been a trend towards more liberal use of these medications and lessening use of the controlled substances. Who are we to criticize the personal choice of a person to address a mental health issue? Whatever works for the individual I say. If you don't want to take a pill, don't...but don't criticize someone else's personal choices.
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